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The winners of the 2016 Learning at Work Week Impact Awards have been announced by the Campaign for Learning. The awards, co-sponsored by The Open University Business School, are open to all organisations who participate in Learning at Work Week, which takes place in May each year.

The Open University Business School’s course Leadership and management in intercultural contexts, is one of the first courses to be certified by EOCCS (Online Course Certification System).

The number of women MPs in the British parliament is the highest it’s ever been. There are 191 women among the 650 MPs, up a third from the 2010 election. This has to be good news.

The British Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool finds it at a political and ideological crossroads. Yet a conference happening at the same time in the same city could be just as historically significant.

What is happening in public leadership now which might be of interest to leaders everywhere and to HR managers who are tasked with finding or developing them?

The Open University Business School held an exclusive event in London on 7 September 2016. The event was an opportunity to explore the changing dynamics of the finance profession. Wol Kolade, Managing Director at private equity firm Livingbridge and David Miller, Investment Director at Quilter Cheviot joined as guest speakers.

With public leadership under more scrutiny and pressure than ever before, whether that leadership is by politicians, public servants or community activists, the new free MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) 'An Introduction to Public Leadership' from The Open University Business School, on the FutureLearn social learning platform is a new asset to help leaders and aspiring leaders.

The Open University Business School has been shortlisted in two prestigious categories of the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2016.

When the European Union decided to fine Apple €13.5 billion for tax evasion in Ireland last week, it didn’t take long for the Irish government to join with Apple to announce it would appeal the ruling.

The OUBS is to be the first business school in Europe to offer credits for its courses through MOOCs on the FutureLearn social learning platform.