History of Higher Education forum: registration open
Registration is open for What have we learnt? Transmitting knowledge, facilitating learning c1960-2010 on 29 November, 10.30-15.30.
Location: The Open University Campus, Library Seminar Rooms 1 and 2, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes.
This is a one-day forum organised by the History of The Open University project.
It will bring together a range of experts to discuss different elements of the history of university teaching over 50 years.
The morning session will ask how have students been taught, looking at the move from traditional lectures and tutorials to the use of new technologies, a variety of pedagogies and the development of student-centred learning.
The afternoon session will reflect on 50 years of the student experience, placing learners’ perspectives at the centre.
Speakers include:
- Prof John Beckett, University of Nottingham
- Dr Georgina Brewis, Institute of Education
- Prof Judith George, The Open University
- Prof Fred Gray, Sussex University
- Dr Janet MacDonald, Higher education consultant
- Prof Harold Silver, Author of Tradition and Higher Education
- Prof Malcolm Tight, Lancaster University,
- Dr Dan Weinbren, The Open University
The event is open to all but those who wish to attend are asked to register in advance as space is limited.
To register please email history-of-the-ou@open.ac.uk by 22 November.
Registration is open for What have we learnt? Transmitting knowledge, facilitating learning c1960-2010 on 29 November, 10.30-15.30. Location: The Open University Campus, Library Seminar Rooms 1 and 2, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes. This is a one-day forum organised by the History of The Open University project. It will bring together a range of experts to discuss different ...
40th anniversary commemorative brochure
For its 40th anniversary The Open University produced a commemorative brochure highlighting the story so far, including words, key dates and statistics.
The brochure also includes articles on the OU´s work in Africa, research, and details on some collaborative projects with UK regional partnerships.
It also features an open quotes section from some famous faces and their views on The Open University, as well as some brief predictions about changes in their fields by some of our academics.
For its 40th anniversary The Open University produced a commemorative brochure highlighting the story so far, including words, key dates and statistics. The brochure also includes articles on the OU´s work in Africa, research, and details on some collaborative projects with UK regional partnerships. It also features an open quotes section from some ...
Watch OU's 40th anniversary lectures online
Did you miss out on the OU´s 40th anniversary lectures? Well, now you can watch them all online.
As part of the celebrations during The Open University´s 40th year, a host of lectures by well-known faces were hosted across the country.
Highlights of the lectures given by some of the OU´s honorary graduates are now available to watch on the OU´s YouTube channel, including:
- Deborah Bull, dancer and Creative Director of ROH
- Prue Leith, cookery expert and novelist
- Trevor Phillips, Equality & Human Rights Commission
- Prof Heinz Wolff, engineer, inventor and broadcaster
- Trevor Baylis, inventor known for the wind up radio
Useful links
Did you miss out on the OU´s 40th anniversary lectures? Well, now you can watch them all online. As part of the celebrations during The Open University´s 40th year, a host of lectures by well-known faces were hosted across the country. Highlights of the lectures given by some of the OU´s honorary graduates are now available to watch on ...
Join in the OU’s birthday celebrations in Wales
Ymunwch a ddathliadau penblwydd y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru! In other words, join in the OU’s birthday celebrations in Wales!
Calling all students, alumni and former staff of The Open University in Wales. The OU in Wales would like to invite you to celebrate its 40th birthday.
The national OU centre in Cardiff is organising five birthday receptions across the country. The timetable is: Cardiff, 12 November; Llandudno, 14 November; Aberystwyth, 19 November; Merthyr Tydfil, 26 November; and Swansea, 28 November. These celebrations bring to close a year of events to mark the establishment of The Open University in 1969.
If you’d like to book a place at one of the receptions, or just get more information, contact the OU centre in Cardiff. Email wales-external-affairs@open.ac.uk or ring 02920 262 713. Places are limited so please get in touch as soon as possible.
Ymunwch a ddathliadau penblwydd y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru! In other words, join in the OU’s birthday celebrations in Wales! Calling all students, alumni and former staff of The Open University in Wales. The OU in Wales would like to invite you to celebrate its 40th birthday. The national OU centre in Cardiff is organising five birthday receptions ...
