Competitions
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Share your advice to potential OU students for chance to win £50 module voucher and a goody bag
30/04/2012 - 10:52
Platform's offering you the chance to win a £50 OU course voucher plus an OU goody bag - and all you have to do is share your advice to potential OU students. What would you say to someone who was thinking of studying with the OU to help them make their decision? Share your advice in the comments section below this competition (to comment on Platform you'll need to...
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Guardian International Development Journalism Competition open to students *NOW CLOSED*
22/03/2012 - 17:38
The legacy of HIV, the contraception conundrum, malnutrition and the role of health workers in reducing child mortality are just some of the many issues that affect the developing world, yet are ones that aren’t given enough publicity. The Guardian International Development Journalism Competition aims to put these issues back on the news agenda, by encouraging enthusiastic broad-minded...
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Join the egg hunt for chance to win £250 in OU module vouchers *NOW CLOSED*
22/03/2012 - 12:22
Platform’s inviting you to join an egg hunt with the chance of winning £250 in OU module vouchers. There are eight eggs hidden across Platform and each of them boasts a letter. Find the eight eggs, rearrange them to spell a word and then send an email to platform-competitions@open.ac.uk by no later than Friday 27 April 2012. Please make the subject of your...
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Universities Week launches competition to be an Olympic Stadium commentator
19/03/2012 - 13:01
Fancy yourself as an Olympic Stadium commentator? Then here's your chance... In an exclusive competition for students only, Universities Week is offering three lucky winners the chance to be a commentor at the BUCS Visa Outdoor Athletics Championships, a London 2012 test event as part of the London Prepares Series. Flex your sports reporting skills and simply...
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Win £250 off a cottage holiday with cottages4you *NOW CLOSED*
14/03/2012 - 14:48
With holiday season fast approaching, Platform has joined forces with cottages4you to offer £250 off a cottage holiday. The cottages4you site offers a huge portfolio of self catering cottages, villas and gites across the UK, Ireland, France and Italy. Members of the OU community also benefit from 10 per cent off holidays with cottages4you but for a chance to win...
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Win £100 in OU course vouchers *now closed*
05/03/2012 - 15:43
Platform’s giving you the chance to win £100 in OU course vouchers…and all you need to do to enter the competition is share your OU story in just one sentence. As part of its work to promote The Open University the university's Communications team collects stories about its student and alumni community to help celebrate individual successes and...
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Enter OUSA's 'identify the object in the photograph' competition *now closed*
28/02/2012 - 09:58
Do you know what it is yet? Can you identify the object in this photograph, taken from a very peculiar angle? There are 20 similar images waiting for you to ponder over if you enter the competition, which is being organised to raise money for the Open University Student Association (OUSA) charity, OUSET. Photographer Joy Clark volunteered her services and photographs for...
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Share your goals for 2012 for chance to win psychology book *now closed*
11/01/2012 - 16:42
For your chance to win a copy of OU MBA graduate Bridget Grenville-Cleave’s new book, Positive Psychology, A Practical Guide, just tell us what goal you have set yourself in 2012. Bridget has just published her third book which is the scientific study of the positive aspects of human life, such as happiness, confidence and achievement; it focuses on understanding and promoting what makes...
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Hunting for the UK’s most talented undergraduates...
05/01/2012 - 16:42
Fancy being named 'best undergraduate' and proving you're amongst the best and most employable students in the country? There are 12 awards up for grabs to identify the top undergraduates in IT and Computer Science, Management, Law, Arts and Humanities, Business and Finance, Engineering, Social Sciences, Construction, Engineering and Design, Low Carbon, Accountancy and...
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Your chance to win an Android Tablet *NOW CLOSED*
03/01/2012 - 16:58
Thanks to internet bookseller Eddington Hook, Platform is offering you the chance to start 2012 on a high note with an Android Tablet. Eddington Hook is a specialist mail order and internet bookseller which has been supplying set books to Open University students since the OU set books scheme started in 1971. In 2011 it relaunched its website to offer students more...
Recent winners
The winner of the egg hunt - who correctly followed the clues and discovered the letters spell the word 'graduate' is Lauren Dyble, of Kings Lynn, who gets £250 in OU course vouchers. The competition attracted over 1,200 entries.
...is Trevor Shackleton, of Kingswinford, who receives £250 off a cottage holiday. The competition attracted over 900 entries.
A copy of OU graduate Denise Taylor's book goes to Louise Walker.
£100 in OU vouchers goes to...
James Hayes, of Peterborough, for sharing his OU story.
...competition has been won by Emily George, of Kincardineshire, who correctly answered that Eddington Hook sells The Good Science Guide for £11.49. The competition received in excess of 4,000 entries.
...goes to Helen Mackman, of York, for correctly stating that presenter Nicholas Crane also presented the OU/BBC series Coast.
A fun night for...
...Charles Harvey, of Gosport, Hampshire, who wins a comedy night pass for eight people for correctly stating you can drive a Ferrari 360 on a Driving Day with wish.co.uk.
...Kelly Greening, from Dorchester, who correctly answered that Eddington Hook sells The Good Study Guide for £9.99. Runners up, each receiving a copy of the study guide, are Claire Saunders, from Bournemouth; Shervyn Cole, from Watford; and Richard Smith, from Chester.
Bang boxset
Winner of the BGTT DVD boxset comp, which attracted 300 entries, is Chris Stone from Norwich for correctly answering that presenter Liz Bonnin got her Masters in Wild Animal Biology.
Martin Weller's Digital Scholar
Winner of a signed copy of Professor Martin Weller's The Digital Scholar is Arts AL James Hutchinson.
Goodie bags go to...
Winners, picked at random, for sharing their 'study treats' are Claire Lucas, Danielle Lloyd and Owen Manuel. Email platformeditor@open.ac.uk to claim your prizes!
An iPad goes to...
The winner of the Digital Champion competition, featured as part of Race Online 2012, is... Clara St Kilda.
The OU books scheme was set up by Eddington Hook in 1971. Of the 400 entries, Natalie Bradley, from Lancashire, was selected as the winner and will receive her course books or £40 to spend on cookery, sports or travel books. Five runners up prizes of The Good Study Guide or £10 to spend online go to Ramesh Patel, of Sherborne; Michelle McCue, of London; Hayley Roche, of Reading; Jean Gibbon, of Castle Douglas; and Daniela Menascé, of Barcelona.