Collection Overview: Historical OU TV and Radio - Open University Digital Archive

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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	Words and Music	Open University Lang097 In Other Words.
	State of Sociological Theory	American Sociological Association 70th Annual Meeting, August 25-29, 1975.
	Open Forum 30(1989-90)	Will Swann talks about the new Certificate of Development in Education for teachers which starts in...
	Open Forum 07(1990)	New Social Science course D103 is examined. James Anderson talks about its content. Andy Northedge...
	Open Forum 29(1993)	A visit to the multi media exhibition 1993 to look at the compact discs available as learning aids....
	Microprocessors	Partially recorded in the part of California, US, known as Silicon Valley, this programme tells the...
	Open Forum 01(1979)	The Prime Minister's visit to Walton Hall. Several recent OU graduates who were also there are...
	Open Forum 07(1982)	A look at current research at CERN and the OU connection with the agency. The new videocassette...
	Open Forum 6(1978)	1) letters on telephone tutorials read. 2) interview with a severly disabled student. 3) the...
	Open Forum 35(1979)	Excerpts from earlier radio Open Forum programmes and an interview with Kenneth Robinson in which...
	Open forum 31(1981)	1) Excerpts from the 1981 General Assembly. 2) Interviews with the head of the BBC-OU Productions...
	Open Forum 26(1982)	1) The extension of OU studies to non-UK nationals in Brussels is discussed. 2) A look at OU...
	Open Forum 31(1978)	Discussion on the Open University of Venezuela, the stand at the Photokina exhibition at Cologne. A...
	Open Forum 03(1981)	The programme looks at: 1) An appeal for more readers to help the Disabled Students Office. 2) A...
	Open Forum 07(1979)	The OU stand at the Ideal Home exhibition is discussed. Interview with Walter Perry, particularly...
	Open Forum 21(1982)	1) Interview with the author of the book 'The Skeptical Feminist'. 2) News round-up. 3) A look at...
	Open Forum 23(1979)	Visit to the 1979 Open Day and interviews with students, the Editor of SESAME and with...
	Open Forum 27(1981)	1) Ways of helping students meet rising course fees discussed. 2) Interview with an OU student who...
	Open Forum 29(1981)	The programme looks at the annual weekend school organised by the OU M500 Society.
	Open Forum 01(1982)	The press conference for new OU graduates at the Waldorf Hotel, London. Excerpts from the speeches...
	Open Forum 22(1978)	Visit to the Douglas, Isle of Man study centre- continued from OF21(1978).
	Open Forum 18(1982)	The programme, in the form of a student phone-in, looks at course choice and conditional...
	Open Forum 18(1979)	A visit to the Londonderry Study Centre where OU staff answer questions put by students.
	Open Forum 29(1982)	1) Interview with a student who gave up his job to study with the OU full time. 2) A look at the OU...
	Open Forum 05(1979) : Study Centre Special ; Southend Part 2	A question and answer session involving OU students and staff.
	Open Forum 09(1980)	Excerpts from the sixth Annual OUSA Conference at Nottingham.
	Open Forum 13(1981)	Study centre special from the Newport I.O.W. study centre continued from previous programme....
	Open Forum 19(1979)	Visit to the Londonderry Study Centre where OU staff answer question put by OU students.
	Open Forum 27(1980)	A discussion of and excerpts from the play "Educating Rita"
	Scientifically speaking
	Open Forum Study Centre Special 4(1978) : South Tyneside	A visit to the South Tyneside Study Centre where OU staff answer questions from students.
	Open Forum 20(1980)	A debate on the value of OUSA to students and to the University.
	Open Forum 8(1978)	A visit to Weymouth study centre where students ask questions of a panel on various OU topics.
	Open Forum 22(1982)	1) The activities of the OU International Office and its Documentation Centre are examined.
	Open Forum 10(1979)	Report from the OUSA sixth annual conference at Keele University.
	British Council Seminar.	Admissions to the Open University and the Operations area.
	Open Forum 24(1986)	An interview with two visually handicapped graduates who are now running their own business. A look...
	Open Forum 29(1986)	'All work and no play'. A lecture given on Open Day looking into the sociology of women and leisure.
	Open Forum 12(1986)	The OU in Ireland. The value of self help groups and a personal view of summer schools.
	Open Forum 14(1986)	OU students in Belgium and broadcasting advice for China. A preview of Open Day and an interview...
	British Council Seminar	1) Publishing 2) Educational Studies Faculty
	British Council Seminar : welcome to visitors
	Open Forum 18(1986)	What to expect from a conditional registration evening and a reminder about the Cambridge advice line.
	British Council Seminar	Questions/answers to Prof. Hawkridge's audio visual lecture.
	Interview with Dick Crossman	Interview with Dick Crossman.
	Open Forum 10(1986)	Annual OUSA conference at York. Extract of some of the conference proceedings.
	Women in the white heat	This programme looks at a variety of topical issues in the area of women and technology. Diana...
	Discussion on economics 9	Miscellaneous pack consisting of audiotape and supplementary booklet.
	Open Forum 11(1991)	Discussion by various academics on issues about equal opportunities for students and whether the OU...
	Open Forum 48(1992)	Studio discussion about books - what ones to give for presents and reviewing those the speakers...