Red Cross Lecture
The Red Cross Lecture – the final one in the OU’s 40th anniversary year – will be on humanitarian space, preserving neutral, independent humanitarian aid to people in crisis.
Sir Nicholas Young, Chief Executive of the British red Cross, will talk at the The Open University’s Berrill Lecture Theatre, at Walton Hall, Milton Keynes on Thursday 3 December at 6pm.
Nick Young is Chief Executive of the British Red Cross, the country’s leading voluntary crisis response organisation, and part of the worldwide Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. The British Red Cross has 3,000 staff, around 40,000 volunteers and an annual income/expenditure of around £247 million.
Internationally, Nick plays an active part in the work of the Red Cross Movement. In the UK, he is actively involved in the work of the voluntary sector as a whole, and its interface with government.He has undertaken various high level strategy and operational reviews both nationally and internationally.
Prior to re-joining the Red Cross in 2001, Nick was Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Relief. Before that he was Director of UK Operations at the British Red Cross, following five years with the Sue Ryder Foundation setting up new Sue Ryder Homes. He started his career as a commercial solicitor, in the City and then as a partner in a firm in East Anglia. He was educated at Wimbledon College Grammar School and at Birmingham University.
Nick was knighted in 2000 for services to cancer care and was made a Freeman of the City of London in 2007. He is a member of the Worshipful Company of World Traders and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. Nick is married with three sons and lives in London.
Tickets for the lecture are priced at £17.50, which includes refreshments, and can be reserved by emailing Sharon Charlton at scharlton@redcross.org.uk, calling 01296 739 309 or visiting www.redcross.org.uk/events. RSVP by Wednesday 25 November.
The Red Cross Lecture – the final one in the OU’s 40th anniversary year – will be on humanitarian space, preserving neutral, independent humanitarian aid to people in crisis. Sir Nicholas Young, Chief Executive of the British red Cross, will talk at the The Open University’s Berrill Lecture Theatre, at Walton Hall, Milton Keynes ...
Photo competition winner announced
The winner of The Open University 40th anniversary photo competition has been announced as Suzy Currie from the Isle of Skye.
Suzy’s evocative image of her course work spread on a picnic table overlooking a loch (pictured right) was judged the best for its composition, light and response to the contest entry criteria.
From in excess of 100 entries, 10 were chosen as finalists representing the UK and Europe and the three judges had considerable difficulty selecting the overall winner given the standard of the submissions – all reflecting where students at The Open University choose to study.
Suzy’s prize is a canvas print of one of her own photographs, supplied by the contest sponsor Waddington and Ledger Ltd of West Yorkshire.
Suzy, who is studying Humanities with Literature at the OU, gets married to a fellow student in September.
“My grandfather was a photographer and I have inherited his photography equipment and it is a strong interest of mine," said Suzy, who has just been made redundant from her role as a personal assistant.
The winner of The Open University 40th anniversary photo competition has been announced as Suzy Currie from the Isle of Skye. Suzy’s evocative image of her course work spread on a picnic table overlooking a loch (pictured right) was judged the best for its composition, light and response to the contest entry criteria. From in excess of ...
Check out the action from Open Unlimited
Open Unlimited - the OU´s open day to celebrate its 40th birthday - gave the local community a chance to see behind the doors of the OU and to showcase some of the successes from the past four decades.
The event was held on 27 June but if you weren´t able to attend, you can take a glimpse of some of the activities and view pictures taken on the day on Flickr.
Open Unlimited gave current OU students, associate lecturers and alumni the opportunity to visit the main campus in Milton Keynes and get a taster of eight zones, featuring interactive activities from technology through the decades, to a magic teapot, the evolution of mammals to space, meteorites and beyond, an interactive OU quiz, and ‘guilty or not guilty’ the law scenario.
For those who attended Open Unlimited and haven’t yet provided feedback on the day, there is a short survey you can complete.
Useful links
Picture by: Crumbs and Doilies
Open Unlimited - the OU´s open day to celebrate its 40th birthday - gave the local community a chance to see behind the doors of the OU and to showcase some of the successes from the past four decades. The event was held on 27 June but if you weren´t able to attend, you can take a glimpse of some of the activities and view pictures taken on ...
