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How much of the new state pension will you get?

3 December 2015

The new state pension is being introduced in April 2016 but consumer research shows many people are confused by their entitlements. Research commissioned on behalf of the Open University Business School’s (OUBS) dedicated research centre, The True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance (True Potential PUFin), found that 45% of employees (40% of […]

Discover the life story of your T-shirt

11 November 2015

Getting dressed takes little more than five minutes. But did you know it takes as long as six months to make and market a T-shirt? And that doesn’t include the six months it takes to produce the cotton. This week is the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Festival of Social Science week (7th to […]

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Free online course looks at the business of film-making

1 October 2015

The Open University Business School and Pinewood Studios have launched a free online course considering the business side of film-making. Available on the online social learning platform FutureLearn as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), ‘The Business of Film’ course coincides with the opening of the 59th British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival. It explores the key […]