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- I'm taking on a new lease of life by degrees! GRADUATES OF ALL AGES LINE UP TO RECEIVE QUALIFICATIONS
- Byline: By NICOLA JUNCAR Education Reporter YOU'RE never too old to learn. That's the message 76-year-old John Wilkinson is hoping to pass on to others who are thinking of returning to the classroom. The pensioner, from Benton, Newcastle, was among 236 learners from the North East who...
- Research articles 2008-06-23
- Mum-of-two Emma gave up top-class job
- A MOTHER-of-two left a high-profile job to realise her ambition. Emma Kirkby - Geddes is a 39-year-old from Hepworth. She gave up a career in marketing to have her two children, Evie, seven, and five-year-old Eddie. But when her children were both at school she signed up...
- Research articles 2008-04-03
- pounds 31M cut to Open Uni fund
- THE Open University is facing a pounds 31.6million cut in its government funding. It is part of Treasury plans to slash pounds 180million in handouts to universities, city colleges and academies for students taking a second degree. They include mums who want to retrain...
- Research articles 2008-01-27
- CILIP'S Professional Qualifications retain Open University credit rating ensuring valuable benefits for members.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-9 May 2007-CILIP: CILIP'S Professional Qualifications retain Open University credit rating ensuring valuable benefits for membersC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09052007 CILIP's Qualifications and Professional Development Department is delighted to announce that the Open University Validation Service OUVS has again...
- Research articles 2007-05-09
- The Open University reacts to UKIT skills shortage with "Computing and Its Practice" - a novel IT solution for employees and employers alike.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 November 2006-OPEN UNIVERSITY: The Open University reacts to UKIT skills shortage with "Computing and Its Practice" - a novel IT solution for employees and employers alikeC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14112006 While demand for skilled IT workers has continued to...
- Research articles 2006-11-15
- Appointment of Chief Adviser on Childrens Services.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-5 December 2005-UK Government: Appointment of Chief Adviser on Childrens ServicesC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05122005 Naomi Eisenstadt CB has been appointed Chief Adviser on Children's Services. She will play a key part in the whole Every Child Matters programme, driving...
- Research articles 2005-12-05
- Chips off old block
- GRANDFATHER Peter Tomkins is launching a new career as a teacher - at the age of 73. He has gained a BSc from the Open University and will teach A- level electronics. Peter, of Beech Hill, near Reading, Berks, studied at night to become...
- Research articles 2004-06-06
- Best seller is honoured
- Best seller Alan Plater is to be awarded an honorary doctorate from The Open University. Plater is one of the country's best-loved writers of stage and screen. His career spans five decades with many credits for theatre, radio, film and television. The writer, born in Jarrow, South Tyneside,...
- Research articles 2004-04-03
- Advertisement Feature - Challenging
- Wendy Denham and her father Tony Pilkington, of Fenham, are just one example of a family studying together with The Open University. Wendy, 34, took the Openings course Living Arts while Tony, 62, took the online short course Start Writing Family History. Now they will both work towards a...
- Research articles 2003-09-23
- A chance to work and find your goal
- Studying with the Open University can help to develop confidence, expand your interests or gain promotion, as well as change careers, according to course leaders. Since students are able to earn while learning, they have the advantage of being able to immediately apply the knowledge they gain in their...
- Research articles 2003-08-19
- Professor G Roland Kaye FCMA Deputy president
- Roland Kaye began his career as a management trainee at the English Electric Co in 1967. He subsequently worked for several major food manufacturers before becoming a lecturer at Grimsby College of Technology in 1976. After holding academic posts at Humberside College of Higher Education and the University of East...
- Research articles 2003-07-01
- At the U.S. Open University the Quest For Knowledge Is As Easy As Logging On To The Internet; Non-Credit Courses Make Learning a Personal Lifelong Investment
- Business Editors & Education Writers DENVER--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 21, 2001 United States Open University USOU is not just for the degree-seeking student. Many students enrolled in the distance-learning institution just want to continue to learn and are enrolling in non-credit courses for their own personal growth. Most popular...
- Research articles 2001-08-21
- David Englander.(Brief Article)
- CHEERFULLY PROLETARIAN was how E.P. Thompson once described David Englander. A native of Whitechapel, who could boast of having been bought ice-creams as a child by at least one of the more murky characters from Raph Samuel's East End Underworld, David chuckled about the label with...
- Research articles 1999-07-01
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- Future perfect. (experiences of the Open University Business School MBA)
- A Master of Business Administration MBA degree such as that offered by the Open University Business School OUBS can play a key role in allowing professionals such as accountants to make valuable progress in the present employment and in their career aA Master of Business Administration MBA degree such as...
- Research articles 1996-03-01
- New Jobs: 8 Lessons from Real-Life Career Switchers
- Changing careers is never easy, and it?s all the more challenging in a recession, but reinvention is becoming more and more necessary as the employment landscape shifts so dramatically. Fortunately, there are some time-tested tips for making a successful transition, from looking for on-the-job training to taking advantage of educational...
- Articles 2009-11-11
- University of Central Oklahoma offers career fair
- The University of Central Oklahoma's annual Fall Career and Internship Fair is scheduled from noon to 3 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Nigh University Center in Edmond. Participating businesses and organizations include Devon Energy, the Oklahoma Office of State Finance, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dell Inc., Clear...
- Research articles 2007-08-31
- Mashable's Weekly Conference and Event Guide
- It's a brand new week, which means it's time for Mashable's guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Umberto Eco and the Open Text: Semiotics, Fiction and popular Culture
- Umberto Eco and the Open Text: Semiotics, Fiction and Popular Culture. By PETER BONDANELLA. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1997. 218 pp. 30 [pounds sterling].Peter Bondanella's concise monograph surveys the whole of Eco's intellectual career and output from his earliest forays into medieval aesthetics to his most recent engagement with the...
- Research articles 2000-04-01
- Symposium at Yale to Honor Mary Helen Goldsmith and Auxin Research.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-18 October 2006-YALE UNIVERSITY: Symposium at Yale to Honor Mary Helen Goldsmith and Auxin ResearchC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17102006 New Haven, Conn. -- A symposium honoring the career of Yale Biology Professor Mary Helen Goldsmith will be held at the...
- Research articles 2006-10-18
- Mentoring Others
- Mentoring is generally considered to be an activity undertaken by someone "older and wiser" in the same industry who acts as a role model, sponsor, guide, and adviser. Coaching, on the other hand, can be undertaken by someone who is not necessarily in the same industry but who can ask...
- Articles 2007-10-31
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