Adults returning to learning, whether at college, home, or at work, now have a great way to find their route into study, thanks to a new…
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The Open University’s Vice-Chancellor Peter Horrocks CBE welcomes a Universities UK report out on Monday October 10 calling for older learners to feature in government policy on…
The Vice-Chancellor of The Open University, Peter Horrocks, has used a keynote speech to highlight a link between levels of degree attainment and how parts of…
Major UK universities, including Leeds and The Open University, are set to offer a new route into higher education – enabling learners to earn credits towards…
From the OU in Northern Ireland… The third opinion piece in our series of three from OU nation directors sees The Open University in Northern Ireland’s John…
The Government is on course to miss targets to open up access to higher education, according to new research. And “they cannot afford to focus their efforts solely on…
“Three quarters of widening participation students say that without the Open University, they would not have been able to attend higher education at all” That was…
A government plan to fix the foundations of the British economy and boost productivity has failed to acknowledge the benefits of lifelong learning. The Government’s ‘productivity…
“Adult education and lifelong learning have a vital role in strengthening the UK’s economy,” and “the Government recognises that there is more to be done to…
A plan to measure the quality of teaching in English universities has been contributed by a member of the OU’s top team. Professor Belinda Tynan, the…