The Access Centre based in Disabled Student Services will be exhibiting its ground-breaking Access Bus at the Mobility Roadshow in Peterborough 21-23 June. Read more »
Posted: May 16th, 2012 in General news, OU Access Bus
Pictured, from left, are Katya Barakhta, Senior Assessor; Malcolm Dixon, Manager of the OU Access Centre in Disabled Student Services, and Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow MP
The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow MP, paid a visit to The Open University campus in Milton Keynes and gained an insight into the support offered to the OU’s 13,000 disabled students. Read more »
Posted: May 3rd, 2012 in General news, OU Access Bus
Visitors from Beijing Open University learn about the OU Access Bus
The Open University hosted a workshop for 15 tutors and academics from the Beijing Open University (BJOU) at the OU’s main campus in Milton Keynes.
As part of the visit the group heard about support for disabled students at the OU, and how the Access Bus is designed to provide a mobile Disabled Students’ Allowance assessment facility.
Posted: March 28th, 2012 in General news
The OU Access Centre based in Milton Keynes offers an assessment room which resembles a “student’s bedroom” setting, thanks to a donation from a founding member of the OU Computer Sci-Tech and Space Society (OUCSTSS). Read more »
Posted: March 27th, 2012 in General news
The new OU Access Bus, launched November 2011
The Open University’s second Access Bus launch, November 2011 Photo: Luke Beaman
The Open University launched its second access bus in November 2011, equipped with a range of technology for demonstration and testing as part of the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) assessment process. Read more »
Posted: March 27th, 2012 in General news, OU Access Bus
The OU Access Bus at Teeside University
The OU Access Bus set up as an outreach DSA assessment facility at Teeside University in December 2012. Read more »
Posted: March 27th, 2012 in General news, OU Access Bus
About 20 members of West Midlands Regional Centre Staff attended a successful staff Development session on the 21/11/07. The OU Access Bus was positioned on the High Street opposite the Regional Centre and staff taking part in the session were able to spend time on the bus where Patrick O’Donnell demonstrated various pieces of enabling software. Read more »
Posted: December 18th, 2007 in General news, OU Access Bus
Glowing praise has been heaped upon the university’s Access Centre by external auditors in its first audit by the government-backed Disabled Student Allowance Quality Assurance Group (DSA-QAG). Read more »
Posted: December 18th, 2007 in General news
The OU mobile DSA Assessment vehicle the ‘OU Access Bus’ has been rebranded with a striking new livery and upgraded as part of the Centre’s increasing drive to provide for all student needs. Malcolm Dixon the Centre Manager said “The Access Bus is such a unique vehicle. As a fully equipped DSA Assessment and Training Centre, the bus enables the Centre to carry out DSA Assessments whenever or wherever it is required”. Read more »
Posted: December 18th, 2007 in General news, OU Access Bus
News: 19 – 21 July 2007 – Malcolm Dixon (Centre Manager/DSA Assessor) and Katya Barakhta (Senior DSA Assessor) were out and about at Kemble Airfield for the Mobility Roadshow 2007. The event was very well attended. The weather on the 19th was great and our bus looked small in comparison tothe giant Winibago beside us. Then the rains came and the flood waters rose in the surrounding area. By the start of the 3rd day there was widespread flooding in the surrounding area and the request from the organisors for us to drive the bus across sodden fields cast visions of dragging the bus out of deep mud, so we beat a hasty retreat. On the way home we were glad of the high drive height of the bus as we drove slowly along lakes where roads previous stood.
Despite the weather the event was a success.
Posted: July 23rd, 2007 in OU Access Bus
