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13/11/2009 - 11:16
OU Week on Wordia: the playlist
Check out this collection of videos created for OU Week on Wordia.com. Academics, TV presenters and singer/songwriters explainwords which have some meaning to The Open University...
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16/09/2009 - 11:51
Learning to reform
Each year, OU degree ceremonies take place inside UK prisons. How different are they from the other graduation days? Nigel Gibson of Student Services reveals all, with his account of 2009's ceremony at HM Prison Swaleside, Kent... On Thursday 7 May 2009 a team from the OU in the South East conducted a degree ceremony very different from the normal celebrations: no...
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17/08/2009 - 16:49
Singing from the same song sheet
Opera singer Lesley Garrett knows all about striving to achieve your goals and dusting yourself down when you stumble to get there. That’s why she was delighted to accept an honorary degree from The Open University – and feels she’s singing from the same song sheet as the OU when it comes to ideals. Her parents, a huge inspiration in her life, started...
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19th December 2012
OU Children’s Research Centre nominated for “outstanding research impact” award
An Open University research centre which trains and supports children to research topics of importance to them has been shortlisted in The Guardian University Awards’ outstanding research impact category. The Children’s Research Centre (CRC) which empowers children as active researchers was announced as one of three nominated projects on the Higher Education Network site on Tuesday 18...
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18th December 2012
A Home Front Christmas with Wartime Farm
The OU/BBC co-production, Wartime Farm returns with a special Christmas edition at 9pm, TODAY, Tuesday, December 18 on BBC TWO. Ruth Goodman and Peter Ginn (pictured) go back to Manor Farm in Hampshire to recreate the conditions of Christmas 1944, the sixth Christmas of World War Two. Britain’s cities were in the grip of the worst German attacks since the Blitz...
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17th December 2012
Enter the Lloyds TSB Enterprise Awards
Have you founded or co-founded your own business? If you are a budding entrepreneur and OU student or recent graduate then enter the Lloyds TSB awards for a chance to win a £50,000 cash investment. The 2013 Enterprise Awards aims to celebrate innovation, drive and dedication and will also provide winners with national recognition and business support....
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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,...
‘Feedback on feedback’ makes language learning more successful
An award winning article by two OU academics presents a method which encourages foreign language students to engage in a constructive dialogue with their tutors. The method looks at students’...
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