The Open University Business and Law Schools held our annual Student and Alumni Awards on Friday 21 October 2022. Awards were presented to exceptional students from the faculty, and postgraduate business alumni who have made an outstanding contribution to society.
This blogpost explores how innovative methods are being used to help assist flood victims in Pakistan using interest-free loans.
A long awaited report by an All-Party Parliamentary Group into the menopause has finally been published and it is calling for more urgent help for women.
Eco-friendly podcast The Big Green Money Show is back. Presented by Dragons’ Den’s Deborah Meaden, the 11-part OU/BBC series examines the way some businesses are becoming greener.
Alumnus John Morris looks back on his journey studying for his MBA with The Open University.
The story of how a huge fashion brand fell dramatically to earth is the subject of a new two-part OU/BBC co–production.
The OU Research Excellence Awards recognised the wide range of ways research undertaken at the OU makes a positive difference to the economy, the environment, and society.
The Open University is saddened to learn of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen and joins people across the world in expressing our condolences to the Royal Family.
A research project, funded internally by The Open University, explored how the pandemic impacted academic and professional staff in higher education throughout the UK.
OUBS academic Professor Richard Blundel and other members of a multi-disciplinary research team have secured funding for a 20-month study of the governance of decarbonisation in small businesses titled GOZERO.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 - 09:00 to 17:00
Michael Young Building, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BB
This one-day symposium on ‘Doing Academia Differently’ will provide inspiration and support for PhD and early-career academics to approach the complex tensions and dilemmas of contemporary academia in new and creative ways.