40th anniversary lectures featuring famous faces
A series of lectures are taking place in October to celebrate the OU´s 40th anniversary.
6th October – Deborah Bull & Lord David Puttnam
London – Charlton Athletic Football Club
6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Deborah Bull, CBE is an English dancer, writer, and broadcaster. She was born in Derby, grew up in Kent and Lincolnshire and was then educated at the Royal Ballet School.
A ballerina winning the Prix de Lausanne 1980 and a member of the Royal Ballet from 1981 to 2001, becoming Principal Dancer in 1992. Early in 2002, Bull was engaged as the Creative Director at the introduction of the ROH2 programme at the Royal Opera House.
She has published three books, presented many ballet and dance programmes for BBCTV - including the dance/science series The Dancer´s Body (2002) and a programme in a series on paintings Private Life of a Masterpiece (2004) and written as a columnist for The Daily Telegraph from 1999 to 2001, and a contributing editor for Harpers & Queen in 2000.
She also served as a member of Arts Council England from 1999 to 2005, and from 1 August 2003 to 31 December 2006, served as a Governor of the BBC. This will be an interview style presentation rather than a lecture with Lord David Puttnam as the host. Registration will be available in September.
15th October – Prue Leith
Gloucester – Oxstalls tennis Centre
6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Prue Leith, OBE is a restaurateur, caterer, TV cook, broadcaster and cookery writer. In 1960, Prue Leith started a business supplying quality business lunches, which grew to become Leith’s Good Food Limited, with a turnover of £15m in 1995. In 1969, she opened Leith’s, her famous Michelin starred restaurant. In 1975 she founded Leiths School of Food and Wine which trains amateur and professional chefs. She has been a cookery editor and food columnist for the Daily Mail, Sunday Express, The Guardian and The Mirror. She is also a judge on the BBC television programme Great British Menu. In November 2006, Prue Leith was named to head the School Food Trust, the British government´s campaign to replace fatty foods with fresh fruit and vegetables in schools.
She also chairs The Hoxton Apprentice and 3Es Enterprises, and is Chair of the Board of Governors of Ashridge Management College. As well as many cookery books, including Leith´s Cookery Bible, she has written four novels, Leaving Patrick, Sisters, A Lovesome Thing, and Choral Society. Additional details including presentation titles and registration will be available in September.
21st October – Philip Pullman
Milton Keynes – Berrill Lecture Theatre, Open University
6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Philip Pullman, CBE is the best-selling author of His Dark Materials (a trilogy of fantasy novels), as well as a number of other books. In 1970 Pullman began teaching children and writing school plays. His first published work was The Haunted Storm, which joint-won the New English Library´s Young Writer´s Award in 1972. He nevertheless refuses to discuss it. Galatea, an adult fantasy-fiction novel, followed in 1978, but it was his school plays which inspired his first children´s book, Count Karlstein, in 1982. He stopped teaching around the publication of The Ruby in the Smoke (1986), his second children´s book, whose Victorian setting is indicative of Pullman´s interest in that era.
Pullman has also been a part-time lecturer whilst continuing to write children´s stories. He began His Dark Materials about 1993. Northern Lights (published as The Golden Compass in the US) was published in 1995 and won the Carnegie Medal, one of the most prestigious British children´s fiction awards, and the Guardian Children´s Fiction Award.
Pullman has been writing full-time since 1996, but continues to deliver talks and writes occasionally for The Guardian. He was awarded a CBE in the New Year´s Honours list in 2004. In September 2008 Pullman hosted "The Writer´s Table" for Waterstone´s bookshop chain, highlighting 40 books which have influenced his career. Additional details including presentation titles and registration will be available in September.
A series of lectures are taking place in October to celebrate the OU´s 40th anniversary. 6th October – Deborah Bull & Lord David Puttnam London – Charlton Athletic Football Club 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm Deborah Bull, CBE is an English dancer, writer, and broadcaster. She was born in Derby, grew up in Kent and ...
Ode to the Open University
Ode to the Open University
Oh worthy institution,
Progressive and benign,
Emerging from confusion
In 1969.
Your mission, since accomplished,
Education for the many,
Arose from the enlightened thoughts
Of Harold and of Jenny.
