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16/11/2012 - 17:32
Video: OU graduates share their top study tips...
OU graduates share their top study tips...
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16/11/2012 - 17:21
Video: What graduates would say to someone thinking of OU study...
The Platform team asked graduates what they'd say to someone who was thinking of studying with the OU. Find out what our fully-robed grads said as we chatted to them during a degree ceremony at The Barbican, London, in September 2012...
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16/11/2012 - 11:15
Waste not, want not: from disruptive at school to career success story
As a boy, Rob Sharpe’s teachers thought he was disruptive and persuaded him that further education wasn’t for him. Years later, he turned to the OU in the first step to a successful career in the waste industry... While he was at school Rob Sharpe thought he was like any other “normal, boisterous teenager” – but his teachers thought otherwise...
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16th July 2013
Call for artists to capture the 'University of the Air' spirit
The OU wishes to commission four artists to celebrate 50 years since Harold Wilson announced his plans for a 'University of the Air'. The OU is using this key date as an opportunity to celebrate OU research and its impact on society today. In September 1963, Harold Wilson launched the idea of the 'University of the Air' which became The Open University (OU) in 1969. The OU...
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16th July 2013
Chasing particles on bike at CERN
A practising solicitor turned OU physics student travels to Geneva to study the Large Hadron Collider. You can follow his blog and get the insight of – arguably - the most exciting scientific project of the century. James Doherty studied law at Cambridge and Oxford before going on to qualify as a solicitor at a big law firm in the City of London where he practiced for four years. However he...
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16th July 2013
Painting makes toddlers happier. TV does not.
New research by The Open University and Oxford University suggests that parents taking part in interactive and arts related activities with their two and three year olds could help promote their happiness and development of everyday skills. The study, An Economic Analysis of Child Development and Happiness, found that child happiness, as reported by their parents, was...
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New Student Charter website now live
The Student Charter, which has been developed jointly by University staff and the OU Students Association, was launched by the Vice Chancellor on 23 April 2013, the 44th...
iTunes U: explaining the maths around you
There's a wealth of freely available OU maths content out there. From running a railway to getting your bearings in the hills, explore the variety of maths on the OU's iTunes U service,...
www.VitoRoad.com
Hi all The company I work for has been very kind to me throughout my studies and have been kind enough to offer other OU stu's and alumni a 10% discount code for use on the site. www.Vitoroad....
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