Aged 18 to 25? Studying with the OU or thinking of doing so? Then this is the place to come and find out more; a place for you to share your experiences as a young OU student and chat with others in similar situations.
Join the egg hunt for chance to win £250 in OU module vouchers *NOW CLOSED*
Platform’s inviting you to join an egg hunt with the chance of winning £250 in OU module vouchers.
Please make the subject of your email ‘Egg hunt comp 2012’ and include your answer, full name and address. Correct entries will all be entered into a draw and the winner will receive £250 in OU module vouchers, to spend at their leisure.
All the eggs can be found on Platform, the OU's community website, but to make it a bit easier, as this is such a big site, with each egg there’ll be a clue included to help you find the next one. We’ll also be linking to other Open University websites where relevant, to help flag up useful resources, but all eggs can be found on Platform only.
Here’s the first clue to get you started… if you were thinking about changing jobs or honing your interview skills, you’d probably take a look at this page.
Terms and conditions
This competition opens on 22/03/12 and closes on 27/04/2011. Prizes must be taken as offered and are not transferable or exchangeable for a cash equivalent. Only one entry per person. This competition is open to all except employees of The Open University. Entries must be received by 27 April 2012. The promoter accepts no responsibility for any entries that are incomplete, illegible, corrupted or fail to reach the promoter by the relevant closing date for any reason. The winners will be drawn and notified within 28 days of the competition closing. The name and home town of the winner will be published on Platform. The editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Platform’s inviting you to join an egg hunt with the chance of winning £250 in OU module vouchers. There are eight eggs hidden across Platform and each of them boasts a letter. Find the eight eggs, rearrange them to spell a word and then send an email to platform-competitions@open.ac.uk by no later than Friday 27 April 2012. Please make the subject of your ...
Converge Challenge 2013 - Scotland
So, if you are studying in Scotland and have a business idea that you are trying to develop, read on.
Converge Challenge is the largest business competition and entrepreneurial training programme in Scotland with the top prize of £60,000. The competition is hosted by Heriot–Watt University. They are looking for entrepreneurs with bright ideas to turn into viable businesses. They will provide training, hands-on mentoring, business support and give out cash prizes up to £35,000.
The competition is open to all final year undergraduate or postgraduate students as well as academic and research staff of any Scottish University or Research Institute.
Find out more about the Converge Challenge
Posted 18 April 2013
The Converge Challenge is a business plan competition, aimed at all final year undergraduate, Masters and postgraduate students, and academic and research staff in Scotland. So, if you are studying in Scotland and have a business idea that you are trying to develop, read on. Converge Challenge is the largest business competition and entrepreneurial training programme in ...
Young people in the South
Heya, my name's Chris, and I'm in my second year with the OU. I'm 19, and although my OU courses are really good, all my friends have disappeared off to bricks and mortar universities. I'm sure I'm not alone in this, so are there any other young students out there in the South who would like to start a group and meet up occasionally? Here's a link to the OUSA forum page: http://learn.open.ac.uk/mod/forumng/discuss.php?d=1117904
Heya, my name's Chris, and I'm in my second year with the OU. I'm 19, and although my OU courses are really good, all my friends have disappeared off to bricks and mortar universities. I'm sure I'm not alone in this, so are there any other young students out there in the South who would like to start a group and meet up occasionally? Here's a link to the OUSA forum page: ...
Sign up for OU telephone campaign and earn extra money for Christmas
Based at the Walton Hall campus in Milton Keynes, successful candidates can expect to earn £7.80 per hour, whilst knowing that the work they are doing will have a direct impact on the lives of future students.
What does it involve?
As a caller, you’ll be holding telephone conversations with OU graduates (during evenings and weekends), talking to them about the OU's mission of providing education for all, updating their details and asking them to make a donation to our fundraising projects.
There will be no cold calling – we’re contacting all our graduates in advance about the campaign, and they can opt out if they prefer. You can find out more about what being a caller is like from previous caller Marie Coles.
For more information or to obtain a copy of the application form please visit this website.
The closing date for applications is Friday 14 September at 5pm. Previous applicants need not apply.
Following a hugely successful July telephone campaign – raising more than £86,000 in pledged donations – the OU’s Development Office is looking to recruit even more telephone callers to take part in the next fundraising campaign which will run for four weeks in November 2012. Based at the Walton Hall campus in Milton Keynes, successful candidates can ...
