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12 unusual facts about Open University


Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry Section A

The editor of Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry Section A is Sarah Ruthven and the Scientific Editors are Frank Berry, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, at the Open University and Eric G. Hope, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Leicester.

Ben Turok

He is now on the faculty of London's Open University, for which he wrote a lengthy study in 1975: "Inequality as State Policy: The South African Case."

Blackburne House

Amongst other things the building is used as an examination centre by the Open University.

Carrington railway station

The cutting has been filled in to street level and the Clarendon Park regional facility of the Open University now occupies the site, just North of the East end of Gregory Boulevard, between Sherwood Road and Mansfield Road.

Eyasu Berhe

Eyasu obtained his MA degree from Open University of the United Kingdom in Business Administration.

Hacker Radio Ltd

They were available in the same colour choices as the RP35 AM Herald, and there was a variant with a revised scale in royal blue that incorporated the Open University logo in place of the local stations.

Innogen Institute

The Innogen Institute is a collaboration between the University of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Sciences and the Open University that explores the social and economic impact of innovation in the life sciences and genomics.

Philosophy Bites

The series is hosted by Nigel Warburton, senior lecturer at the Open University, and David Edmonds and has featured interviews with guests including Barry C. Smith, Simon Blackburn, A.C. Grayling, Martha Nussbaum, Peter Singer, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Michael Dummett, Tzvetan Todorov, David Chalmers and C.A.J. (Tony) Coady.

Richard Hinds

In 2011, Hinds attained a first-class honours degree in Law from the Open University, believing that footballers should plan for life after football while they are still playing.

Steve Harper

He has a social sciences degree from the Open University, for which he studied whilst playing for the Newcastle reserve team.

The Planet

After the screening, a panel of leading environmental experts answered questions from around the world from the Berrill Lecture Theatre at The Open University, England.

The Wrong Trousers

In addition, Gromit's TV at breakfast no longer plays the Open University theme.


Adult Learners' Week

Founded and co-ordinated by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE), Adult Learners' Week in England is backed by thousands of supporters including the European Social Fund, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Next Step, BBC, Open University and Pearson PLC.

Angela Clayton

The most recent of which was a degree in Law from the Open University.

Asheridge

Aneurin (Nye) Bevan, Labour Minister responsible for the establishment of the National Health Service and his wife Jennie Lee also a Minister in the same Labour Government and a prime mover in the creation of the Open University, came to live at Wood Farm, Asheridge during the 1950s.

Clive Emsley

He joined the Open University in 1970 as a lecturer, but since then has been a visiting fellow at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, where he advised on distance teaching (1983) and co-authored a teaching module (1996) which now forms part of a taught MA both at Griffith and the Open University.

Deborah Bull

She has been awarded Honorary Doctorates by University of Derby (1998), Sheffield Hallam University (2001), Kent University (2010) and the Open University (2005) and was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1999 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Francesca Happé

She has contributed to the public understanding of science with television appearances including BBC QED, Open University, and Horizon, as well as radio interviews for World Service, BBC and ABC.

George Grubb

George Grubb was born in Edinburgh (in 1935) and was educated at James Gillespie’s Boys School, Edinburgh, the Royal High School, Edinburgh, the Open University (BA, 1974 and BPhil, 1983), the University of Edinburgh (BD, 1978) and San Francisco Theological Seminary (DMin, 1993).

John Zarnecki

Since 2000, he has worked at the Open University, having previously been a professor and researcher at the University of Kent.

Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow

The west side of this district contains part of the Open University campus (the buildings originally belonged to De Montfort University), the Accenture training centre and the Hilton Hotel.

Linslade

Tom Wise, the former Member of the European Parliament for the East of England jailed for expenses fraud lives in Linslade, as does Russell Stannard, author of several children's book and books on science and religion, and emeritus Professor of Physics at the Open University.

Long Man of Wilmington

Recent archaeological work done by Professor Martin Bell of the University of Reading, in association with Aubrey Manning's Open University programme Landscape Mysteries, has strongly suggested that the figure dates from the Early Modern period – the 16th or 17th century AD.

Manuel Lima

Among these venues are TED Global, Lift, Ars Electronica, OFFF, Eyeo, Reboot, VizThink, IxDA Interaction, Royal Society of Arts, New York Public Library, TEDx Buenos Aires, Royal College of Art, Open University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Northeastern University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, ENSAD Paris, University of Amsterdam, MediaLab Prado Madrid, Sheffield School of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon.

Olympic Dreams

Olympic Dreams is the title of a British television series, a co-production between the BBC and the Open University, with the intent of tracking a group of young British athletes bidding for Olympic success at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Policy Press

With over 600 books and seven journals, Policy Press collaborates with many organisations and associations - including the Social Policy Association, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Open University and the British Association of Social Workers.

Red Wing crater

It has been suggested by Geophysicist David Rowley of the University of Chicago, working with John Spray of the University of New Brunswick and Simon Kelley of the Open University, that the Red Wing crater may have been part of a hypothetical multiple impact event which also formed the Manicouagan crater in northern Quebec, Rochechouart crater in France, Saint Martin crater in Manitoba, and Obolon' crater in Ukraine.

Shai Cohen

Cohen is also lecturer in Levinsky College of Education and in the Open University Music Departments.

University Campus Milton Keynes

Whilst Milton Keynes College was the chief operator of UCMK, most higher education courses were accredited by the University of Bedfordshire, with some courses accredited by the University of Northampton, The Open University and Oxford Brookes University.

UCMK began as 'the University Centre Milton Keynes', part of Milton Keynes College and supported by the University of Bedfordshire, The University of Northampton and The Open University.

UnLtd

UnLtd has partnerships with academic institutions UCL, Open University, Middlesex University, University of Birmingham.

William Hawthorne

Hawthorne's most outstanding work at Cambridge was in the understanding of loss mechanisms in turbomachinery, and during his time as Head of Department he and Professor John Horlock (later Vice-Chancellor of the Open University) established the Turbomachinery Laboratory.

Young Foundation

He initiated, and in some cases directly created, dozens of new institutions including: Open University, Which?, International Alert, University of the Third Age, Economic and Social Research Council, National Extension College, National Consumer Council, Open College of the Arts and School for Social Entrepreneurs.