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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.

Three students from the Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) have received a share of the £30,000 prize pot awarded through the Open University’s Open Business Creators Fund.

BEEP is a three-pronged offer, recognising that there are three key stages for SMEs in embarking on international trade: from the curious/early-stage explorer to the serious business creator and then the growth prospector looking to scale up internationally.

The Open University Business School (OUBS) has retained its prestigious Associate to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) international accreditation for a further six years.

New Open University (OU) research has identified that ethnic minority mothers in the UK face significant barriers returning to work due to the triple penalty of gender, motherhood and ethnicity.

The Open University has developed new toolkits designed to support mums in their transition back into the workplace, following evidence from two Business School research projects that highlights the barriers faced by working parents.