Open University Guarantee to help students in England start studying
The scheme will help students in England who are likely to be eligible for a student loan (tuition fee loan) to start studying even if they haven’t received confirmation of the loan.
The OU Guarantee
- If someone has registered to study with the OU in the academic year 2012/13, passes the OU’s loan eligibility check and applies for a student loan, the OU offers a guarantee that a delay or refusal from Student Finance England won’t stop them from starting their studies and that:
- The OU will cover the cost of their first module if they pass our eligibility check but are unable to obtain a loan when they apply to Student Finance England; they can start studying this autumn, even if their loan has yet to be confirmed.
Will Swann, Director, Students, said: “Student loans have been part of full-time university study for years, but they are new to part-time students. We want to reassure students who might be worried that they won’t be approved for a student loan in time, that this doesn’t need to be a barrier to study.
“To help give people the confidence to start studying for a qualification, we’ve put in place the OU Guarantee. If potential students register to start studying for an Open University qualification between September 2012 and August 2013, and if they appear to be eligible for a student loan and apply for one, we will provide them with the reassurance that they can start their studies, no matter what.”
Potential students will initially be able to see if they are likely to be eligible for a student loan if the following three statements are true for them:
1. I am planning to study for an undergraduate qualification
2. I am planning to study my first qualification, or one that is higher than any I already have
3. I am resident in England
As potential students then go through the process of registering for a qualification and choosing their modules, they will be asked to complete a detailed check to indicate their eligibility for a student loan and therefore the OU Guarantee.
More information is available here.
At the end of May, the OU launched its Ways to Pay video to help people in England understand the new and different options for funding part-time study with the OU. As well as the Government’s student loans, the OU offers its own loan system, and its Access to Success Route to help people on low incomes, as well as the opportunity for people to pay upfront if they prefer. In addition, over 10 per cent of OU students are sponsored by their employers. More information about Ways to Pay can be found here.
What you can do to help
You can help spread the word about the OU Guarantee and OU Ways to Pay campaigns by sharing these messages across your networks and following the hashtags on Twitter - #OU_guarantee and #OUways2pay
The OU has launched the OU Guarantee to help new students start their studies this autumn even if they haven’t received their student loan confirmation before their course starts. The scheme will help students in England who are likely to be eligible for a student loan (tuition fee loan) to start studying even if they haven’t received confirmation of the ...
Poem: As I Close my Garden Gate
What will I do when I leave OU?
Pens and highlighters will remain as good as new
No more assignments to submit
I will miss them, although it’s hard to admit
What will I do when I leave OU, I ponder as I sit
No more OU packages to await
No more TMA’s to submit too late
Where will my degree take me?
I wonder is it fate?
What will be, will be I think, as I close my garden gate. . .
Perhaps I will start a course in poetry
Rhyming I enjoy, it would be good to learn some new techniques
Which on this page, I could employ
Graduation is on the horizon
I must book my place soon
No more assignments to submit
by the deadline that is noon
The cap and gown I have dreamt of
are now within my reach
I give credit to the OU,
for the way in which they teach
No more OU packages to await
No more TMA’s to submit too late
Where will my degree take me?
I wonder is it fate?
What will be, will be I think, as I close my garden gate . . .
What will I do when I leave OU? Pens and highlighters will remain as good as new No more assignments to submit I will miss them, although it’s hard to admit What will I do when I leave OU, I ponder as I sit No more OU packages to await No more TMA’s to submit too late Where will my degree take me? I wonder is it fate? What will be, will be I think, as I close my garden gate. . . Perhaps I ...
Anyone going to the Big Fat OUSA Conference 2012
Hi. Just interested to see if anyone (18-25) is going to conference at Miton Keynes on 22nd July?
Not sure what it is all about (must do some homework!lol) but thought would go along for the ride as sounds like it will be great fun!Kylie :-)
Hi. Just interested to see if anyone (18-25) is going to conference at Miton Keynes on 22nd July? Not sure what it is all about (must do some homework!lol) but thought would go along for the ride as sounds like it will be great fun!Kylie :-)
OU student writes a song about the TMA
An OU student on DD307 Social psychology: critical perspectives on self and others has penned a song about the frustrations of writing a TMA.
