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New short course helps business leaders navigate uncertainty
The Open University (OU) has launched a new microcredential short course aimed at senior managers and leaders to equip them with the skills needed to make effective decisions and harness opportunities during periods of uncertainty. Management of Uncertainty: Leadership, Decisions and Action will be hosted on the OU’s partner platform, FutureLearn, and is open for […]
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Open University report shows key skills gaps remain as businesses plan for recovery
Since 2017, The Open University Business Barometer has provided detailed insights into the UK skills landscape, looking at the impacts across regions, nations and sectors. This year’s report, which is released in a completely new business context, is based on a survey of 1,000 business leaders representing organisations of all sizes. The report found that […]
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Bite-size marketing course is stepping stone to business qualification
A new short course in marketing skills is launched by The Open University that can add up to a business management qualification. The microcredential Business Management: Marketing principles and practice is the first in a suite of new business management 10-credit courses launched on the OU’s FutureLearn platform. Together the six microcredentials will combine to […]
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Turning to Easter eggs to get through these dark times? Here’s the bitter truth about chocolate
Cristiana Bernardi, from The Open University joins Stephanie Perkiss, University of Wollongong and John Dumay, Macquarie University in writing for The Conversation about the importance of buying ethically sourced chocolate over Easter. The coronavirus might make Easter celebrations a little subdued this year, but that doesn’t mean going without chocolate eggs. In fact, South Australia’s […]
Business and Law’s high-achieving students and alumni are honoured
The Open University Business and Law Schools celebrated their highest achieving students in a joint awards ceremony in Milton Keynes on Friday 12 July. The annual awards, bigger and better this year as the OU celebrates its 50th birthday, commended the exceptional achievements of high-calibre Business and Law students and graduates from the previous academic […]
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Future business stars rewarded by OU
The winning businesses in this year’s Open University Student Entrepreneurship Competition range from a social enterprise focussed on helping former military personnel transition back to civilian life and work, to a web platform which helps nervous drivers cope with stressors. Now in its fifth year, the competition attracted the interest of over 100 students, spread […]
“We started together, we studied together, we graduated together”
Andy and Tania Vanburen have recently completed their MBAs with The Open University. Although they studied side by side and graduated together, their routes to an MBA were very different. Andy Vanburen left school after completing his GCSEs and joined a firm of accountants, studying one day a week for his AAT qualification. He gained […]
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Business school graduate Tillmann Henssler honoured as 2019 influential leader
The Open University announces that alum Tillmann Henssler is one of 33 business school graduates honoured by AACSB International (AACSB)—the world’s largest business education alliance—as the 2019 Class of Influential Leaders. The annual challenge recognises notable alumni from AACSB-accredited schools whose inspiring work serves as a model for the next generation of business leaders. Tillmann […]
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Dyson; Why Asia?
James Dyson, the vacuum cleaning pioneer and vocal Brexit supporter, is causing some stir with his decision to relocate the headquarters of his business to Singapore. Dr Raquel García-García and Professor Jędrzej George Frynas look at some of the possible reasons behind the decision. Jim Rowan, the CEO of the Dyson Company, said that “the […]
Imagining a Davos for the many that was actually serious about climate change
From the moment world leaders claiming to want to fight climate change arrived in private jets, the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos attracted controversy. With global inequality growing and the threat of environmental destruction looming ever larger, the jets are getting larger and more expensive. The director of one private charter company says surging […]
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