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 13 (1973)	Ideas on the study centre. Role of the tutor and the counsellor.
	Open Forum OF14(1974)	Discussion on conditional registration for next year between Ken Bodfish and Ron Cook. Prof...
	Open Forum 45(1973)	Students association edition.
	Open Forum 46(1973)	Dr Perry talks about his trip to the US and Mexico and how many institutions are using OU material....
	Open Forum 22(1973)	John Thomas interviews Ian Walsh (a factory worker and spare-time OU student). Recording of an...
	MBA or bust
	Open Forum 03(1993)	The sad news is the report of the death of Geoff Brown whilst on a research trip and John Murray...
	Open Forum Extra 3(1972)	DT201 - Urban Development.
	Open Forum 48(1972)	Interview with the president of the OU Students' Association.Excerpts from speech of VC during Mace...
	Open Forum Tutors and Counsellors 1(1972)	OU part-time staff talking about their work.
	Open Forum 41(1973)	Listeners' letters. Dr Vida Carver asks for help for handicapped students. Work in Wakefield. OU...
	Open Forum 22(1974)	Discussion at study centre at Dundee College of Commerce chaired by Roger Carus, Scottish Director,...
	Open Forum Extra 19(1973)	Open Forum for disabled students.
	Open Forum Extra 15(1973)	Discussion with disabled students and the problems they encounter doing the courses. The various...
	Open Forum 26(1973)	Discussion on teaching by telephone - students from different regions tell about the advantages of...
	Open Forum 30(1974)	Ezra Jones talks about the Educational Studies Summer School at Keele (course on Urban Education...
	Open Forum C(1974)	Report on late mailings. "The Open University - Open" by Jeremy Tunstall. Jeanne Masters talks...
	Open Forum 30(1973)	Discussion on the predominant age group of OU students, their occupations and the percentage of men...
	Open Forum Extra 18(1973)	Disabled students talk on the telephone to Dr Vida Carver and Geoffrey Tudor about their problems...
	Open Forum 38(1973)	Dr Jim Barber, Pro-Vice Chancellor staff and student affairs, talks about the job he is leaving....
	Open Forum 28(1973)	Ray Thomas talks about the New Towns study unit. Two women explain what they are doing at the...
	Open Forum 29(1973)	Maths summer school at Stirling. Prep courses in Scotland to introduce students to study.
	Open Forum 27(1974)	Joe Clinch sums up the situation with regard to the timing of exam resits and the possibility of...
	Open Forum 36(1973)	Henry Freeman and Donald Burrows discuss the music assignment in A202 (the age of revolution).
	Open Forum 39(1973)	Advice on the forthcoming exams. Steven Rose talks about the new course on Genetics. A discussion...
	Open Forum Extra 20(1973)	Discussion on OU science courses.
	Open Forum 23(1973)	John Thomas talks to Ian Walsh about what has happened to him since he interviewed him in 1971....
	Open Forum 14(1973)	Use of difficult language and terminology in correspondence units discussed.
	Open Forum 19(1974)	Patricia Farren, living in Northern Ireland, talks about her experiences as an OU student....
	Open Forum 1(1974)	Crisis news of delayed units. Interviews with new "no credit exemption" graduates. Report on...
	Open Forum 29(1974)	Ann Gibb and Fred Peverley talk about the summer school at Malham Tarn House (field study centre...
	Open Forum 21(1973)	Discussion on the effects on a family of a member following an OU course.
	Open Forum 3(1974)	Applications for 1975 and crisis news. Dr Peter Chapman talks about setting up a research group on...
	Open Forum 45(1973)	Students association edition.
	Open Forum 43(1972)	Harold Wilson on the pre-natal OU.Plea for volunteers to help blind OU students.Computer-marked...
	Open Forum 28(1972)	Feedback on The Open Space Theatre production of Hamlet.OU summer school at Bath University.
	Open Forum 44(1972)	Plea for first class mailing of examination results.Protest over decision of cut back in the...
	Open Forum 24(1972)	Research work within the OU on its educational system.
	A living inheritance
	Open Forum Extra 92(1973)	Second programme on the Students' Association, the coming National Conference, Students' Welfare...
	Open Forum 41(1972)	Self-assessment by some students of their last examination performance.
	Open Forum 4(1972)	Pressures on an OU student. Guidelines for studying.
	Sounds technical 6 (1992)
	Open Forum 33(1972)	University system in Germany, and a German educationalist's impressions of the OU. Editor's and...
	Japan: at the crossroads
	Open Forum Extra 8(1972)	TS251 - Introduction to materials: the solid state.
	Open Forum 27(1973)	Conference at Maryland on tutoring. National extension college. OU office in USA. Pilot scheme at...
	Open Forum 15(1973)	Central Consultative Committee met Poly in London. Development of University in 73/76. Number of...
	Open Forum 43(1973)	Background material developed by the briefing and training committee of the OU for the briefing of...
	Open Forum 37(1992)	Stephen Rose discusses his book "The making of Memory" and the 20 years of research into his work....