Many brave academics
Risking all, threw in their lot,
While Tory politicians
Saw it all as "bloody rot".
In 40 years you´ve grown and changed -
Respectable; revered;
But don´t, I beg, betray the work
Of those who pioneered.
We raise our glass to you, OU,
And give a round of "cheers"
Continue with the good work
For another 40 years!
By Lem Ibbotson, member of The Open University Poetry Society
Picture credit: Robert Lawler
Ode to the Open University Oh worthy institution, Progressive and benign, Emerging from confusion In 1969. Your mission, since accomplished, Education for the many, Arose from the enlightened thoughts Of Harold and of Jenny. Many brave academics Risking all, threw in their lot, While Tory politicians Saw it all as "bloody ...
Open University 40th Anniversary Poem
It wasn’t just the heat swirling round Museum of London on Sunday June 28th as the Open University in London marked 40 years inspiring learning. It was the warmth and magical mystery generated by a day of celebration, featuring a performance of the critically acclaimed Rockford’s Rock Opera, a rollicking environmentalist musical, with comedian Steve Punt and musician Matthew Sweetapple, and introduced by London Regional Director Barbara Stephens.
Then the great songs, graphics and sound effects gave way to an expectant hush before the fabulously understated tones of Wondermentalist poet Matt Harvey (pictured), who performed the long-awaited première of his thrilling, rousing paean to the Open University...
Open University 40th Anniversary Poem
OU, we owe you
everybody wants to know you
even those who used to doubt you
can’t speak well enough about you
they say: your founders were fearless
your students are tireless
your tutors are peerless
your media wireless
you’re the College of the Air
your reception’s everywhere
a twinkle in J C Stobart’s eye
that Michael Young could not let lie
that Jennie Lee tenaciously
made manifest reality
they’d an inkling lower income
doesn’t lead to slower thinking
so now some of us are inching
by degrees towards degrees
the never-quite-made-it or told-they-were stupid
the started-but-faded or sidetracked-by-cupid
the just-need-encouragement, gluttons-for-nourishment
the people whose talent was far too well-hidden
the told-that-we-couldn’t-or-shouldn’t-so-didn’t
the course-interrupted, the quite-frankly-corrupted
deep knowledge questers, bereft empty-nesters,
bright-eyed early-risers, complete self-surprisers
…who now all have fuller foreheads
a more complex frontal cortex
for nourishing our neurons
OU, we owe you
in time that’s borrowed, bought and stolen
schedules staggered, bent and swollen
time that’s snatched & time that’s smuggled
every minute of it juggled
we give up bingo, daytime telly
computer games and social drinking
to read Bronte Proust and Shelley
stay at home and do binge-thinking
every sacrifice worth making
now we’re swapping sleep for waking
waking up to our potential
to explore worlds once forbidden us
– it’s why on the residential
things can get a bit libidinous –
for being so inspiring
that you get our neurons firing
and spontaneously re-wiring
OU, we owe you
the wide-eyed wonder-graduate
the famished hunger-graduate…
jotting reading and absorbing
finding empty hours and tables
sending subtle signs to strangers
‘don’t disturb me I am dangerous
I have got a little learning…’
…and it’s not just about earning
though yes, we’re more employable
but when we go out on the pull
we talk a better class of bull
and if we’re not successful
we are much more philosophical
for nourishing our neurons
buffing up our self-assurance
and for being so inspiring
that you get our neurons firing
and spontaneously re-wiring
OU, we owe you
and OU here’s hoping
you always stay Open
for your enterprise is noble
and expanded frontal lobal
may your outreach programme snowball
from Chernobyl down to Yeovil
from Shanghai to Sampford Peverell
may your future now be global
and may some of your post-graduates
win prizes that are Nobel
if a university could get an honorary degree
you wouldn’t get one
– you’d get several
OU, BSc, BA Hons, Phd
we raise a half-full glass to you
from every social class to you
say ‘may the gods look after you’
and
OU, we owe you
Happy Anniversary*
Matt Harvey
(*now can I have a bursary?)
