Our staff stories

I enjoy working for the OU Business School because it has such a great reputation with its triple accreditation and quality materials but more importantly because supporting students on their professional journey is very rewarding especially as they have a great wealth of experience that we can all share.

Supporting students achieve their potential and seeing them make the critical ‘learning connections’, linking theory with application.

I became an AL because I vividly remember the wonderful student experience I benefitted from when studying my MBA with the OU. I really wanted to replicate my experience for others and when the OU were recruiting ALs for a postgraduate module called Leadership in Healthcare, I thought that was an area where I could translate both my professional experience in OD and leadership into a tutoring experience for this module, bringing practice and theory together.

I have always been very intrigued by the OU, its philosophy and the quality of its programmes. OU students are often living “real lives” while they study - and that’s an important business and life skill. I had never delivered an online course before, so when the opportunity arose, how could I resist?

In his varied career, tutoring for The Open University Business School is easily the most rewarding thing he has ever done.

I love teaching and research – I get a great buzz out of delivering tutorials, discovering new things in inquiry and get enormous satisfaction in seeing people grow.

The OU is a great organisation to work for and the courses I teach on allow me extensive one-on-one contact with my students, giving me the opportunity to get to know them better, which makes the role all the more rewarding.

I studied my master’s with the OU and when I wanted to develop my skills in online teaching and learning I applied to the OU because of its expertise in this area.

The Psychology degree that I achieved, thanks to The Open University, led to amazing career changes for me. Hence, I know how The Open University can change lives.

I have had a diverse career taking me across the world as a musician and manager. After some time as a regular in the British Army I now serve as an army reserve officer in The Royal Yeomanry.