In the blurb underneath the video on YouTube, Eddie, who wrote and produced the song and accompanying video, says: “It's always an emotional time handing in a Tutor Marked Assignment for The Open University. This is for my fellow DD307 students this year. Unfortunately I had no cameraman, so had to enlist Surf Teddy to do the honours.”
An OU student on DD307 Social psychology: critical perspectives on self and others has penned a song about the frustrations of writing a TMA. In the blurb underneath the video on YouTube, Eddie, who wrote and produced the song and accompanying video, says: “It's always an emotional time handing in a Tutor Marked Assignment for The Open University. This is for my fellow DD307 students ...
Video: On music in film...
OU Music Lecturer Ben Winters, a conductor and violinist, talks about the importance of music in film from the university's very own music studio…
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OU Music Lecturer Ben Winters, a conductor and violinist, talks about the importance of music in film from the university's very own music studio… Find out more: More about Ben Winters Study with the OU - Music OU music blog 2.142855 Average: 2.1 (7 votes)
Video: Why Classical Studies is more interesting than you might think
Classical Studies is more interesting than you think! OU Lecturer in Classical Studies Jessica Hughes talks about the classics and her own research into ancient body parts. She also explains why classics, as a subject, has much more to it than most people realise.
Find out more:
- Jessica Hughes is one half of the Classics Confidential vodcast which broadcasts interviews with interesting people in the world of classics
- More about Jessica Hughes
- Study with the OU: Classical Studies courses and qualifications
- Classical Studies taster materials
Classical Studies is more interesting than you think! OU Lecturer in Classical Studies Jessica Hughes talks about the classics and her own research into ancient body parts. She also explains why classics, as a subject, has much more to it than most people realise. Find out more: Jessica Hughes is one half of the Classics Confidential vodcast which broadcasts ...
OU wins University Face Off campaign
Student Sarah Wicks, who’s been rallying support for the campaign – including asking Platform to promote the cause – is delighted with the outcome after beating closest rivals Aberystwyth to the top spot.
“I’m grinning from ear-to-ear!” she said. “We won! We were over 1,000 points ahead of our nearest rival Aberystwyth by the end, after a monumental effort by students who set up a Facebook campaign group, pinned up posters at tutorials and rallied support from the Student Association forums.
The Open University has scooped the title of 'most supported university' in the University Face Off campaign on Facebook. Student Sarah Wicks, who’s been rallying support for the campaign – including asking Platform to promote the cause – is delighted with the outcome after beating closest rivals Aberystwyth to the top spot. “I’m grinning from ...
Enter the Santander universities entrepreneurship awards
Open to both students and anybody who has graduated with the OU within the last five years, the second edition of the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards offers a cash investment to those who can demonstrate a commitment to the development of an innovative business proposition.
What’s on offer?
All 57 UK universities in the Santander Universities network have been invited to submit two student or alumni business proposals for the national competition – one each for undergraduate and postgraduate level.
The prizes are:
Undergraduates: 1st prize £5,000; 2nd prize £3,000; 3rd prize £1,000.
Postgraduate: 1st prize £20,000; 2nd prize £10,000; 3rd prize £5,000.
How to enter
- To request an information pack please email Platform
- Send your completed business plan of no more than five double sided pages plus a maximum of two appendices to Platform entitled ‘Santander awards’
- Business plan text must be no smaller than Arial font, 10pt
- All applicants must be students at the university or alumni who have graduated within the last five years
Deadline for entries: Friday 20 April ** Now closed**
All entries will be judged by a panel at The Open University. The best proposals will then go forward to the national competition.
If you have a brilliant business idea, you could win a cash prize of up to £20,000. Open to both students and anybody who has graduated with the OU within the last five years, the second edition of the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards offers a cash investment to those who can demonstrate a commitment to the development of an innovative business ...
Universities Week launches competition to be an Olympic Stadium commentator
In an exclusive competition for students only, Universities Week is offering three lucky winners the chance to be a commentor at the BUCS Visa Outdoor Athletics Championships, a London 2012 test event as part of the London Prepares Series.
Flex your sports reporting skills and simply upload a 90-second audio or film clip of yourself commentating at a local sports event to YouTube. Students are asked to film university sporting events but for distance learners, a local sporting event will do.
On Saturday 5 May 2012, three lucky finalists will get coaching from Britain’s best known sports commentators John Inverdale and Paul Dickenson before competing in the commentary box during the Outdoor Athletics Championship's morning heats. The winner will be selected by the stadium’s sports presentation team to commentate in the evening finals in front of spectators at the Olympic Stadium.
