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OU Chancellor’s Three Peaks Challenge
The Open University Chancellor, Baroness Martha Lane Fox, is taking on a momentous physically enduring test: tackling Britain’s Three Peaks Challenge in aid of four charities. And it’s an epic adventure for the 51-year old since she has endured 47 operations after breaking 28 bones in her body twenty years ago in a car crash […]
New OU/BBC documentary ‘Better Off Dead?’ explores assisted dying in the UK
*Content Advisory – this article contains references to assisted dying* Actress and disability rights campaigner Liz Carr presents this powerful documentary on legalising assisted dying in the UK. Airing on Tuesday 14th May at 9pm on BBC ONE and iPlayer, ‘Better Off Dead?’ follows Liz on a thought-provoking journey as she debates why we shouldn’t […]
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Professor Dame Nicola Dandridge to lead post-employment tribunal review
Professor Dame Nicola Dandridge has been appointed to lead an independent review at The Open University following the ruling of the Employment Tribunal in the case brought by Professor Jo Phoenix earlier this year. Formerly Chief Executive of the Office for Students, Universities UK and the Equality Challenge Unit, Professor Dame Dandridge’s independent review will […]
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Secrets, spies, and the nuclear war that was avoided
This latest Open University/BBC co production is something you might find from the pages of a thriller novel – but it’s a portrayal of real events that depict how a Soviet double agent helped the West avoid a nuclear war with Russia in the 1980s. The three-part dramatization series Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game, […]
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New OU / BBC series to uncover the UK’s fascinating wildlife
In this brand-new series co-produced by The Open University (OU) and BBC for BBC One and iPlayer, wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin will reveal wildlife gems from across the four countries of the UK. In Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles, Hamza will find and film incredible species and spectacles hidden amongst both our urban and wilder landscapes. […]
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Disabled veteran’s life-changing journey and his bid to help others
Dan Richards is a disabled veteran whose life was turned around thanks to an Open University (OU) scholarship. Dan, 38 living in Lancashire, lost his right arm and shoulder in a motorbike accident in 2009 ending his military career in the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery. It was back in the UK, two years after […]
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OU Alum Sir David Harrison, one of Universities UK’s 100 faces campaign
Sir David Harrison, MBA alumnus and Honorary Graduate of The Open University has been named as part of a new campaign led by Universities UK, that promotes 100 faces who were the first in their family to attend higher education. UUK’s ‘100 Faces campaign’ aims to champion and celebrate the positive impact of ‘first-in-the-family’ (FitF) […]
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Open University and BBC co-production nominated for a TV BAFTA award
The Open University/BBC award-winning documentary “Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland” has been nominated for another accolade, this time a prestigious TV BAFTA. Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict. It combined archive footage with […]
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Largest-ever UK report into online violence against women launched at Westminster event, urging for action
The Open University launches major new report unveiling trends around Online Violence Against Women and Girls in the UK at Houses of Parliament event on Tuesday 19th March Online violence against women and girls is most rife on X/Twitter, followed by Facebook and Instagram Public sentiment supports the criminalisation of online violence against women (OVAW) […]
Scores of disadvantaged students to benefit from free Open University study worth £2.2m
The Open University continues to offer scholarships to people who face barriers to accessing Higher Education via a new package of funding this year worth £2.2 million. The scholarships are aimed at disabled veterans, carers, people seeking refuge in the UK, Black students and young people who have experienced care. The generosity of donors will […]
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