Philippa works for the Media Relations team in Marketing and Communications. She was a journalist for 15 years; first working on large regional newspapers before working for national newspapers and magazines. Her first role in PR was as a media relations officer for the University of Brighton. Since then, she has worked for agencies and in house for sectors ranging from charities to education, the legal sector to hospitality, manufacturing and health and many more.
Gary Younge is one of the headliners at a four-day hybrid festival staged at the OU to give voice to research into real-life global challenges and…
If you ever wanted to know the secrets of writing detective fiction, The Open University is staging a free short course of the work of 20th…
A new series of the BBC’s popular Springwatch is about to make its annual appearance on our screens and this time it’s produced in partnership with…
The Open University has won the Broadcast Award at the prestigious Learning on Screen Awards for the OU/BBC co-production, AIDS: The Unheard Tapes. The BBC2 documentary…
A gripping new Open University/BBC co-production series on the Troubles in Northern Ireland is about to air containing interviews with people whose lives were changed forever…
If you’re a fan of forensics put a date in your diary to watch the latest series of The Open University/BBC co-production ‘The Real CSI’. The…
One of Britain’s leading science-fiction writers Dr Stephen Baxter has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by The Open University. The Liverpool-born writer has captivated generations of…
While the second series of the BBC podcast “Lady Killers” continues to entertain audiences with its feminist take on 19th and early 20th Century murderesses, we…
A film archive of some of the mid-to-late 20th Century’s finest minds in philosophy from the western world has been made available to the public through…
Fans of the racy Netflix period drama series ‘Bridgerton’ are patiently waiting to see the spin-off prequel series ‘Queen Charlotte: a Bridgerton Story’ – so we…
