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The OU Story

A brief exploration of the history of The OU using clips and images from the Archive. Includes the creation of the OU, the growth of the organisation, expansion and consolidation, the changing student experience and The OU today.

25 items in total

Content type	Title	Description	Date
Video	What is OpenLearn?	What is OpenLearn, and how can you use it to read articles, watch videos and study free courses?...	2017
Video	Student applications 1970	Views of the OU warehouse, printing and packing of OU materials. The narrator describes the number...	1979
Video	Overseas visitors to the OU	Vice Chancellor John Horlock describing overseas visitors to the OU in 1982.	1983
Video	Open up the Future	Open University Open up the Future campaign
Image	Open University Charter	The Open University Charter	2013
Video	OU short courses	Mike Pentz describes one of the aims of the Open University is to contribute to the educational...	1979
Video	OU BBC Partnership trailer Autumn 2022	Showreel of Open University/BBC programmes.	2022
Video	John Scupham and the OU Advisory Committee	John Scupham describes the role and purpose of the Advisory Committee set up by Jennie Lee in 1965...	1983
Image	Jennie Lee Library foundation stone event	Baronness Jennie Lee of Asheridge laying the foundation stone for the Open University's first...	27 April 1973
Video	Jennie Lee	Short interview clip of Jennie Lee speaking about setting up the Open University.	1983
Video	Inventing ways of teaching	Professor Michael Pentz discusses the creation of the first Open University courses, including the...
Video	Introduction to D100	Michael Drake introduces D100, the foundation course in social sciences.	10 January 1971
Video	Harold Wilson	Footage from Harold Wilson's 'University of the Air' speech given at the Labour Party Conference in...	1963
Video	First OU graduation	Footage from The Open University's first degree ceremony at Alexandra Palace in 1973, primarily the...	1973
Video	First OU Programme	In this opening clip from the very first Open Forum programme shown on television, the University...	1971
Video	Defend the OU campaign	OU Vice Chancellor John Horlock describes how OUSA (the Open University Student's Association)...	February 0031
Video	Construction of the OU Campus	Views of the Open University campus during early building construction.	1982
Video	Computing into the 1990s	Introduction to Open Forum and a user's guide to computing.	04 April 1993
Video	Computing in 1983	Short clip describing the University's micro computing courses.	1983
Video	Charter Ceremony	Short clip from the Charter Ceremony held at the Royal Society in 1971, including footage from the...	1979
Video	Chancellor of The Open University	Betty Boothroyd speaking about her role as Chancellor of The Open University	2002
Video	BBC OU Trailer 2017	Showreels of OU/BBC co-produced programmes	2017
Image	B785 Study Materials	Selection of materials from Open University module B785 Accounting and the PC for Managers.	1990
Video	Asa Briggs and the OU Planning Committee	Asa Briggs discusses his work on The Open University Planning Committee in the late 1960s, chairing...	1979
Image	Alexandra Palace	An early 1970s photograph of Alexandra Palace: the front facade and radio mast.	1973

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