See here for full details of the competition and how to enter. Please note the competition closes on 1 April 2012.
Fancy yourself as an Olympic Stadium commentator? Then here's your chance... In an exclusive competition for students only, Universities Week is offering three lucky winners the chance to be a commentor at the BUCS Visa Outdoor Athletics Championships, a London 2012 test event as part of the London Prepares Series. Flex your sports reporting skills and simply upload ...
Register your interest for new and improved OUSA conference
This year's conference organised by the Open University Student Association (OUSA) is getting a makeover - and students are invited to register their interest in attending.
The conference is expected to host up to 400 students at the OU campus in Milton Keynes from 22 to 24 June 2012, with the same number again taking part in a related online event.
Also this year, for the first time a large part of the weekend is being devoted to student-focused activities including workshops, presentations, lectures, debates, seminars and discussion groups, both at the face-to-face event and in the online arena. There will also be ample time for students to socialise.
“Although we’re saving plenty of places (within both arenas) for students who already take an active part in OUSA, we’re encouraging those who haven’t been involved before to apply for the many places reserved especially for them. We expect there to be a large take up of these places and the Students Association will be meeting all accommodation and catering costs for the face to face event as well as reasonable travel expenses.”
Registration for OUSA Conference 2012, (both face-to-face and online) doesn’t open until six weeks prior to the event, but students are asked to register their interest and will be included on a mailing list about how they can apply for a place when the time comes. To get on the mailing list, send your name and student number to s.j.carter@open.ac.uk. Please include your region or nation and state if you are interested in attending the face-to-face event or the online version.
“After this year, the conference timetable changes and it will become a biennial event so it won’t be until 2014 that this fantastic opportunity for O U Students will be offered again,” added Marianne Cantieri.
You can also follow OUSA on Twitter for updates.
This year's conference organised by the Open University Student Association (OUSA) is getting a makeover - and students are invited to register their interest in attending. The conference is expected to host up to 400 students at the OU campus in Milton Keynes from 22 to 24 June 2012, with the same number again taking part in a related online event. Also this year, for the first time a large ...
OU golf challenge open to students and alumni
It will take place at the OU's home course, The Millbrook Golf Course, in Bedfordshire, on Tuesday 22 May 2012.
The format will be unchanged from previous competitions – in the morning there will be a fun nine-hole scramble of teams put together on the day.
The main event in the afternoon will see an individual, full handicap Stableford over 18 holes for the OU Challenge Trophy. There will also be nearest-the-pin and longest drive prizes.
There have been both male and female previous winners, which include staff, current students and alumni.
The event is supported by both the OU Club and The Millbrook Golf Club, so the day’s golf plus coffee, bacon (or egg) butty, lunch and prizes costs only £25.
Students and alumni, with current handicaps, can obtain full details and enter by contacting Andy Harding, Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology at The Open University in Milton Keynes by emailing a.v.harding@open.ac.uk or calling 01908 653328.
This is essentially a fun event, but it is restricted to golfers with handicaps. The event is popular and therefore places will be allocated strictly on a first come, first served basis.
Picture credit: Thinkstock
For the 11th year, students and alumni are again invited to join current staff for a day of golf at the Annual Open University Staff and Student Golf Challenge. It will take place at the OU's home course, The Millbrook Golf Course, in Bedfordshire, on Tuesday 22 May 2012. The format will be unchanged from previous competitions – in the morning there will be a fun ...
Support the OU in University Face Off campaign
Student Sarah Wicks has contacted Platform in a bid to rally continued support for the campaign. She said: “At the moment the OU is at the top of the leaderboard, due to the efforts of a handful of students to promote this amongst the OU community.
“The competition runs until the end of March, and our lead is under threat by Aberystwyth Uni who won it last year. We'd really appreciate some 'official' support on this - if nothing else, it's getting the OU noticed among the wider student population."
She added: "With only a few days remaining we're about 1,000 ahead of our main rivals Aberystwyth and we all be gutted if they snatched victory at the last minute."
To get behind the OU in the University Face Off, see the official Facebook page and the OU support page.
Time is running out to vote in the University Face Off campaign which is underway on Facebook to find the UK's ‘most supported university'. Student Sarah Wicks has contacted Platform in a bid to rally continued support for the campaign. She said: “At the moment the OU is at the top of the leaderboard, due to the efforts of a handful of students to promote this ...
