The OU’s Broadcast & Partnerships team is celebrating as one of two OU Connect projects shortlisted won Best Online Educational Resource at this year’s Learning on Screen Awards.
The awards take place annually and honour outstanding work in the field of education and television.
Award winner ‘The unexpected places we choose to lay our dead to rest’ is an animation that explores the fascinating and sometimes unexpected places we lay our dead and how people stay connected with them.
It was produced to support the OU/BBC co-production Inside the Undertakers with Stacey Dooley, which aired on BBC ONE in November 2023.
Erica Borgstrom OU Academic Consultant and Professor of Medical Anthropology, said:
“The judges praised the animation for its storytelling, use of interesting and engaging facts, and combination of imagery and soundscapes.
It was an absolute joy working on this as an academic, collaborating with the Broadcast & Partnerships (OU Connect) team and Myth Productions, to create something that could stimulate curiosity and appreciation of diverse practices around death.”
Also nominated in the category was Poetry as performance, which was produced to support the BBC TWO series, Being Kae Tempest. The OU Academic Consultant was Professor Nicola Watson
All of this year’s nominees and winners can be found on the Learning on Screen website
OU/BBC co-productions are commissioned by Dr. Caroline Ogilvie, Director of Broadcast & Partnerships and the programmes are available to view on Videofinder.
More information on each of the titles can be found on our dedicated Broadcast & Partnership site OU Connect.