Useful links:
Credit: photo by Robert Lawler
It wasn’t just the heat swirling round Museum of London on Sunday June 28th as the Open University in London marked 40 years inspiring learning. It was the warmth and magical mystery generated by a day of celebration, featuring a performance of the critically acclaimed Rockford’s Rock Opera, a rollicking environmentalist musical, with comedian Steve ...
Prize draw winner announced
The winner of the Open Unlimited pre-registration prize draw has been selected.
As a result of registering online and then handing in the confirmation at The Open University´s Open Unlimited event in Milton Keynes on Saturday 27 June, Anthony Boros was the name drawn from thousands of entries.
He wins a trip to see Connie Fisher in The Sound of Music at Milton Keynes Theatre on Saturday 7 November plus room and breakfast at th Inn at Woburn plus VIP transfers in a chauffeur-driven Mercedes Benz plus dinner for two at a local restaurant.
The prize is sponsored by MercedesBenz of Milton Keynes which hosted a special display at Open Unlimited, held to celebrate the OU´s 40th anniversary.
The winner of the Open Unlimited pre-registration prize draw has been selected. As a result of registering online and then handing in the confirmation at The Open University´s Open Unlimited event in Milton Keynes on Saturday 27 June, Anthony Boros was the name drawn from thousands of entries. He wins a trip to see Connie Fisher in The ...
Open University celebrates!
Open Unlimited celebrated the OU turning 40 on 27 June. The event was arranged into nine visitor zones and gave visitors the chance to see behind the scenes of the UK´s largest university, exploring how we stay true to our mission, discover how we change lives, how we harness technology and how we deliver scale and quality.
Highlights included a ‘Stop and Search’ activity where visitors are being invited to take part in a 20 minute reconstruction of a magistrates’ court case, giving an insight into the workings of the legal system. A 25 minute quiz show that challenged people’s ideas about the Open University using push button technology was also available. There was also a Garden Fayre, Meeting Point, The Concept Zone, and much more.
Keep an eye on Platform for more details and pictures from the event.
For more details, visit http://www.openunlimited.co.uk/activities.html
Open Unlimited celebrated the OU turning 40 on 27 June. The event was arranged into nine visitor zones and gave visitors the chance to see behind the scenes of the UK´s largest university, exploring how we stay true to our mission, discover how we change lives, how we harness technology and how we deliver scale and quality. Highlights included a ...
40th anniversary event on Second Life
By popular request, an event is being staged in Second Life to mark the 40th anniversary of The Open University.
There will be a free funfair on the Open Life village green and a disco hosted by regular DJ Quentin Calvert. Everybody is welcome.
This is where you can teleport to the party.
Students and staff interested in having a free house or allotment on the OU’s Second Life island should email virtualworlds@open.ac.uk or contact Kickaha Wolfenhaut in-world.
Second Life beginners are invited to come along to the question and answer sessions which are held on Wednesdays at 7pm and Fridays at 10am. This is where you can teleport to the Q&A.
By popular request, an event is being staged in Second Life to mark the 40th anniversary of The Open University. There will be a free funfair on the Open Life village green and a disco hosted by regular DJ Quentin Calvert. Everybody is welcome. This is where you can teleport to the party. Students and staff interested in having a free ...
Celebrating years of OU/BBC broadcasting
Check this out - TV ARK - a website highlighting the history of OU/BBC broadcasting, right from 1971 to 2002. Makes for some interesting viewing!
Check this out - TV ARK - a website highlighting the history of OU/BBC broadcasting, right from 1971 to 2002. Makes for some interesting viewing!
Rockford's Rock Opera - an Amazing Ecological Adventure
Join The Open University in London at this free family event to celebrate the OU´s 40th anniversary with Rockford´s Rock Opera featuring comedian Steve Punt.
To celebrate 40 years inspiring learning, The Open University in London brings you Rockford´s Rock Opera: an amazing, original ecological adventure for children and adults.
Set in Battersea and on The Island of Infinity, Rockford´s Rock Opera is a mysterious and magical story with a message - featuring great songs, narration and sound effects. A unique take on the threat of extinction and the effect humans are having on life on earth - with an optimistic approach.
