Listen to new OU / BBC radio series Rare Earth
Tune into BBC Radio 4 weekly from today (19 January) to listen to the new OU / BBC radio series, Rare Earth, with environmental journalist Tom…
Browsing: Around the OU
The Open University awarded £7.7m to protect women and girls online
Researchers at The Open University (OU) have been awarded £7,730,000 from Research England to create a new centre for protecting women against violence online. Last year,…
OU and BBC partner for new series of The Bottom Line
For nearly 10 years, The Open University and the BBC have been bringing Evan Davis and his panel of experts on The Bottom Line into your living room to…
New year, new me? OpenLearn courses to try out in 2024
A new year is a great time to try something different. We’ve pulled together some of the best collections and courses from OpenLearn for keeping your…
OU academic, Professor Mark Brandon, awarded The Polar Medal in the New Years Honours list
Mark Brandon, Professor of Polar Oceanography, at The Open University has been awarded The Polar Medal by His Majesty King Charles III in recognition of his outstanding work and…
Top ten most popular free courses to indulge in on OpenLearn
Since its launch in 2006 The Open University’s free learning resource website OpenLearn has received more than 112 million visits with many people going on to…
New series of ‘Inside the Factory’ co-produced by The Open University
In an exciting new venture, The Open University (OU) has teamed up with the BBC to co-produce the eighth series of the much-loved “Inside the Factory.” …
Watch this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: The Truth About AI
Join Professor Mike Wooldridge for this year’s Royal Institution (RI) Christmas Lectures, as he tackles arguably the most important and rapidly-evolving field of science in the…
Education Minister visits The Open University
On a visit to The Open University in Milton Keynes, Universities Minister Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP met with students, apprentices, and alumni, as well as…
Behind the scenes OU/BBC co-production with performance artist Kae Tempest
English literature academic Professor Nicola J Watson has worked behind the scenes on an Open University/BBC co-production about the acclaimed rapper, poet, playwright and recording artist…
