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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	Open Forum Extra 38(1973)
	Open Forum Study Centre Special 4(1978) : South Tyneside	A visit to the South Tyneside Study Centre where OU staff answer questions from students.
	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 25(1979)	Visit to the St. Austell Study Centre at Cornwall, where OU central and regional staff answer...
	Open Forum 22(1981)	The work of the OUs Co-operative Research Unit is discussed. A scheme to allow British Subjects...
	Open Forum 13(1978)	Excerpts from the OU/TUC Conference at Walton Hall.
	Open Forum 28(1980)	An interview with a teacher who has been awarded the OU's Diploma in Reading Development. A...
	Open Forum 11(1978)	A visit to the Menai study centre, North Wales.Staff and students discuss problems related to...
	Open Forum 29(1979)	Visit to the St.Austell Study Centre where students and OU staff debate various issues to do with...
	Open Forum 11(1981)	1) A student administered car sharing scheme for summer schools is examined. 2) OU Continuing...
	Open Forum 02(1979)	The plans for the OU tenth anniversary are discussed. Interviews with two disabled students who...
	Open Forum 29(1980)	Summary of a study on the effect of handwriting on examination marks and its possible implications...
	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 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.
	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 Study Centre Special 2(1978) : Menai	Visit to the Menai Study Centre in Bangor, where OU staff answer questions put by students.
	Open Forum 11(1979)	Report from the OUSA sixth annual conference at Keele University.
	Television	The programme tells the story of the birth of the world's first regular high definition TV...
	Open Forum 19(1978)	The role of the OU as an institution for in-service training of teachers is discussed. Some of the...
	Open Forum 16(1980)	Student phone-in on course choice.
	Open Forum 31(1980)	A discussion on the need for publicising OU degrees with employers. Progress report on OUSA's Save...
	Open Forum 02(1980)	Roger Tucker talks about the new style television Open Forum programmes re-named Open Lectures....
	Open Forum 31(1983)	1) Interview with OU graduates on impact of the OU degree on their lives. 2) Excerpts from OUSA...
	Open Forum 35(19780	OU Students talk about the exam and how they plan to spend their time between courses. Some of the...
	Open Forum 20(1984)	Excerpts from the Senate debate on the Long Term Review Group's final report.
	Open Forum 7(1978)	The programme discusses The ERIC centre at Cardiff, the OUSA course survey and the new 'U' course...
	Open Forum 04(1984)	1) Interview with a retired OU graduate who has gone on to do a higher degree. 2) Preview of the...
	Open Forum 05(1984)	Visit to the new regional centre at Penrith in Cumbria.
	Open Forum 14(1985)	A student talks about his decision to stay at home to look after his children, another describes...
	Open Forum 18(1984)	A visit to the Accrington Study Centre for a conditional registration evening.
	Open Forum 30(1984)	The programme includes items on research being conducted on older students responses to the OU, an...
	Open Forum 11(1985)	Report on the DES efficiency study of the OU.
	Open Forum 19(1983)	1) Interview with Brian Rix on the work of MENCAP. 2) The OUSA Permanent Secretary explains what...
	Open Forum 14(1984)	1) An appeal for donations of old S299 texts. 2) Plans for the Open Day at Walton Hall. 3) The...
	Open Forum 01(1984)	The OU graduate press conference.
	Open Forum 23(1983)	A look at the new OU MSc course in mathematics. The work of the OU Psychological Society is...
	Open Forum 22(1985)	Report on Women and Technology from U221 Summer School and the philosophy behind U221. The...
	Cultural differences in management
	Open Forum 29(1983)	1) A look at a credit transfer scheme which will allow OU history students full time study for one...