Historical OU TV and Radio

The Open University has produced a number of series to inform students and a wider audience about the University. Series such as 'Open Forum' and 'Countdown to the OU' covered various topics such as methods of teaching, information about modules and guidance on areas such as summer schools. The OU Digital Archive Historical Television and Radio collection includes a small sample of the archive. The collection will grow as more contents are added.

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video record Open Business School : general trail
video record Promo tape : Pace trail : women, writing and culture
video record Open late 1 : science at the open university
video record Open late 3 : getting it right
video record Environment 1 : the business of the environment
video record Environment 2 : the business of the environment
video record National curriculum
video record Adult literacy
video record Open Business School groups : students
video record National curriculum
video record Mathematics from generalisation and pattern : a UK perspectiveOpen University course ICME;The video concentrates on how ideas relating to algebra are taught, in...
video record Management Education Compilation.
video record Open Saturday 8(1998) : How the other half livesOpen Saturday takes a new look on a different theme each week. This programme shows clips from the...
video record Open Sunday 4(1998) : windows on the mind
video record Child in mind
video record Open Learning WorksUsing case-studies, a look at the efficiency, adaptability and cost-effectiveness of open learning...
video record On the right track TV7
video record ICDE conference
video record SOL : Solar energy specialVarious research projects on the practical use of solar energy in Europe are examined.
video record Sol
video preview image for OU Visitors OU VisitorsThis programme looks at some former students of the O.U. and their views on studying with the O.U.
video record Science promo VCR 3(Web version)This is a Science Faculty promotional video.
video record Screen First : What the Industrial Revolution did for us 01; Material WorldIn this six-part OU/BBC series What The Industrial Revolution did for us uncovers the scientific,...
video record Screen First : Rough science - RocketThe scientists in this programme have to create a water powered rocket and a parachute device that...
video record Screen First : Lab rats - Able bodied semenIn this programme the lab rats compete in a unique sporting event, a sperm race. The race will...
video record My Beautiful LaunderetteBehind the scenes of My Beautiful Launderette with Kirsty Wark.
video record Screen First : Rough science 5/01 - ShipwreckedThe scientists in this programme have to build a navigation system to find a shipwreck, an...
video record Screen First : Mark Steel Lectures 2 : Leonardo da VinciThe Comedian Mark Steel looks at the llife and work of Leonardo da Vinci.
video record Screen First : Rough science 301 - Gold rushThe scientists in this programme have to find gold by panning, making a metal detector and then...
video record Screen First : New BritThis looks at the question of identity
video record Saturday Night Intro
video record The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
video record Screen First : World in a boxTo mark the occasion of the British Museum's 250th birthday, historian Lisa Jardine goes in search...
video preview image for University of the Future University of the FutureWhat does the future of learning look like? For over 40 years The Open University has pushed the...
video record Maths shorts : go forth and multiplyThis five minute programme introduces the Ethiopian system of multiplication.
video record Maths shorts : imagining the impossible : the mathematical art of M.S. EscherThis five minute programme introduces the art of M.S. Escher. It explores the increasingly...
video preview image for Technology TechnologyHave you ever wondered how technology has changed the bike and bike design from a simple steel...
video record Object lessons 6: Super massive black holesThis programme looks at the work of a researcher in the study of black
video record Object lessons 7: Nuclear fusion power plantThis programme looks at a Fusion power plant
video record Object lessons 8: FlamesThis programme looks at the work of a researcher studying flames
video record Object lessons 9: MosquitoesThis programme looks at the work of a researcher studying mosquitoes
video record Object lessons 10 cigarettesThis programme is about a researcher monitoring the tar content of cigarettes
video record Object lessons 02: batsThis programme looks at the study of bats
video record Object lessons 3: the coprolite
video record Object lessons 04 coalThis programme is about aspects of coal
video record Venezuela compilation : a compilation of extracts from television programmes.This video comprises 2 compilation programmes of extracts from Open University programmes...
video record The Open University Compilation video.
video record Euronet Diane. The invisible ingredientThis programme looks at the way the Euronet Diane Information network provides online information...
video record Promo tape Open day
video record Science compilation