To take your mind off TMAs, EMAs, exams and results why not apply to join the OU University Challenge team?
OUSA is now starting the process of organising a team for the next series of University Challenge, one of the most challenging quiz programmes currently on television. To be eligible to apply you need to be a current student of the Open University and expect to be studying next year.
If you fancy making an appeareance on television, would enjoy the chance to flex those brain cells and the opportunity to enhance your university's reputation please email your name and PI number to s.j.carter@open.ac.uk who will keep your details on file and send you an application form when they become available later in the year.
Those interested will be asked to take part in OUSA's selection process, with the successful applicants being required to attend an interview and be available for filming if the team gets to the televised stage. More details will be posted once they become available.
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The Starter for 10!
Who can apply to be in the OU's University Challenge team?
Answer: Postgraduate or undergraduate Open University students enrolled on courses at the time of their Application and during filming in 2012. This is not only open to students resident in the UK.
The three bonus questions worth 5 points each are:
Question 1. Which dates are important?
Answer: OUSA Office Staff will be receiving applications and completed question sheets up to October 31st. In November OUSA’s second stage for selecting the final team will take place online, on a day to be agreed. This round is in real time and takes place in a virtual meeting place in an effort to imitate the sort of qualifying event that might take place at a Campus University. In January and February Granada will be interviewing the students who have been selected to make up our team. Filming for the successful teams takes place in Manchester between February and April 2012.
Question 2. What is a ‘question sheet’?
Answer: The question sheet is a number of general knowledge questions sent out to applicants and is intended to aid OUSA’s selection process. Please answer the questions unaided and return your entry to the OUSA Office by October 31st. The questions do not attempt to mirror the difficulty of University Challenge rounds but they aim to ascertain which applicants have the widest range of general knowledge.
Question 3. Who do I contact for more information?
Answer: Email your name and P I number to s.j.carter@open.ac.uk. Sandra will send you the question sheet plus more information about eligibility and the selection process.
Alison Kingan
VP Student Support