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Over 600 students arrived at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Newport, as part of The Open University’s Wales graduation. 

This year The Open University in Wales is the lead sponsor for the Welsh charity awards. This event gives us the opportunity to celebrate the work and successes of charities, community groups, not-for-profits and volunteers in Wales.

It’s turning out to be a memorable year for Tony Morton – not only has he graduated with a degree in history at the age of 87 but he has also won an Inspire! Adult Learning Award for his efforts!

Changing the Narrative: valuing Arts and Humanities Degrees, published by The Learned Society of Wales (LSW) for The Open University (OU), highlights the importance of transferable skills which A&H graduates can bring to a workplace – including creative thinking, analytical thinking, and technological literacy.  

The Open University in Wales has secured funding to develop a groundbreaking heritage project.

Students across Wales have ranked The Open University in Wales as the top university in Wales for overall student satisfaction.

Almost half (47%) of Welsh businesses reporting a struggle with skills shortage, far less than 62% of those in the rest of the UK

The Open University in Wales has been appointed by Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) to train new student nurses.

A training programme established to support third-sector volunteers is now entering its second year.

A new website has been launched by The Open University in Wales and Wales TUC to support more people into lifelong learning.