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  • Open University Business School strengthens international reach with launch of MBA in Japan - 11th May 2010

    The Open University Business School is today announcing a partnership with Tokyo based e-learning provider NetLearning.

    This partnership will enable Japanese students to gain a qualification from a triple accredited business school. The MBA programme content will enable Japanese students to engage with international students and alumni during residential schools, to develop business networks and different perspectives on business challenges.

    Professor James Fleck, Dean of The Open University Business School, said: “The strength of this partnership is the shared vision in offering high quality practice-based learning. It comes at a time when The Open University Business School is developing a new MBA curriculum, focusing on international management, a stronger...

  • Lord Woolf awarded OU honorary doctorate - 4th May 2010
    Lord Woolf

    Retired Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf has been awarded an honorary doctorate of the University at the Barbican graduation ceremony last Saturday.

    In his citation, the Director of the Centre for Law, Professor Gary Slapper said: “Lord Woolf has changed and clarified law all over the commonwealth, reformed prison policy, and completely redesigned the civil justice process.

    “He has acted with Olympian force to support the independence of the judiciary here and abroad.”
    Lord Woolf was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1955. In 1979, when only 45, he was appointed as a High Court judge.

    He...

  • Theo’s Adventure Capitalists - 20th April 2010

    3 x 1 hour current affairs series starting Tuesday 4 May, 8:00pm, BBC2

    Entrepreneur and Chairman of Ryman’s Theo Paphitis, best known for his role in Dragon’s Den, presents a new three-part series, produced in partnership with The Open University, examining the risks and rewards for British companies looking to expand in three of the world's most dynamic and emerging markets – India, Vietnam and Brazil.

    These markets are growing despite the global recession. If Britain is to remain a major player in world trade, it is essential to establish firm business interests now.

    In each programme, Theo follows the progress of three British companies considering expanding in these high-growth markets. He’ll observe their experience of...

  • The Virtual Revolution scoops Digital Emmy award - 13th April 2010
    The Virtual Revolution scoops Digital Emmy award

    The BBC’s The Virtual Revolution, co-produced with The Open University, last night won the Digital Emmy Award for Digital Program – Non-Fiction. It was awarded to the team behind The Virtual Revolution’s ground-breaking multiplatform production process.

    The Virtual Revolution was an ambitious project that explored the profound impact of the world wide web on almost every facet of our lives. It launched last July with a call to the web community to join in an open debate with the production team, helping to shape the production of a four-part BBC...

  • The Virtual Revolution scoops Digital Emmy award - 13th April 2010
    The Virtual Revolution scoops Digital Emmy award

    The BBC’s The Virtual Revolution, co-produced with The Open University, last night won the Digital Emmy Award for Digital Program – Non-Fiction. It was awarded to the team behind The Virtual Revolution’s ground-breaking multiplatform production process.

    The Virtual Revolution was an ambitious project that explored the profound impact of the world wide web on almost every facet of our lives. It launched last July with a call to the web community to join in an open debate with the production team, helping to shape the production of a four-part BBC Two series that was...

  • 71% of small businesses in Britain are not planning for post-recession recovery - 9th April 2010
    Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain

    Research from The Open University Business School has revealed that only one in nine small firms (11%) are implementing post-recession recovery plans. These firms are also the most optimistic about their immediate prospects.

    There are contrasting reasons why firms are not planning for the recovery. Some 30% of firms say it is because the effects of the recession have not been very significant for their business, while 18% report that they are not planning because recessionary effects on their actual and potential customers are still too uncertain...

  • 71% of small businesses in Britain are not planning for post-recession recovery - 9th April 2010
    Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain

    Research from The Open University Business School has revealed that only one in nine small firms (11%) are implementing post-recession recovery plans. These firms are also the most optimistic about their immediate prospects.

    There are contrasting reasons why firms are not planning for the recovery. Some 30% of firms say it is because the effects of the recession have not been very significant for their business, while 18% report that they are not planning because recessionary effects on their actual and potential customers are still too uncertain. The smallest firms are more likely than...

  • Professor appointed to the Bar Standards Board - 9th April 2010
    Gary Slapper

    Professor Gary Slapper has been appointed to the Bar Standards Board as Senior Academic on the Education and Training Committee.

    The Bar Standards Board is the independent regulatory body responsible for regulating barristers called to the Bar in England and Wales.

    Its purpose is to promote and maintain excellence in the quality of legal services provided by barristers to support the rule of law. It does that by setting standards of entry to the profession and by ensuring that professional practice puts consumers first.

  • Business School announces Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Wisebasis - 6th April 2010
    KTP

    The Open University Business School has announced a new Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Wisebasis Ltd – a Bedford-based company, specialising in the production and installation of high-quality furnishings.

    Wisebasis has chosen the School to act as the academic partner in the KTP because of its skills and knowledge in marketing and finance.

    The company aims to extend market share in new and existing markets and streamline its financial operations in order to facilitate sustainable growth in the future.

    The KTP partnership provides Wisebasis with the necessary expertise and knowledge required to...

  • OU Law Mooting team win silver medals in National Competition - 1st April 2010
    Mooters

    The Open University mooting team has won the runner-up trophy in a prestigious national tournament.

    The team comprising law students Gareth Edwards, Richard Evans (pictured back left and right), Julian King and Richard Wilcock (front) and came second to Exeter University in the tough final of the ICLR Weekly Law Reports competition at the Law Society headquarters in Chancery Lane, London.

    The final saw the OU team represent the respondents in a fictional court case, in which a quarry company was being sued by the widow of a manager who had died from mesothelioma.

    Professor Gary Slapper, the Director of the Open...