We work alongside academic experts within the OU to create and deliver scalable development programmes and teaching and research initiatives which positively impact developing countries.
Our teaching and education expertise directly addresses skills and leadership gaps, improves governance, boosts economies and drives social, technological and entrepreneurial innovation.
Our research, often in partnership with multiple institutions and stakeholders, is concentrated on pressing areas of need including medicine, international policy and health economics.
We deliver impactful and sustainable international programmes in two key areas:
- global health
- teacher education.
Our programmes combine the OU's development, distance learning and academic expertise with practical implementation plans delivered in partnership with governments, NGOs and in-country experts to impact the lives of millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Programmes include HEAT, a healthcare education and training programme transforming the skills of frontline healthcare workers across sub-Saharan Africa, and English in Action in Bangladesh, a technology-enhanced English language education programme on target to reach 25 million people across the country by 2017.
We have received over £20m funding to carry out our work, and we are seeking more. Find out how your organisation can become involved either in funding or delivering our programmes.
