Tim Blackman
@TimJBlackman
Professor of Sociology & Social Policy and Vice-Chancellor of The Open University. Views my own. For direct comms please use [email protected].
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http://www.open.ac.uk 19-01-2011 18:38:43
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The The Open University Quarterly Review of Research just went live with updates on our Open Societal Challenges, Open Research and research outputs from across our faculties, nations and PGRs #OUResearch
research.open.ac.uk/news/quarterly…
I welcome Department for Education and @lukehall's continued commitment to enabling a more flexible approach to lifelong learning in this announcement.
The Lifelong Learning Entitlement remains a critical way to do this:
gov.uk/government/pub…
#LifelongLearning
Our MSE's Academy of #Money FREE course, a The Open University & MoneySavingExpert partnership has been updated with:
•changes to #NI contributions
•guidance on the #costoflivingcrisis
•impact of higher #interestrates
•changes to #pension tax allowances
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We're supporting Universities UK's #100Faces campaign, highlighting the voices of people who were first in their family to go to university.
Including our very own Sir David Harrison who says his OU MBA played a key role entrepreneur success.
100faces.universitiesuk.ac.uk/business-and-c…
#OUfamily
We've been nominated in Henry Webster Awards! 🙌🏻
Now we need your help: We're in the running to win TWO People’s Voice Awards in the Sustainability & Environment and AI, Metaverse & Virtual - Science & Education Categories.
🗳️ Vote for us before April 18th: wbby.co/40250N
On today’s @hepi_news blog @timjblackman discusses how the Lifelong Learning Entitlement can be an enabler of higher education for all, and not just for some.
Critical for boosting UK productivity ➡️ hepi.ac.uk/2024/04/02/whi…
#LifelongLearning #UKHigherEd
‘Inside Our Autistic Minds’ co-produced by The Open University with BBC Two picks up another prestigious award for Best Presenter Chris Packham at #RoyalTelevisionSocietyAwards , along with Best Documentary Series for the insightful & powerful ‘Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland’.
Our latest film to feature on BBC Morning Live this morning, focuses on 'lonely bereavement', particularly supporting those who are grieving or have a terminal illness through their toughest hours.
OU Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies
The Peregrine Lunar Lander will begin its journey from Florida to the Moon next week - onboard will be the Peregrine lon Trap Mass Spectrometer (PITMS), which was developed in partnership with OU academics.
Dr Simeon Barber (Simeon Barber) explains how PITMS will work!
OpenLearn is such a great example of what makes the The Open University different. There is so much free content and it has reached more than 100 million learners! Take a look at some of our Engineering content here:
open.edu/openlearn/loca…
Wonderful and inspiring visit to the The Open University last week. It was great to meet students who had gained so much from the OU’s model which puts social justice at its heart providing everyone with the ability to climb the ladder of opportunity! 💪🪜🌟
ounews.co/around-ou/educ…
The Open University’s commitment to equality and opportunity is inspiring!🎉
It's remarkable to see that most of their students have no previous qualifications and many are from deprived areas. Offering flexibility, they have boosted diversity in fields like healthcare and
