Collection Overview: Historical OU TV and Radio - Open University Digital Archive

Historical OU TV and Radio

The Open University has produced a number of series to inform students and a wider audience about the University. Series such as 'Open Forum' and 'Countdown to the OU' covered various topics such as methods of teaching, information about modules and guidance on areas such as summer schools. The OU Digital Archive Historical Television and Radio collection includes a small sample of the archive. The collection will grow as more contents are added.

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	Open Forum 1993 : May	OU Students Association meeting at Bradford in April. Interview with the OUSA president and some...
	Open Forum 1993: July	A trip to the Isle of Mull with a tutor counsellor to interview students. A look at the career...
	Open Forum 1993 : August	A visit to the Natural History Museum to view the Dinosaurs exhibition. A look at how Sudbury Open...
	Open Forum 1993: February	A look at an OU study tour on a visit to Florence and Siena. Jenny Wright visits the Age Concern...
	Open Campus 5 : June 1994
	ICDE conference
	Science skills
	Open Campus (1994)
	The OU : your personal university
	A different way of learning
	Time for you	Describing the advantages of summer and residential school and what takes place there.
	IBM promo (1996) : a learning partnership
	Advisory programme for applicants 1(1987)	Advice for people preparing to do OU courses.
	British universities : the record and the threat
	Preparing for the exams
	Open Forum 1989 : February	News Round-up of educational issues in the limelight for February. Interview with Kenneth Baker who...
	Studying with the OU
	Using the library
	Open Forum (1989) : July	Round-up of OU and general education news items for July. Satellite TV explored - the Olympus...
	There's a degree in me somewhere
	Promo tape : Concorde student
	Promo tape : Dave Sexton
	20 years of Institutional Innovation
	The OU is for you
	Open Forum (1990) : magazine programme May edition	University fund raising to shore up the foundations of higher education, getting a degree during a...
	Open Forum (1990) : June edition	Industry's role in educating its employees, the Open University takes distance learning to doctors...
	So you want to be a better manager?
	Open Forum (1990) : magazine programme July edition	Report on equal opportunities in higher education, people with learning difficulties and taking...
	Open Forum 05(1991)
	Promo tape : African dance
	Promo tape : Open Day
	Something for everyone
	Promo tape : TV tech filler
	Open Forum (1991) ; February	A selection of issues in the news connected with the OU.
	Open Forum (1991) : March	A studio audience discuss with a panel, including the VC, the issues of access to higher education,...
	Open Forum (1991) : April	Coverage of OUSA 1991 Conference in Bradford with Vice Chancellors address and one of the major...
	Open Forum (1991) : May	The programme starts with a look at how the OU will fare in Europe and the experience it has gained...
	Open Forum (1991) : June	Can computers play a role in distance learning - are they essential to a course? John Naughton...
	Open Forum (1991) : July	Looking at teacher training - OU courses for teachers into business and industry. Students with...
	Open Forum (1991) : September	September is the month for evening class enrolling. Adult Education - is it under threat?.
	Open Forum 07A(1991) : studio debate on access courses and other issues	Studio debate in the form of a question and answer programme. A look at access courses at Milton...
	Open Advice 9: Becoming A Student
	Dawkins lecture on Darwin	Professor Richard Dawkins delivered this year's Open University lecture at the Natural History...
	Leaning into the light: the 40th anniversary lecture	Lord Puttnam, Chancellor of The Open University, marks the 40th anniversary of the institution in...
	CERN Project : the Geneva event
	CERNLEP
	Open direction workshop	60 Students from the Midlands attended the workshop at Birmingham and took part in discussions on...
	Open Campus 5 (1995)	The OU were hosts to delegates at the International Conference for Distance Education World...
	OUEE compilation video
	Swaffham wind turbine multiple cause diagram: Old Wolverton Bus depot influence diagram :...