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Develop the specific language skills you need for successful academic study in English.

This module provides knowledge of language, linguistics, culture and intercultural commnication, and will develop your intercultural communication skills.

This module develops your English language and skills through authentic business case studies for communicating effectively in the world of business and management.

Designed to develop academic skills for further study, this introductory module offers insights into a wide range of subject areas, including art history, English literature, history, and modern languages.

A fast track version of our Arts and Languages Access module - an ideal way to improve your study skills, and prepare for a range of OU qualifications in just 18 weeks.

An introduction to the genre of travel writing where you’ll read the work of travel writers and learn to write a piece of your own.

Learn the skills central to three of the main forms of creative writing: poetry, fiction and scriptwriting.

The course will introduce you to different ways of looking at crime fiction texts as well as introducing you to European authors from different countries.