And there´s more:
- Meet London´s extinct creatures with the Bone Man
- Poetry with Radio 4´s Matt Harvey * Creative writing workshops with Open University tutors
- Hands-on activities around the Museum of London
- Advice and guidance on all aspects of study from Open University tutors
Date Sunday 28 June 2009
Time: 12pm to 4pm
Venue: Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5HN
Nearest tube: Barbican, St Paul´s, Moorgate
For more information call 020 7001 9844
Useful links
To book a place please visit www.open.ac.uk/contact/events.aspx or email c.collyer@open.ac.uk
Join The Open University in London at this free family event to celebrate the OU´s 40th anniversary with Rockford´s Rock Opera featuring comedian Steve Punt. To celebrate 40 years inspiring learning, The Open University in London brings you Rockford´s Rock Opera: an amazing, original ecological adventure for children and ...
Chariots of Fire race
Since 1992 Cambridge has been the venue for an annual relay race called Chariots of Fire. The event attracts around 2,500 runners and to celebrate the OU anniversary, the regional office will be putting at least two teams into the contest. The teams will represent staff, students and alumni.
The first charity race took place in 1992 prompted by the film of the same name. Lord Puttnam, creator of the film Chariots of Fire and OU Chancellor started the race in 2003 and said at the time: “I am very proud of the fact that, 25 years after its production, Chariots of Fire is still proving its value by, among other things, helping to raise money for charities in Cambridgeshire year after year after year. It must have struck a chord for I know of no other film that manages to evoke the same, entirely positive reaction”.
The regional office will have a stand at the event promoting relevant courses and hope teams from other regions may compete.
Date: 20 September 2009
Time: 11am
Venue: Cambridge
Hosted by: The Open University in the East of England
Introduction Open to: All
Contact: A.L.Martin@open.ac.uk
Since 1992 Cambridge has been the venue for an annual relay race called Chariots of Fire. The event attracts around 2,500 runners and to celebrate the OU anniversary, the regional office will be putting at least two teams into the contest. The teams will represent staff, students and alumni. The first charity race took place in 1992 prompted ...
An Open Event at Leeds
The annual Open Event at Leeds was extended to celebrate the 40th anniversary. The 2009 event took place on Saturday 11th July 2009 in the Regional Centre. Past Open Events have resulted in an increasing number of registrations onto courses and allowed potential and existing students access to workshops from Faculties and Student Services.
A special reception was held to celebrate student successes. There was a guest list of graduates who have achieved success with the OU over the last 40 years and local partners celebrating the success of the OU in the region.
The annual Open Event at Leeds was extended to celebrate the 40th anniversary. The 2009 event took place on Saturday 11th July 2009 in the Regional Centre. Past Open Events have resulted in an increasing number of registrations onto courses and allowed potential and existing students access to workshops from Faculties and Student Services. A special ...
Interested in art?
Following the hugely successful Art Walk two years ago, the Open University will this year be showcasing works by local sculptors in recognition of the OU’s 40th Anniversary. The event will launch on the Thursday 11th June 2009 with the Sculpture Walk first guided tour at Walton Hall and East Campus where the sculptors will talk about their works.
Lunchtime guided tours will then be available throughout the summer and at Open Unlimited with a closing event to be held on the Tuesday 15th September 2009.
More details on these and other art events will be available on the new art website. Please contact Lynn Watkinson, Artwork Co-ordinator, (email L.P.Watkinson@open.ac.uk) to book a place at these events.
Open to: All
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Venue: The Open University Campus
Following the hugely successful Art Walk two years ago, the Open University will this year be showcasing works by local sculptors in recognition of the OU’s 40th Anniversary. The event will launch on the Thursday 11th June 2009 with the Sculpture Walk first guided tour at Walton Hall and East Campus where the sculptors will talk about their ...
Re-Educating Rita reminder
A reminder to all theatre and film-lovers - oh, and any OU addicts! Educating Rita by Willy Russell to be performed at the old lecture theatre at the Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes from Thursday 28th to Saturday 30th May 2009. As 2009 is the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Open University we believe that ´Rita´ is an ideal production to celebrate a revolution in education at it heart.
