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New home for university
THE Open University is moving to a new home in Gateshead. The education organisation will be the first occupier of premises at Gateshead Council's Baltic Business Quarter development. The university's regional office is moving from its present home at Regent Centre, Gosforth, to a new office in Abbots...
Tags: Open University
Research articles 2008-10-17
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...
Tags: CAREER, Earth, graduate, Open University
Research articles 2008-06-23
Science talent given a boost
YOUNG scientists on Tyneside are being offered the chance to ditch A-levels for a new route into higher education. In a collaboration which is the first of its kind in the UK, Newcastle University has joined forces with a North Tyneside School and the Open University in an effort...
Tags: Open University, talent
Research articles 2008-05-31
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...
Tags: CAREER, job, Open University, psychology
Research articles 2008-04-03
The Open University Selects Elluminate Live!(R) for Online Synchronous Collaboration
Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and web collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, announced today that The Open University OU, the largest university in the United Kingdom and a pioneer of large-scale distance learning, has selected Elluminate Live!® as their enterprise synchronous collaboration solution. In addition,...
Tags: Collaboration, E-learning, Elluminate, Groupware, Open University, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-03-31
`Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, 4th Edition' Presents A New Chapter on the User Scenarios Method
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c83130) has announced the addition of Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, 4th Edition to their offering. This new edition has been updated throughout with new examples, and problems broadening the appeal and relevance of the book from engineering design into product...
Tags: MARKETING, Open University, strategy
Research articles 2008-02-18
Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, 4th Edition Presents A New Chapter on the User Scenarios Method.
M2 PRESSWIRE-18 February 2008-Research and Markets: Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, 4th Edition Presents A New Chapter on the User Scenarios MethodC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20022008 Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c83132) has announced the ...
Tags: Engineering, MARKETING, Open University, Strategy
Research articles 2008-02-18
Love don't cost a thing
Have you ever found passion in the procurement workplace? Perhaps some of you discovered your darling over a Dutch auction, or developed devotion while doing a deal. On St Valentine's Day, Rebecca Ellinor meets four purchasing couples who tell us how they met, and why working together does - or...
Tags: Open University, procurement
Research articles 2008-02-14
The Student's Companion to Social Policy, 3rd Edition Features Thoroughly Updated Contributions That Reflect Recent Policy Changes and Innovations
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c82828) has announced the addition of The Student's Companion to Social Policy, 3rd Edition to their offering. Thoroughly updated to reflect policy changes and innovations, the third edition of The Student's Companion to Social Policy continues to provide students with the most comprehensive...
Tags: Globalization, Government, Leadership, London School of Economics, Open University, Strategy, Welfare
Research articles 2008-02-14
Free advice on courses
A LIBRARY is giving free advice on Open University courses. Three further sessions will be held at Blyth Library, in the town's Bridge Street, noon to 2pm, on Thursday, March 6, May 8 and July 10. The library has already successfully staged one session in January where university...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, Open University, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-02-11
Letter: Your Say - IOU TO HAROLD'S OU
AS a graduate of the Open University, I feel I owe a debt of gratitude to Harold Wilson who was instrumental in founding the institution during his premiership. I am sad to learn that the Treasury plans to cut its funding by pounds 31million. Yet without the OU, ordinary folk...
Tags: Open University
Research articles 2008-02-03
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...
Tags: CAREER, Government, Open University, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-01-27
Continuing losses of personal data points to need for cultural change.
M2 PRESSWIRE-22 January 2008-THE OPEN UNIVERSITY: Continuing losses of personal data points to need for cultural changeC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22012008 As Government unearths yet more losses of personal data, Darrel Ince, Professor of Computing at The Open University,...
Tags: Open University, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-01-22
Email bullying, online fraud, electronic identity theft: guard against cyber crime with new course.
M2 PRESSWIRE-18 January 2008-THE OPEN UNIVERSITY: Email bullying, online fraud, electronic identity theft: guard against cyber crime with new courseC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18012008 If a malicious employee stole data from your organisation, would you have the skills to...
Tags: E-mail, fraud, Litigation, Open University, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-01-18
The Open University gets Under the Skin of Life in Cold Blood on BBC ONE; TX: 9pm, Monday February 4, BBC ONE (repeated on Sunday February 10, 6pm, BBC ONE).
M2 PRESSWIRE-17 January 2008-OPEN UNIVERSITY: The Open University gets Under the Skin of Life in Cold Blood on BBC ONE; TX: 9pm, Monday February 4, BBC ONE (repeated on Sunday February 10, 6pm, BBC ONE)C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17012008 ...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., FINANCE, Open University, Sir
Research articles 2008-01-17
On this day
January 11, 1956 THE new Colne Valley High School, the first comprehensive in Huddersfield, opened its doors for the time to 850 pupils. 1569 The first state lottery was held in England - 40,000 lots at 10 shillings each were available from St Paul's Cathedral. 1922 Insulin...
Tags: Open University
Research articles 2008-01-11
THE MOLE: FABRICE MUAMBA
FABRICE MUAMBA is hoping he can repeat his success on the pitch in the classroom. The 19-year-old has been a revelation in Birmingham's midfield after joining from Arsenal in the summer. And Muamba has spent his time away from the Premier League taking an Open University degree...
Tags: Open University
Research articles 2007-12-09
CrossKnowledge arrives in the UK
CrossKnowledge, a European leader in web-based management training has introduced the first in a series of distance learning management programmes developed with the Open University. The launch of the course on effective project management follows CrossKnowledge's recent expansion to the UK and the opening of its London headquarters, aimed at...
Tags: E-learning, Open University, SOFTWARE, training, U.K.
Research articles 2007-09-01
Uni to get a new home
A UNIVERSITY is relocating its Tyneside operation to a pounds 300m new development. The Open University has bought a 19,500 sq ft office building at the Baltic Business Quarter by the Tyne in Gateshead. All 65 Open University staff on Tyneside will move from the Regent Centre in...
Tags: Open University
Research articles 2007-06-29
John's crossword led to masters degree
Byline: BARRY IBSON , Bsc follows ba Jennifer Scutt MASTERS DEGREE John Pierre-Madigan Success in OU courses IT all began with a crossword. Cowersley man John Pierre- Madigan, 41, missed out on education the first time round - leaving All Saints Comprehensive with just three...
Tags: Open University
Research articles 2007-05-18
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