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Grahame Smith, Lisa McGuinness, Khadija Patel, Nicola Sturgeon

STUC Union Learning Award Announced

The winner of the 2018 Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Helen Dowie Award for Lifelong Learning is Lisa McGuinness from HMRC.  The award is sponsored by The Open University in Scotland and will be presented by the Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland.

16th April 2018
Man writing in a book

Applying for your part-time fee grant

If you live in Scotland and you have an individual income of £25,000 per year or less, you may be eligible for a part-time fee grant for undergraduate study.

1st December 2017
Dr Elaine Moohan

Scottish heretic’s music gets rare public outing

The rarely-heard music of a fugitive 16th century Scottish priest will be performed at a special concert in Glasgow, based on research by Dr Elaine Moohan of The Open University.

29th March 2018
Karen Darke on bike

Winning Students funding applications now open for student athletes

Scotland’s national sports scholarship programme has opened the application process for its 2018/19 intake of individual scholar athletes.

28th March 2018

Open Outlook - March 2018

Find out more about the latest news and events from The Open University in Scotland, with the March 2018 issue of Open Outlook

27th March 2018
Data Fest 2018 logo

OU in Scotland at DataFest 2018

The OU in Scotland is delighted to be supporting and participating in DataFest18, a festival of data innovation run by The Data Lab.

2nd March 2018
New software and cyber security Graduate Apprenticeships from The Open University

New software and cyber security Graduate Apprenticeships from The Open University

The Open University will offer Graduate Apprenticeships (GAs) in Software Development and Cyber Security, starting in October 2018. 

18th January 2018
STUC and OU in Scotland celebrate 10 years of partnership

The STUC celebrates a new decade of learning opportunities with The Open University for 580,000 Scottish workers

Today the Scottish TUC and The Open University in Scotland celebrate 10 years of partnership.

14th December 2017
Susan Stewart Director of The Open University in Scotland

A response to the independent review of student support in Scotland

Susan Stewart, Director of The Open University in Scotland, comments on the exclusion of part-time students.

30th November 2017

Open Outlook - November 2017

Find out more about the latest news and events from the Open University in Scotland, with the November 2017 issue of Open Outlook.

29th November 2017

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