OU student wants you to rate this website for her MSc!
An OU student would like you to rate this website - the OU’s community website, Platform – as part of her Masters. But she needs you to do it quickly!
She said: “Catastrophic data collection disasters mean my MSc is in jeopardy! A number of communities have already kindly supported the study into but I'm short on data and need your help to ensure findings are robust.
“I've specifically chosen Platform for the study because the community and site appears to exhibit a number of interesting traits of successful communities as emerging from the study so far. Platform also has some clear differences from other communities in the study and I am rather hoping that some helpful implicit factors will become apparent that are unique to the OU users and the way they perceive and use Platform.”
She added: “To produce solid and accurate data as a base for revealing the star qualities underlying a successful online community, I need you to share your views – from your experience of your community in a questionnaire. Every response is valuable.
“Once you’ve completed the questionnaire, you could forward the questionnaire link to fellow community members who might also be interested – and that would be of more help to the study.”
Shelley is working to a tight deadline with penultimate submission on Monday 9 January and final submission in early February. You can read her plea for help in the forums here.
To help Shelley with her study you can ‘rate Platform’ by completing this short survey.
For full details about the study please visit Shelley's website.
An OU student would like you to rate this website - the OU’s community website, Platform – as part of her Masters. But she needs you to do it quickly! Shelley Haliburton is doing an MSc and her final project involves a study on ‘what makes online communities successful?” She said: “Catastrophic data collection disasters mean my MSc is in ...
My Christmas poem
Well it’s a year since the last one (my attempt at a rhyme)
And my god has a lot happened during that passing of time
For starters I’ve finally finished it, my long-running BSc
Yep, it’s done and dusted now and I’ve been given my precious degree
But even though it’s done, and I could’ve called it a day
I’ve continued with my studies so that one day I may
Be even more proud to say that I have an MA
And that my yearning for learning always with me, did stay
The OU has tarred me with a desire so strong
I can’t see me reaching the end of this road I’m now upon
I’ll keep on walking it til the day I can no more
With an alphabet of suffixes trailing behind me on the floor
Oh what a lovely thought, that I’m now part of the elite
Who belong to the OU Alumni, and I tell you it’s no mean feat!
Us OU lot, we’re strong you know, we don’t rest on our laurels
We want to do better for ourselves, we clearly have good morals
But anyway, I digress, my progress is good,
I’ve done a lot this last year, even more if I could!
I can relax well at Christmas, safe in the knowledge
That all along I knew I didn’t miss out by dropping out of college
I can scoff down mince pies and top them with cream
Then sleep well at night and contentedly dream
About waltzing the graduation stage in my PhD attire
And wondering if I can make my parents pride peak any higher
I’ll get there you know, I think I’m finally starting to believe
That anything’s possible; whatever you want you can probably achieve
It just takes the effort to get up off your bum
Cos if you sit on it too long you risk it going permanently numb
But look, I’ve done it again, digressed, jees my attention is shocking
It’s a wonder I ever manage, my abilities as a student deserve mocking
But then no body’s perfect, I know we all have our quirks
But at least I finally made it to postgrad and that’s one of the perks
Of sticking to my guns and keeping my focus on the ‘prize’
Although it’s hard when you’re this lazy, I’m not gonna lie
I mean I failed for cripes sake, had to resit!
But I was determined to finish so it’s done now, that’s it
I get to raise a glass, at Christmas day lunch
And silently toast my own success whilst I gleefully munch
On that feeling of satisfaction you can only really achieve
By keeping your eye on your end goal, and having the strength to believe.
I mean look at me; what I started from compared to where I am now
I’m no model student – I’m clearly very average and that’s how
So much of what I say seems to resonate with you all
Hey check it out – we’re in the majority – we can all stand proud and tall!
Christmas is the chance though, if only once in the year
To feel proud of yourself and show that you care
About the long road ahead because life’s a wonderful thing
And we’re making the most of what an education can bring
So I raise a glass to you all, my wonderful OU buddies
And I wish you all the very best in your ongoing studies
I may see some of you next year, on our graduation day
So if you spot me, give me a nudge and be sure to say hey
But for now I’ll leave it there, I think I’ve waffled for too long
Maybe next year I’ll take music and instead do you a song!
