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New OU/ BBC co-pro charts the rise of the Premier League

3 September 2021

As English football entered the 1990s, the game was in crisis. The golden days of the post-war era had long gone. Attendances were in decline and England’s best talent was moving abroad in search of better football and better pay. Something needed to be done, and fast. That something was the birth of the Premier […]

OU mathematics professor honoured by Royal Society in their annual awards

24 August 2021

Professor June Barrow-Green has been awarded the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal by the Royal Society for her research in 19th and 20th century mathematics, notably on historical roots of modern computing, dynamical systems and the three-body problem. Her work places special emphasis on the under-representation of women in historical narratives and in contemporary mathematics. Her recent work includes […]

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OU partners with Russell Group to launch resource hub for students starting university this autumn

24 August 2021

The Open University (OU) and Russell Group, which represents 24 leading UK universities, have launched Jumpstart University, a hub of free resources to help students to prepare for and settle into their studies at their new university or college. The hub provides a range of online materials from the OU’s free learning platform, OpenLearn, which […]

OU astronomer part of international team that captures galaxies in ultra-high definition

18 August 2021

An international team of astronomers have published the most detailed images ever seen of galaxies beyond our own, revealing their inner workings and black-hole activity in unprecedented detail. The images were created from data collected by the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a network of more than 70,000 small antennae spread across nine European countries. The […]

Funded digital-skills job training for over 19s

13 August 2021

People with a strong interest in moving into a digital career have an opportunity to change their fortunes for the better. Two free Skills Bootcamps are being delivered by The Open University (OU) that will fast track those taking part into their first digital job or into a new digital role with their existing employer. […]

National award celebrates more sustainable partnerships in the covid crisis

9 August 2021

The OU has won a national award for its work adapting to the Covid crisis by ensuring it swiftly maintained degree validation and other related operations via remote engagement. The majority of Open University Validations Partnerships (OUVP) with 40 partners are historically conducted face to face. But when the pandemic restrictions took effect, rapid agility […]

‘Generation Hustle’: The Open University discovers a new wave of Passion-preneurs

9 August 2021

Whilst many say young people have been hugely affected by the pandemic, latest polling reveals a new wave of optimism when it comes to the study and the career choices of today’s school leavers. The Open University study has identified the next generation of ‘Passion-preneurs’ – students inspired to undertake a degree and pursue a […]

New OU/BBC show allows armchair “travelling” through literature

3 August 2021

Staycationing holidaymakers will have a chance to “travel” the globe in a new BBC and Open University (OU) co-production “Write Around the World with Richard E Grant” airing on TV this week. The three-part series, which airs on BBC Four from Tuesday, 3 August, at 9pm, sees thespian Grant charting the journeys of some well-loved […]

More secrets revealed at the museum

20 July 2021

Five-inch-tall little Tommy Tittlemouse is 111 years old and for 50 of those years he’s been on display and looked after by curators at the world-famous Victoria & Albert Museum. In the latest OU/BBC co-production and second series of Secrets of the Museum, we see the teddy bear undergoing a ‘condition check’ before being packed […]

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OU ranked third in National Student Survey

15 July 2021

The results of the National Student Survey (NSS) 2021, commissioned by the Office for Students (OfS) have been published, with The Open University (OU) ranking third amongst 174 participating degree-awarding universities. This is a significant improvement from 17th in 2019, when the university last met the threshold for publication of its results. The OU maintained […]

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