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 for Open late 4 : the health & social welfare Open late 4 : the health & social welfare
video record for Open late 6 : the faculty of social sciences Open late 6 : the faculty of social sciences
video record for Open late 5 : faculty of technology Open late 5 : faculty of technology
video record for Open Forum 02(1976) : what's a degree worth? Open Forum 02(1976) : what's a degree worth?Extracts from filmed interviews explore the worth of an OU degree to OU graduates and employers....
video record for Open Saturday 8 (1997) part 2 Open Saturday 8 (1997) part 2Open Saturday takes a new look on a different theme each week. This programme uses clips from OU...
video record for Open Saturday 8 (1997) part 1 Open Saturday 8 (1997) part 1Open Saturday takes a new look on a different theme each week. This programme uses clips from OU...
video record for Open Forum 12(1975) Open Forum 12(1975)From Dacorum College, Hemel Hempstead - a programme on careers guidance.
video record for Open Forum 86(1983) : looking forward to summer school Open Forum 86(1983) : looking forward to summer schoolA look at foundation course summer schools, with advice for students facing their first summer school.
video record for Countdown to the Open University 2(1978) Countdown to the Open University 2(1978)A detailed look at how the OU works in a Regional Study Centre, and students working at home.
video record for Countdown to the Open University 2(1983) Countdown to the Open University 2(1983)Advice on using course units; an excerpt from a tutorial; advice on assignments and exams;...
video preview image for Countdown to the Open University 3 (1983) Countdown to the Open University 3 (1983)A look at summer schools. Advice about good study habits. The Open University student's year....
video record for Promoting the Regions role in the OU Promoting the Regions role in the OU
video record for Open Campus 3 : September edition Open Campus 3 : September editionFeaturing degree ceremonies (including the role of the warehouse), remote students, design...
audio record of Electronic futures (programme 8)The radio history of electronics finishes with a story from the 1970s and the invention of the...
audio record of Wireless (programme 1)This programme follows the developments in early wireless from the crystal set to the thermionic...
audio record of Television (programme 2)The programme tells the story of the birth of the world's first regular high definition TV...
audio record of Videotape (programme 4)The history of electronics moves to the videotape or magnetic recording. Sound recording on disk...
audio record of Transistors (programme 3)To most people in the 1950s the word 'transistor' meant a portable radio rather than the clever...
audio record of Does dropping the debt miss the point? (programme 1)Recently a wide range of people from the Pope to Bono have called for the cancellation of Third...
audio record of Whose knowledge counts? (programme 5)Development aid has typically been a question of experts, often white, going to a country and...
audio record of Refugees - who cares? (programme 3)The United Nations High Commission for Refugees was set up in the aftermath of the Second World...
audio record of Whose right to intervene? (programme 4)Following the Biafra war a group of French doctors founded Medecins Sans Frontieres, a new kind of...
audio record of Dust to dimes? : fifty years of development aid (programme 2)The Bretton Woods conference, set up by the allies at the end of the Second World War, established...
video record for Looking into maths : the Cockcroft Report 3 : where do we go from here? Looking into maths : the Cockcroft Report 3 : where do we go from here?
audio record of Radar (programme 3)'Diamonds, Rust and a handful of Sand' is an 8 part radio series about the historical development...
audio record of Wireless (programme 1)And now for the first in a new series, tracing the history of electronics in the 20th century....
audio record of Early television (programme 2)'Diamonds, Rust and a Handful of Sand', our series on the history of electronics now moves into...
audio record of Microprocessors (programme 7)In part recorded in the part of California, US, known as Silicon Valley, this programme tells the...
audio record of Transistors (programme 4)'Diamonds, Rust and a Handful of Sand' is an 8 part radio series about the historical development...
audio record of Quartz (programme 6)Synchronise your watches as DRHS examines the mysterious properties of crystal quartz. The...
audio record of Videotape (programme 5)
audio record of From concept to customer (programme 4)This programme looks at four women inventors and their trials and tribulations as they work in a...
audio record of The Innovators (programme 5)This programme, presented by Kate Bellingham, is about women and innovation. The first item is...
audio record of Logged in or left out? (programme 6)The internet - what does that mean to you? And what about computer games? With the help of Eva...
audio record of Women in the white heat (programme 7)This programme looks at a variety of topical issues in the area of women and technology. Diana...
video record for Management Education Compilation Management Education Compilation
video record for Studying with The Open University Studying with The Open UniversityIntroductory documentary about The Open University for prospective students
video record for Looking into maths: the Cockcroft Report 2 : what are the solutions? Looking into maths: the Cockcroft Report 2 : what are the solutions?
video record for Looking into maths: the Cockcroft Report 1 : what's all the fuss about? Looking into maths: the Cockcroft Report 1 : what's all the fuss about?
audio record of The Stephensons, Father and Son (programme 2)George Stephenson and his son Robert a generation later were two of the most influential engineers...
audio record of Edison and the Electric World (programme 7)Thomas Edison was the most prolific engineer who ever lived. He was committed to electricity as a...
audio record of Quartz (programme 5)An examination of the natural mineral and its ability to add precision timing to electronic...
audio record of Bessemer and the Creators of Steel (programme 6)In the mid-nineteenth century the Bessemer process for making cheap steel revitalised industrial...
audio record of Henry Maudslay - The Back-Room of Revolution (programme 5)Isambard Kingdom Brunel was perhaps the most energetic and inspired engineer of the nineteenth...
audio record of Brunel and the atmospheric caper (programme 4)While the focus of popular attention has been on engineers who produced ever greater achievements...
audio record of Engineering a career? (programme 2)Why aren't girls taking up careers in science and engineering? Talking to girls at school and their...
audio record of Electronic futures (programme 7)Recorded on location in California, the programme features two of the leading figures in the...
audio record of Microprocessors (programme 6)Partially recorded in the part of California, US, known as Silicon Valley, this programme tells the...
audio record of It's History! (programme 1)The first in a new series about women and technology, presented by Kate Bellingham. 'It's History'...
audio record of Smart Johannesburg - leading the African renaissance? (programme 8)This programme investigates the development of Johannesburg as a global city, from a rather shaky...