Merry Christmas you lovely bunch, I bid you all festive cheer
But take good care of yourselves, I want to see you all again next year...
Well it’s a year since the last one (my attempt at a rhyme) And my god has a lot happened during that passing of time For starters I’ve finally finished it, my long-running BSc Yep, it’s done and dusted now and I’ve been given my precious degree But even though it’s done, and I could’ve called it a day I’ve continued with my studies so ...
Today’s gaming enthusiast is older than you think, finds OU research student
An OU research student has discovered that members of the gaming community - people who play and enjoy games - are older than you might think.
OU PhD student Jo Iacovides, 28, looked at how people engage with digital games and found that the age of gamers is not typically a 20-something playing games like Call of Duty. Rather, hert research found that the demographics are changing among game enthusiasts.
“One participant I monitored in our labs was a 59-year-old mother, who was reluctant to describe herself as a gamer yet she admitted to enjoying digital games on Facebook and playing collaborative games on the Nintendo Wii with her adult daughter.
“She is getting a lot from them. During one of the observation sessions, she did get a bit overwhelmed by the information and the clues when playing an unfamiliar game. This meant she got to the end of the time limit without completing the task, but after a break she realised she may have worked out the solution and would have liked another go.”
The sessions, carried out in The Open University’s technology labs, involved nine people taking part in two hour-long sessions within a specially-created “lounge” with a sofa and a games consoles.
In the questionnaire assessment, 232 people within the 18 to 65 age groups responded to an appeal for volunteers via OU websites, and more than 50 per cent admitted to being “moderate gamers”.
Her study found that breakdowns and breakthroughs – when people did succeed in the game - were crucial to the experience.
“People generally report positive experiences from playing games. They are learning in ways that might surprise us, such as developing patience and perseverance. It was interesting to see how often breakdowns – such as ‘dying’ repeatedly – happen, yet the players keep on going! Perhaps because failure has fewer consequences in the game world, but it is remarkable to observe and see how learning comes out of that failure. You can see how competence could develop from being able to figure out the game.”
Jo added: “Education could learn something from the world of gaming, in terms of the culture around gaming that supports the activity but also in terms of respecting the impact and influence games can have, rather than relegating them to being simple distractions.”
She also concluded that educational games could pick up useful pointers from the design of commercial ones.
“By looking at how these breakdowns and breakthroughs occur there are potential implications for devising more effective educational games – for instance, by ensuring that the player does feel responsible for figuring out solutions and the consequences of their actions,” she said.
Jo, who is a gamer herself in her limited spare time, has already presented her work at several conferences, while the preliminary findings from the questionnaire study are to be published next year in the Journal of Learning, Media and Technology.
Pictured are some of the research participants playing games in the lab.
An OU research student has discovered that members of the gaming community - people who play and enjoy games - are older than you might think. OU PhD student Jo Iacovides, 28, looked at how people engage with digital games and found that the age of gamers is not typically a 20-something playing games like Call of Duty. Rather, hert research found that the demographics are changing among ...
OU in Scotland academic joins famous media scientists on BBC quiz show
Dr Ian Johnston, a lecturer in engineering and staff tutor in technology with The Open University in Scotland, has been involved with several television science programmes over the years including Bang Goes The Theory and Electric Dreams, as well as being an academic consultant to Battle of the Greeks (appearing on screen with Richard Hammond).
He was among a panel of five media scientists for the Celebrity Eggheads quiz including Johnny Ball (Think of a Number), Adam Hart-Davis, (What the Romans did for Us), Kate Bellingham (Tomorrow's World) and Monty Jopson (The One Show). The programme is the finale of the series and is due to be shown on BBC2 at 6pm on Friday 23 December.
Dr Johnston said: “It was great fun appearing on Celebrity Eggheads, particularly because it gave me a chance to meet and work with Johnny Ball. I wasn't the only one keen to meet him - he has cult status amongst generations of scientists, engineers and mathematicians who trace their interests back to the shows he made from the 60s to the 80s.”
“As for what area I got and how we did overall ... my lips are sealed. Watch the programme and all will be revealed,” he said.
An OU in Scotland academic and advisor for the BBC science series Bang Goes The Theory is to appear on a TV quiz show with other celebrity scientists. Dr Ian Johnston, a lecturer in engineering and staff tutor in technology with The Open University in Scotland, has been involved with several television science programmes over the years including Bang Goes The Theory ...
