Carly Sumner Sinfield is Senior Copywriter at The Open University. She loves telling stories and has spent her career writing about everything from spending habits to spa breaks. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing and a BA (Hons) in Journalism and Media Studies. When she’s not writing, Carly enjoys reading, sharing good food with great people, and all things colourful.
Victoria Bailey always dreamt of a career in academia and spent her youth fascinated by Graeco-Roman mythology. But prolonged period of illness during her childhood and…
Karolien Verheyen, a teacher and musician from Belgium, was already educated to Master’s-degree level when she began studying with The Open University. After being diagnosed with…
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Ever since she was a child, Fola Yusuf-Adewuyi wanted to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become a nurse. Years later and now a mum of…
When Martyn Carroll left school at 16, he didn’t realise he had dyslexia and simply thought higher education wasn’t for him. He’s now proving just what…
Mother-of-two Kellie Stockenström says her MBA with The Open University has given her the self-confidence to achieve her life goals. With more than 12 years’ experience…
When it comes to choosing a career or a qualification, why not have the best of both worlds? That’s exactly what Open University Psychology student Joe…
At 18, Candace Louison from Cardiff had a life-changing decision to make. Should she accept her offer to go to university as planned? Or kick-start her…
