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The Open University wins Queen's Anniversary Prize for Teacher Education Programme in Africa
The Open University is one of 20 winners of the prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education, announced today at St James's Palace.The Queen's Anniversary Prizes are awarded for exceptional contributions by institutions in the higher and further education sectors to the wider ...
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No Related LinksThe Open University Business School MBA graduates celebrate success in Romania
On the 5th November, forty one managers from across Romania graduated with the degree of Masters in Business Administration from the Open University Business School at a ceremony held at the Romanian National Chamber of Commerce in Bucharest. They were joined by 170 managers who have successfully completed their ...
Visiting professor at the Open University Business School on BBC Politics Show
Professor Malcolm Prowle, visiting professor at the Open University Business School will be appearing on the Politics Show on Sunday 8th November, BBC 1 at 12.15. A segment of Sunday’s will be looking at Quangos and ask if their spending be made more publically available. To read more about Professor ...
OU in Scotland celebrates Jennie Lee Day
As part of the 40th anniversary celebrations, The Open University in Scotland will mark the anniversary of Jennie Lee’s birth today with a special event in the OU’s Edinburgh centre. Jennie Lee, who was born in Lochgelly in Fife on 3 November 1904, was a driving force in the creation of The Open ...
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No Related LinksThinking Allowed series on white collar crime
Corporate fraud and financial crimes increasingly dominate today’s front pages.A special three-part series made in association with the OU for the Radio 4 series Thinking Allowed, beginning on Wednesday, 4th November at 4pm, investigates white-collar crime.Laurie Taylor goes behind the headlines to look at ...
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No Related LinksOU Vice-Chancellor addresses CBI Higher Education Summit
Martin Bean, the new Vice-Chancellor of The Open University today called on Higher Education to deliver genuine flexibility to help individuals, and employers, improve their skills. He addressed the CBI Higher Education Summit alongside the Rt Hon Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & ...
The recession has not lifted for Britain's small firms but they seem more concerned about regulations and taxation
The recession remains the biggest business problem for Britain’s small firms and there are few signs that the recession is lifting for them according to the latest Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain by The Open University Business School in association with Barclays Bank and ACCA. For the first time ...
National Skills Academy endorses OU Foundation Degree in Financial Services
The Foundation Degree in Financial Services, a new qualification from The Open University (OU) has been endorsed by The National Skills Academy for Financial Services (NSAFS) as an innovative way of opening access to financial services careers. Under a Memorandum of Understanding agreed between the OU and NSAFS, the ...
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Global business leader is The Open University’s new Vice-Chancellor
Martin Bean, The Open University’s fifth Vice-Chancellor takes over today following Professor Gourley’s retirement last month. Martin joins from the private sector with more than 20 years experience in training and education, and has held senior executive positions in North America, Asia Pacific and ...
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No Related LinksThe Open University and the BBC take a unique look behind the scenes of the 2008 financial crash in The Love of Money
The Love of Money: three one hour factual programmes starting on 10 September at 9pm on BBC2 marks the near anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, which precipitated the global recession. The Open University and the BBC Factual have collaborated to produce this definitive behind the scenes account of what ...
Quality content of Business School’s podcasts recognised by iTunes U
Contemporary Issues in Finance and Financial Strategy and Private Finance Initiative have taken pride of place on the iTunes U. This is testament to the content and quality of the albums as the Business School is the only institution with two albums featured in the finance section. They will remain on the opening page ...
Top South African Judge speaks at Centre for Law
Judge Dhaya Pillay will be presenting a lecture entitled Fighting Discrimination the South African Way on Monday, 20 July. The talk will take place in the Michael Young Building Meeting rooms from 2.30pm to 4pm. Dhaya is a senior judge at the Labour Court of South Africa which has national jurisdictionShe has issued ...
Top South African Judge speaks at Centre for Law
Judge Dhaya Pillay will be presenting a lecture entitled Fighting Discrimination the South African Way on Monday, 20 July. The talk will take place in the Michael Young Building Meeting rooms from 2.30pm to 4pm. Dhaya is a senior judge at the Labour Court of South Africa which has national jurisdictionShe has issued ...
New research suggests the recession has levelled out for small businesses
Small businesses are now more optimistic about their immediate sales prospects, according to the latest Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain by The Open University Business School in association with Barclays Bank and ACCA. While 49% of small firms reported that sales were down over the year, most notably in ...
Professor Gerard Hastings awarded OBE in Queen’s birthday honours list
Professor Gerard Hastings, director of the Institute of Social Marketing, Centre for Tobacco Control Research at The Open University Business School and Stirling, has been awarded an OBE for services to healthcare. Through his research with Cancer Research UK and the innovative application of social marketing both ...
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High calibre students honoured at The Open University Business School awards
The Sculpture Gallery at Woburn provided the perfect location to commend some of the highest achieving student from the last 12 months. The sixth annual Business School awards ceremony provided a showcase highlighting ability and commitment of the students who included a commercial director of Rolls Royce, a former ...
The Open University Business School announces its 20,000th MBA graduate
Dr Chris Martin, Associate Director Strategic Alliances of international pharmaceutical firm Pfizer, has become The Open University Business School’s 20,000th MBA graduate.Chris combined the pressures of a full-time senior managerial position with part-time study to earn his Master of Business in Administration. ...
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The Open University Business School celebrates EQUIS re-accreditation
EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development) has re-accredited The Open University Business School with the esteemed EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) endorsement for another three years. The successful re-accreditation means that The Open University Business School is one of only 41 business ...
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants awards Professor Liz Daniel research grant
Professor Liz Daniel has been awarded £26,843 from CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) for the one year project “Project Portfolio Management: Balancing Risk and Performance in Turbulent Times”. The proposed research aims to identify effective project portfolio management approaches ...
New research to explore emotional state when making financial decisions
People’s behaviours, habits and emotional states when making financial decisions will be under investigation as part of a new pan-European research project, xDelia, involving The Open University Business School. The EUR 3.2 million project, led by the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering in ...
