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 that. So if there’s a free course or bit of news on the agenda then hopefully we will pick it up and stick it on the next Open University news.

Mix up sees Tractor Ted DVDs sent to Open University maths students. When it comes to education, distance-learning organisation the Open University has to employ some unusual methods to keep its students on the right track. But a recent mix up meant that first year students taking a maths module were mistakenly sent DVDs of the children’s animated television show Tractor Ted instead of educational material.

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Carhacking: Why your computerised car could actually be less secure. Article by Andrew Smith, Lecturer in Networking at The Open University. Blaine Price Senior Lecturer in Computing at The Open University.

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The OU Business School MBA Information Session organised for March. Anyone interested in taking a Masters can benefit from a session like this.

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