A degree in foreign languages with the OU enabled Donna James to flourish both personally and professionally through her career development. She believes that her OU…
Kathryn was forced to drop out of traditional university due to her ongoing mental health issues; but she never lost the desire to learn and started…
As a teenager in the 1930s, Iby Knill was denied higher education for being Jewish. Decades later, following the horrors of the Holocaust and internment at…
Charlotte Bailey received excellent grades at GCSE level and was on track to receive a full scholarship from Yale University for their Young Global Scholars program.…
Professional rugby player and OU graduate, Ryan Grant won 25 caps for Scotland during his 12-year career and played for the British and Irish Lions. Since…
Kerry dropped out of school but today is an OU graduate supporting students with disabilities, despite her own sensory processing disorders, and has been nominated for a Rising Star award for her work.
Hannah Sargeant is a PhD student at The Open University, working on techniques to extract water from Moon rocks. As around the globe, people remember the…
Science was the one subject Ray Barber loved since he was a boy. Working as a college technician with no qualifications, he embarked on an OU…
An inspirational 91-year-old woman from Bromley, London has been named as a finalist in the Festival of Learning Awards 2019. Sylvia Rowbottom was forced to leave…
Sir Christopher Coville was one of the very first to study with The Open University, starting a Science Foundation course in 1971. Fifty years on, he…
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