 Hello everyone, I'm Mary Kellett, Vice-Chancellor at the Open University. You may have heard that we've got a very special birthday coming up. Our 50th is going to be very special. We've got an exciting series of inaugural lectures by our professors and we're kicking these off on the 28th of January. You will hear from the very best in the university all about their exciting ground-breaking research. These are free for everyone and I hope to see as many of you as possible at these events.