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02/06/2009 - 10:22
20 minutes with Cherie Blair
Platform’s Robyn Slingsby speaks to Cherie Blair, an OU honorary graduate, about the importance of higher education, juggling commitments, her passion for human rights and how life begins at 40. The Open University is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. What do you think the future holds for the OU? You know what they say, that life begins at 40! I...
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19/05/2009 - 14:08
Widowed at 29 with a small child and one on the way. What would you do?
/Life was good for Jill McLachlan. Happily married to an Army Corporal, Jill and her husband both enjoyed OU study while living in Germany and raising their young daughter. But at six months pregnant with their second child, Jill’s husband – himself only two courses away from completing his dream of a degree – was killed in a road traffic...
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10/03/2009 - 12:40
I am an ...
Open University Professor of Ethnomusicology Martin Clayton outlines the delights of a job that combines music, travel and meeting lots of different people. What does it involve? Ethnomusicological research involves working closely with the people whose music we are studying – which could be locally in the UK, or anywhere in the world. Exactly what´s...
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17th December 2012
OU students' Stonehenge dig put to the vote for award
Excavations by Open University students that could point to the origins of Stonehenge, have been nominated for Research Project of the Year by Current Archaeology magazine. You can vote for the project, which is called Vespasian's Camp: Cradle of Stonehenge? on the Current Archaeology website. The project is led by OU tutor David Jacques who has recruited more...
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14th December 2012
UK universities embrace the free, open, online future of higher education powered by the OU
Students from the UK and around the world will have free access to some of the country’s top universities thanks to Futurelearn Ltd, an entirely new company being launched by The Open University (OU). The universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Anglia, Exeter, King’s College London, Lancaster, Leeds, Southampton, St Andrews and Warwick have all signed up to join Futurelearn...
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12th December 2012
OU scientists pay tribute to Sir Patrick Moore
Astronomers and planetary scientists at The Open University are united in mourning the passing of Sir Patrick Moore; broadcaster, astronomer, cricketer and eccentric. Sir Patrick was disseminating science via TV way before the OU, and had enormous and beneficial influence over three generations of burgeoning scientists. Sir Patrick Moore 1923-2012 Patrick’s BBC...
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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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