News

Events with Ali Smith, Liz Lochhead, Claire Askew and Chitra Ramaswamy have been announced for Open the Door 2019.

A new Cultural History of Glasgow Network launches on 18 March, led by Dr Elaine Moohan, Senior Lecturer in Music at The OU.

The OU in Scotland will be providing hundreds of books to primary schools in Zambia to mark World Book Day.

The Open University and Fife College welcomed Richard Lochhead, Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science, to a special event to hear all about their successful partnership and how it is benefitting students.

The OU in Scotland will host a major event in Edinburgh looking at the value of a diverse workforce and how to build one, focusing in particular on the role of Graduate Apprenticeships. 

Blue Planet II is a landmark piece of film-making. At the helm of this iconic BBC/OU co-production was James Honeyborne, the award-winning Executive Producer formerly based at the BBC’s Natural History Unit. James will share behind-the-scenes stories and science from the series at two public Royal Scottish Geographical Society events, supported by the OU. 

The OU's Chair of International Development is calling for better curation of online learning for refugees and asylum seekers. Professor Giles Mohan is the lead author of a report published today. 

Find out more about the latest news and events from The Open University in Scotland with the November 2018 issue of Open Outlook.

A new book by OU experts has had over 2,300 chapter downloads within only a couple of months. 'Creativity and Critique in Online Learning' will be of interest to anyone who wants to teach online and keep up to date with the latest methods and technologies for teaching through distance learning.

A Fund to support retired residents in Caithness and north Sutherland, aged 55 or over and who are studying for personal development, has made its first award – to an Open University student.