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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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26/10/2012 - 12:48
OU library helps make sense of the digital world
Ever wondered about your digital footprint? Or wondered who or what you can trust online? OU Library Services recently launched a new website called Being Digital to help you do just that. Being Digital is a collection of short, easy-to-follow activities on finding, using and creating information online that will help you become a confident and critical user of digital...
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1st May 2013
Business Perspectives Leadership Webinar – 14 May 2013
Further to the recent successful Leadership Masterclass, the OUBS are hosting an online webinar as part of their Business Perspectives series. This webinar, on Tuesday 14 May 19.00 – 20.00, will include all the highlights from the recent event, drawing on the contributions of our excellent speakers and inviting contributions from our online panellists. The hour...
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1st May 2013
An inspirational journey from OU student to published author
James Benmore describes how he found studying with the OU literally life-changing as he ended up leaving his job in order to become a writer. “It really opened my mind to a wider world of literature and the benefits of this have been immeasurable. It’s a wonderful institution and I feel really grateful to have been an OU student.” Platform discussed with...
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29th April 2013
History of Ulster brought to life by maps
Arts tutor Andrea McCartney is the producer and director of a novel TV history documentary, Mapping Ulster, which airs on BBC One Northern Ireland tonight Monday 29 April. The programme unearths a treasure trove of maps and stories to reveal the foundations of present-day Ulster, tracing the arrival of Scots and English migrants and the transformation of a wild landscape...
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Employment issues for disabled students online forum 3-14 June
The Careers Advisory Service is holding a two week online forum on ‘Employment issues for disabled students’. Students with a disability will have the opportunity...
Alumnus scoops prestigious business award
Chris Lima, Managing Director of Simon Hegele Logistics, has won the Institute of Directors regional Chairman’s Award for Leadership in Corporate Responsibility....
The world’s first AstroGardening rover
Researchers at the OU’s Faculty of Science have designed the world’s first AstroGardening rover. The rover will make it possible to study plant life that could...
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