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Vice-Chancellor’s statement on the invasion of Ukraine

Upskill and unlock potential with world-class professional development short courses through OU co-owned social learning platform FutureLearn.

A revealing survey conducted by The Open University and in partnership with The 5% Club shows that most employers, almost 9 in 10, who have employed apprentices plan to maintain or increase the number they take on in the next 12 months

A new eight-part series of the OU/BBC collaboration The Bottom Line on Radio 4, presented by OU honorary graduate Evan Davis, starts tonight.

Legal & General launches its Midlife MOT: a free, educational course, in partnership with The Open University.

Professor Elizabeth Daniel discusses the lasting legacy of the pandemic on self-employment and homeworking, the ‘passionpreneur’ and describes how mental load is affecting self-employed women.

Have you ever considered how your culture and the community you live in shapes your identity, values, beliefs and preferences? Developing your intercultural competence is arguably one of the most valuable skills you can develop for the modern workplace.

Academics at The Open University have worked behind the scenes on a fascinating two-part series The Decade The Rich Won that hears from former insiders about the 2008 financial crash and its repercussions.

Academics from The Open University have collaborated with BBC Learning English to help thousands of people around the world to not only learn English but inform and inspire them about leadership.

The Open University Business School has been granted a Bronze ‘departmental’ award following its recent Athena SWAN submission to Advance HE, the British professional membership scheme which promotes excellence in higher education.