Previous Events

Student Hub Live - Critical thinking and writing

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - 12:00 to 20:00

Online with Student Hub Live

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Student Hub Live will explain what tutors look out for as indicators of critical thinking, as well as obvious examples that this is not being done

Alumni only - Management of uncertainty: leadership, decisions and action

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 18:30 to 19:30

Online

Contact: OUBS Events Team

If 2020 has taught us anything it’s expect the unexpected, nothing is as it seems and what was true today, isn’t going to be tomorrow. Against this backdrop, The Open University Business School is finding new ways in which to help those who have found themselves in challenging circumstances. 

Webinar - When Jazz Broke Down the Silos: Tales from a Jazz Musician and Management Educator

Monday, December 14, 2020 - 12:30 to 13:30

Online

Contact: OUBS Events Team

Noel Dennis, a professional jazz musician and founder and former co-editor of Arts and the Market, will demonstrate how he uses jazz as an alternative lens to examine strategic leadership and marketing management issues. 

Issues Made to Matter: Ethics and Leadership in the Voluntary Sector

Friday, December 11, 2020 - 12:30 to 14:00

Online

Contact: OUBS Events Team

Recent months have provided significant challenges for leadership within the voluntary sector.

Student Hub Live - Developing your academic writing

Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - 12:00 to 13:00

Online with Student Hub Live

Contact: Student Hub Live

This hour-long remote broadcast will feature interviews with staff and students, tips and worksheets and you’ll be able to share your own experiences and ask questions of our guests — and each other — in the live chat.

How can business schools help to build more racially diverse businesses?

Wednesday, December 2, 2020 - 16:30 to 17:30

Online

Contact: OUBS Events Team

Three experts on diversity and inclusion will be sharing their views and answering questions on the ways business schools can help to build more racially diverse businesses.

Student Hub Live - Managing my time

Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 19:00 to 20:00

Online with Student Hub Live

Contact: Student Hub Live

In this workshop Student Hub Live will teach you techniques and frameworks to help you plan your workload more effectively. You’ll also have an opportunity to discuss life and study hacks with fellow students in small groups

Student Hub Live - Supporting Carers

Thursday, November 26, 2020 - 13:30 to 14:30

Online with Student Hub Live

Contact: Student Hub Live

This Carers Rights Day, 26 November, The Open University wants to recognise the tremendous work that carers do and showcase some of the support that’s available for our students.

Webinar: Public sector - Employer webinar

Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - 15:00

Online

Getting beyond the moral argument for diversity and inclusion. This webinar brings together leading experts for an insightful discussion about what diversity and inclusion mean for organisations, individuals, and society.

Strategic agility and leadership in uncertain times

Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - 09:00 to 10:00

Online

This webinar brings together three senior experts to outline current thinking on strategic agility and its practical implications for organisational leadership and will include shared experiences of agility in both business and public sector.