Martin Upton, Director, True Potential PUFin, The Open University Business School.
Badged open course launched to combat growing debt problem among 16-18 year olds
The Open University Business School’s True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance (True Potential PUFin) has joined forces with University Challenge star and Arithmophobia Expert, Bobby Seagull, and MoneySavingExpert’s Martin Lewis, to develop a free badged open course on OpenLearn, specifically designed for the financial education needs of 16 to 18 year olds.
Managing My Money for Young Adults, (MMM-Y), which launched on 3 November, is delivered through video content, animations, case studies, activities and quizzes and provides 24 hours of learning broken into eight bite-sized sessions (see below for further details), to offer learners a strong foundation of personal finance knowledge to help them avoid bad debt in the future.