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Toby Perkins MP visits the Open University campus to celebrate skills development and lifelong learning
Toby Perkins MP, the Shadow Minister for Further Education and Skills, visited the Open University’s campus in Milton Keynes on Tuesday 25 April to celebrate the role the university plays in skills development and lifelong learning across the UK. The Labour MP for Chesterfield met with the Open University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tim Blackman, and other […]
The Open University and The John Lewis Partnership launch new programme offering young people who have experienced care the opportunity for free study
The Open University has launched a new programme in collaboration with the John Lewis Partnership, to offer young people with experience of being in care the opportunity to study an undergraduate qualification for free. Young people who have spent time in care can face many significant barriers to entering and succeeding in higher education. This […]
The Open Futures Sanctuary scholarships offers refugees opportunity for free study
An Open Futures Sanctuary Scholarship provides new, UK-resident students who have been displaced from their homeland or place of residence for political, economic, ethnic, environmental, or human rights pressures, the opportunity to study for free. Applications are now open, with 12 scholarships available in 2023/24. A scholarship covers up to 360 credits of OU undergraduate credit-bearing […]
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OU academic chosen out of hundreds for a broadcast project
An OU academic has won one of the nation’s ten coveted places as a “New Generation Thinker” to bring fresh thinking to a range of topics on the world around us. The project is run by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and BBC Radio 3, and Dr Dan taylor, Lecturer in Social and […]
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Podcasts from The Open University give a fresh perspective on the Good Friday Agreement
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, The Open University in Ireland is launching a new 4-part podcast series exploring the impact the agreement has had on society beyond just politics. ‘A Peace of Us’ is hosted by Jordan Kenny, the Dromore-born BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat presenter and includes voices from […]
At chocolate time, we’ve discovered what the brands that score best on child labour and the environment have in common
What distinguishes a company that makes “good” chocolate (chocolate untainted by child labour, modern slavery, deforestation and the overuse of agrichemicals) from one that merely makes chocolate? Our annual Chocolate Scorecard investigation, which is a collaboration between Be Slavery Free, Macquarie University, The University of Wollongong and the Open University, suggests it might be a mission that goes beyond making food and […]
The OU and The Arab Open University celebrate twenty years of partnership
The Open University (the OU) hosted the (pandemic-delayed) bi-annual partnership conference with The Arab Open University (the AOU) at the OU’s campus in Milton Keynes, which coincides with twenty years of this valued educational partnership. At the two-day summit, senior leaders discussed further ways to strengthen their partnership through innovation in teaching, curriculum development and […]
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The Open University’s scholarship fund supporting injured or disabled veterans is open for applications
The Disabled Veterans’ Scholarships Fund (DVSF) provides free education at The Open University (OU) for veterans injured or disabled during military service. There are 50 places available to start study in Autumn 2023. Since it launched in 2018 the fund has awarded 262 scholarships to study at the OU and has helped veterans from a […]
OU announces £3 million of support to help disadvantaged groups study during the cost-of-living crisis
The UK’s largest university, The Open University (the OU), has today announced £3 million of support through a series of scholarships to support individuals most in need and disadvantaged in accessing higher education. The scholarships package is the largest ever announced by The Open University and comes at a time when the cost-of-living crisis is […]
Lifelong Loan Entitlement critical to reskilling workforce, boosting growth and growing economy – OU
The Open University, the UK’s largest university, has today welcomed the Government’s proposals for the Lifelong Loan Entitlement in England. This important reform will enable more people to train, retrain and upskill throughout their working lives. Over the last decade, there has been a damaging decline in undergraduate part-time study in England, particularly among those […]
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