For anyone who perhaps has seen the film but not the original stage production, the play has a cast of two; Rita a hairdresser from a decidedly working class background taking an OU course in literature and Frank a world weary university lecturer who has taken on OU work to supplement his income. What happens between these two characters over the course of the evening is thought provoking and very funny. The dialogue is sparkling and memorable, the play is now taught on the sort of courses that Rita is taking in the play! The play being a two hander does require an ability to learn a lot of lines, but it´s well worth the effort.
Date: May 28, 29 and 30 at 19.30
Venue: The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
Cost: Ticket prices to be confirmed
Enquiries: anniversary@open.ac.uk please put “Rita” in your subject header
A reminder to all theatre and film-lovers - oh, and any OU addicts! Educating Rita by Willy Russell to be performed at the old lecture theatre at the Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes from Thursday 28th to Saturday 30th May 2009. As 2009 is the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Open University we believe that ´Rita´ is an ideal ...
40th anniversary lectures by Kate Adie, Professor Heinz Wolff and Trevor Bayliss
The Open University has organised a series of lectures to mark its 40th anniversary with Kate Adie, Professor Heinz Wolff and Trevor Bayliss on the books.
Professor Heinz Wolff, the renowned scientist and broadcaster, is to give a lecture entitled Frugality and Mutality, Crunch and Care? at the Ealing Town Hall on Tuesday 19 May.
In his lecture, OU Honorary Graduate Professor Heinz Wolff will reflect on what the world will be like when he is 111. Professor Wolff predicts accelerating change in the next 20 years which may see the world having to make do with less and help each other more.
Professor Wolff is probably best known in the science world as inventor of Bioengineering and to the public for his television and radio work over the years, including such series as BBC´s The Great Egg Race. In March 2009 he became the star of a new computer/Wii game, Professor Heinz Wolff´s Gravity.
18.00: Tea and coffee on arrival
18.30: Lecture commences (late-comers will not be admitted)
19.15: Questions and answers
19.30: Networking opportunity
20.30: Close
Trevor Baylis OBE, the renowned inventor, is to give a lecture entitled Why Invent? at the Light Box in Woking on Wednesday 3 June.
Trevor believes that ingenious ideas often get lost because bright problem solvers don’t know how to turn their concept into reality. He believes the art of invention should be taught at school and that as a society we should find ways to recognise the achievements of inventors.
Trevor is best known for inventing the clockwork radio. In 1991, he saw a television program about the spread of AIDS in Africa and he set about developing the Wind Up Radio. His first working prototype ran for 14 minutes and in 1994 was featured on the Tomorrow’s World’on BBC1. The product’s potential was immediately recognised and the following year BayGen Power Industries was set-up in Cape Town, South Africa employing disabled workers to manufacture the Freeplay Wind Up Radio.
Trevor has made many television and radio appearances in the UK, as well as after-dinner speaking, sharing with others the world of invention, innovation and the importance of protecting your intellectual property. He draws on his earlier performing experiences of being a stunt man to create a bit of a show.
18.00: Tea and coffee on arrival
18.30: Lecture commences (late-comers will not be admitted)
19.15: Questions and answers
19.30: Networking opportunity
20.30: Close
Kate Adie, the renowned author and broadcaster, is to give a lecture entitled Reporting From the Front Line at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland on Monday 15 June.
Kate Adie became a familiar figure to viewers through her work as the BBC´s Chief News Correspondent. She is considered to be among the finest reporters, as well as one of the first British women sending despatches from danger zones around the world. She is also familiar as the presenter of Radio 4´s From Our Own Correspondent and a guest on numerous other radio and television programmes.
18.30: Tea and coffee on arrival
19:00: Lecture commences (late-comers will not be admitted)
20.10: Questions and answers
20.30: Networking opportunity and book signing
21.00: Close
Places are be in high demand and are limited so pre-registering is essential and tickets will be issued on a first-come first-served basis. If you wish to book a place at this event please respond email anniversary@open.ac.uk (alumni should email alumni@open.ac.uk) stating which lecture you´d like to attend.
The Open University has organised a series of lectures to mark its 40th anniversary with Kate Adie, Professor Heinz Wolff and Trevor Bayliss on the books. Professor Heinz Wolff, the renowned scientist and broadcaster, is to give a lecture entitled Frugality and Mutality, Crunch and Care? at the Ealing Town Hall on Tuesday 19 May. In his ...
