Lucy Smithies, 27, left York University after her first year, suffering with depression. She started work in a local primary school and realised her dream career…
The lives of hundreds of thousands of people have been transformed by their study at The Open University, but few can have valued it more than…
With two double centuries, more than fifty 50s and fifteen 100s scored and a total of 9,000 runs in all his cricket appearances, professional cricket player…
An OU in Wales student who was mocked at school and reached his mid-30s having never read a book received the Life Change and Overall Winner…
Although she achieved 12 A stars at GCSE, Charlotte Bailey, 19, from South Wales, left school during sixth form owing to severe bullying. Now an anti-bullying…
Originally from the Isles of Scilly, in 2009, Diane Coral Turner, 42, enrolled on her part-time PhD with The Open University, collaborating with Amersham Hospital and…
OU graduate Gina Awad was described as average by her school teachers, something which has haunted her over the years. But her complete dedication to raising awareness of…
Former vehicle engineer Robert Wilkinson switched to a career in care and it soon became apparent to his managers that he had the potential to go…
After all the challenges along the road to becoming a nurse, Sarah Burgess says she would “do it all again in a heartbeat”. Recently qualified with…
Liz Westwood was inspired to become a nurse because of two important influences – her late mother and her work colleagues. For the last eight years,…
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