Hello everyone, I hope you’re keeping well and are primed and ready for some fresh Open University news. This week we take a look at the history of the distance degree, news of an award for the OU in digital innovation and Dr Laurie Taylor explains why sociology is important. Remember, if there’s...

Hey everybody, here are three more stories from the world of the Open University. The first is a sobering tale from an English literature student who dropped out and could not afford to return, followed by the OU Business School tackling motivations for saving and investment and then Open University students speaking after...

Thank you coming along today and reading our latest Open University news. Just what have you got on the menu for me today, I hear you cry. Well there are more OU graduations taking place and a warm well done to all those who have passed through to academia. In other news a disabled lady...

Got a spare five mins at work? Well, here is another slice of Open University news for you all. This week we have information on a free course on philosophy, research into the pain and relief (I bet!) experienced by those deposed from political office and news that Conservative Sajid Javid will head up the...

Once again this past week we’ve been busy scanning across the internet to find the latest information and Open University courses. The greatest university on the planet (we reckon anyway) is always innovating and leading the way on many issues that affect us around the globe and these news pieces reflect just...

Happy Thursday everybody, it’s only one day to go until Friday and that’s a fact! It’s also four days away from Monday…..whoa, sorry, I got carried away. Anyway, here’s is your weekly dose of OU news. This week get the lowdown on opinion polls via some cracking YouTube videos as posted by...