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Creative Writing Masterclass Tickets Competition

We're pleased to be supporting a Masterclass in Writing Fiction at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019. Aspiring writers have the chance to win a free ticket to the Masterclass by entering our competition. 

9th July 2019
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Skills shortages cost Scottish businesses £360 million

The Open University Business Barometer 2019, which monitors the skills landscape of Scotland and the rest of the UK, has just been published.

4th July 2019
Denny High School pupils at the OU's telescope on Tenerife with the OU's Dr Alan Cayless

Denny High pupils reach for the stars in OU Tenerife trip

Members of the school's Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) club visited the OU’s observatory on the island.

3rd July 2019
Nicola Sturgeon

Open Outlook - June 2019

Find out more about the latest news and events from The Open University in Scotland with the June 2019 issue of Open Outlook.

26th June 2019
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Tech revolution to impact half a million Scottish jobs

Employers in Scotland expect almost a fifth of job roles to alter significantly or become redundant as a result of new technology in the next five years.

7th June 2019
Gordon Brown, Carrie Gracie, Benjamin Zephania, Val McDermid, Daniel Shand, Catherine Simpson

Edinburgh International Book Festival unveils OU 50th Anniversary Series

The 2019 programme for the world's largest book festival, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, includes an events series in celebration of the OU’s 50th anniversary this year.  

7th June 2019
James Rees

Volunteers to benefit from new free online course

Volunteer Scotland and the OU have created Involving Volunteers, a digital learning module aimed at improving the volunteering journey.

7th June 2019
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OU academic honoured for outstanding career at Herald Higher Education Awards

Dr Ilona Roth, senior lecturer in Psychology, received the top prize, the Lifetime Achievement Award, at an awards ceremony.

6th June 2019
OU in Scotland 50th logo, incorporating Pride rainbow colours

The Open University at 50: standing with Pride

The OU 50 logo will incorporate the Pride rainbow colours this month, to celebrate our birthday and commemorate the Stonewall riots fifty years ago. 

4th June 2019
John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education, on a visit to Bannockburn Primary School to see TELT in action

Deputy First Minister TELT about OU languages course

John Swinney has visited a Stirling school to promote an Open University (OU) project designed to help primary teachers teach languages in the classroom.

28th May 2019

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