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In times of crisis, we demand different things from our leaders, organisations and institutions. Crisis situations stir up feelings of helplessness, and reawaken a primal need for nurturing, comfort, strength and guidance. When the world feels unmanageable, we look to leaders in all walks of life to steer us through the crisis and give us explanations for otherwise inexplicable events.

OUBS Director of Executive Education Liz Moody has been invited to join the Institute of Leadership and Management for one of their week long series of webinars exploring the impact, effects and implementation of change.

Two OUBS academics are among the 51 leading UK social scientists to have been conferred the award of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS). They have all been elected for their outstanding contributions to research and to the application of social science to policy, education, society and the economy.

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.