Three short films co-produced by The Open University and the BBC will feature on BBC One’s Morning Live programme, Misogyny in Football, Solar Panels, and Project Vigilant, and showcase the academic contribution from The Faculty of Business and Law.
The Open University (OU) is proud to be part of the 7th Edition of the Chocolate Scorecard which this year reveals the stark reality behind the confectionary’s production.
The BBC One series, I Made It at Market, revisits former participants to explore how their businesses have developed around five years after taking part.
The Open University honoured its second cohort of graduates from its pioneering Minority Ethnic Leadership (MEL) Programme at a special event in London last week.
The Open University (OU), in partnership with the Harrison Foundation, has launched a new free financial literacy resource for 15 to 17-year-old secondary school students, designed to support teachers delivering statutory financial education within PSHE.
The popular OU/BBC radio series The Bottom Line takes to the airwaves for a new series from Thursday 8 January at 12.04pm on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds, bringing a weekly look at business, money tips and strategy.
An Honorary Doctorate from The Open University has been awarded to diversity and inclusion strategist, Gamiel Yafai MBE, whose work has contributed to economic, social and cultural change in both Milton Keynes and beyond.
The Open University, in partnership with NatWest and the Department for Work and Pensions, proudly announces the return of the Open Business Creators Fund, a transformative funding competition designed to support women at the idea or early stages of their entrepreneurial journey.
The Open University has partnered with social innovation and venture business, Tin Ventures, to create a new programme that supports diverse business founders across the West Midlands. The collaboration has been designed to equip entrepreneurs with the skills and connections to grow their businesses.
The OU Faculty of Business and Law, PolicyWISE, and the Institute of Educational Technology have secured £4.9M from the ESRC to lead a new Research Capability Hub. Over five years, the Hub will support social scientists across sectors and career stages, using OU’s innovative tech to deliver inclusive, future-focused research skills training.

Thursday, July 16, 2026 - 14:00 to 15:30
Online on MS Teams
This guest lecture with Mike Haley, CEO of Cifas, will provide an overview of the types of fraud currently causing the greatest harm to society and examine how advances in AI are likely to affect fraud cases in the future.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 09:00 to Friday, September 4, 2026 - 17:00
University of Donja Gorica, Oktoih 1, Podgorica 81000, Montenegro
This academic conference hopes to draw feminist scholars, activists and communities together to consider what caring feminism across borders might mean now and for the future.