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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audio record of Open Forum Extra 31(1973)Discussion on the conscious brain.
audio record of Open Forum Extra 37(1973)Evolution, science and religion.
audio record of Open Forum 16(1974)Prof John Sparkes talks about technology in 1976. Prof Walter James talks about education studies...
audio record of Open Forum 13Inserts(1973)Open Forum 13 (1973) inserts. New courses for 1974.
audio record of Open Forum 33(1973)Summer School at Leeds. Earth Sciences, definition. Field trip near Ingleton. Interviewing students...
audio record of Open Forum Extra 23(1973)Discussion on whether Education should have its own radio and television channels.
audio record of Open Forum 16(1980)Student phone-in on course choice.
audio record of Open Forum 31(1980)A discussion on the need for publicising OU degrees with employers. Progress report on OUSA's Save...
audio record of Open Forum 02(1980)Roger Tucker talks about the new style television Open Forum programmes re-named Open Lectures....
audio record of Open Forum 31(1983)1) Interview with OU graduates on impact of the OU degree on their lives. 2) Excerpts from OUSA...
audio record of Open Forum 19(1978)The role of the OU as an institution for in-service training of teachers is discussed. Some of the...
audio record of Open Forum 28(1980)An interview with a teacher who has been awarded the OU's Diploma in Reading Development. A...
audio record of Open Forum 11(1978)A visit to the Menai study centre, North Wales.Staff and students discuss problems related to...
audio record of Open Forum 29(1979)Visit to the St.Austell Study Centre where students and OU staff debate various issues to do with...
audio record of Open Forum 15(1979)OU staff and students discuss course choice and conditional registration.
audio record of Open Forum 09(1983)1) Will the OU continue to attract new students? 2) The new PVL for teaching and a student...
audio record of Open Forum 11(1981)1) A student administered car sharing scheme for summer schools is examined. 2) OU Continuing...
audio record of Open Forum 02(1979)The plans for the OU tenth anniversary are discussed. Interviews with two disabled students who...
audio record of Open Forum 29(1980)Summary of a study on the effect of handwriting on examination marks and its possible implications...
audio record of Open Forum Study Centre Special 2(1978) : MenaiVisit to the Menai Study Centre in Bangor, where OU staff answer questions put by students.
audio record of Open Forum 11(1979)Report from the OUSA sixth annual conference at Keele University.
audio record of Open Forum 35(19780OU Students talk about the exam and how they plan to spend their time between courses. Some of the...
audio record of Open Forum 20(1984)Excerpts from the Senate debate on the Long Term Review Group's final report.
audio record of Open Forum 7(1978)The programme discusses The ERIC centre at Cardiff, the OUSA course survey and the new 'U' course...
audio record of Open Forum 04(1984)1) Interview with a retired OU graduate who has gone on to do a higher degree. 2) Preview of the...
audio record of Open Forum 25(1979)Visit to the St. Austell Study Centre at Cornwall, where OU central and regional staff answer...
audio record of Open Forum 22(1981)The work of the OUs Co-operative Research Unit is discussed. A scheme to allow British Subjects...
audio record of Open Forum 13(1978)Excerpts from the OU/TUC Conference at Walton Hall.
audio record of Open Forum 34(1978)The programme covers:Sir Walter Perry talking about the OU tenth anniversary appeal: Katherine...
audio record of Open Forum 02(1984)1) Interview with the new OUSA permanent secretary. 2) Humerous talk by an OU student on filing all...
audio record of Open Forum 15(1980)Student phone-in. OU students put questions on course choice to a panel of OU staff.
audio record of Open Forum 03(1986)Full time and isolated students. An advice line in East Anglia and drought relief in Eritrea.
audio record of Open Forum 04(1979) : Study Centre Special ; SouthendA question and answer session involving OU students and staff.
audio record of Open Forum 05(1984)Visit to the new regional centre at Penrith in Cumbria.
audio record of Open Forum 23(1978)The programme looks at two OU courses:an ageing population and understanding space and time.
audio record of Open Forum 17(1979)Interview with the designer of a system which allows the blind to read diagrams by touch: interview...
audio record of Open Forum 11(1983)1) Interview with the returning pro-Chancellor, Sir Peter Thornton. 2) Discussion on the proposal...
audio record of Audiocassette AC7063 -NB: Tape 2 of 3.
audio record of Perspectives on MarxismAmerican Sociological Association 70th Annual Meeting, August 25-29, 1975.
audio record of The English Poets 3Part of a miscellaneous pack consisting of 13 audiocassettes with booklets.
audio record of A Treasury of John Keats
audio record of Audiocassette AC7058 -NB: Tape 1 of 2.
audio record of Chemistry cassette : side 2: heavy metals as contaminants of the human environment.Part of a miscellaneous pack consisting of 4 audiocassettes with booklets
audio record of British Council Seminar.1) Regional structure of the Open University. 2) Roles of counsellors and tutors.
audio record of Chemistry cassettePart of a miscellaneous pack consisting of 4 audiocassettes with booklets
audio record of The English Poets 8Part of a miscellaneous pack consisting of 13 audiocassettes with booklets.
audio record of British Council Seminar.1) Post experience and post graduate work. 2) Faculty of science.
audio record of The English Poets 12Part of a miscellaneous pack consisting of 13 audiocassettes with booklets.
audio record of Funny you should say that
audio record of Open Forum 20(1986)A look at two new courses, one on food and the other on managing people. The organization behind...