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The Open University has seen a spike in visitors to its free online learning platform OpenLearn to access its health, wellbeing and educational content in a time of huge societal need.

The Open University Business School is a proud supporter of the biggest festival of workplace learning in the UK known as Learning at Work Week.

Professor Jo Brewis recently spoke at the ‘Let’s talk about menopause’ event at the OU in Wales. Here's what we learnt. 

A new eight-part series of the OU/BBC collaboration The Bottom Line has started this month on Radio 4. Liz Moody, Director of Executive Education, is the academic consultant.

The Open University’s new ‘Leading in a Digital Age’ report has found a clear link between business performance and leaders who are equipped to manage digital change.

Apprenticeships are aligned to the OU’s mission of providing education and progression opportunities for learners of all ages and from all backgrounds. More than 550 employers have chosen the OU’s flexible delivery model to upskill and reskill both new and existing staff.

We are looking for a critical reader to work with the module team to field test teaching units to identify strengths and weaknesses of teaching material, appropriateness for the level of study and whether learning materials are consistent with the specified workload.

Professor Edoardo Ongaro is one of six leading scholars in public administration, public policy, social work and social policy to receive recognition for their outstanding contribution and leadership in the applied social sciences.

The Open University Business School and the University of Delhi’s Faculty of Management Studies have developed a free online short course to introduce learners to the concept of empowerment in organisational research.

The Open University has launched a new media partnership with Sky and Channel 5 as part of its wider ‘Ambition’ advertising campaign. A series of OU and Sky co-branded TV adverts tell the stories of four students who have landed new jobs with Sky, demonstrating the credibility of an OU qualification and the employability of OU students with respected organisations.