Keeping patients safe from harm
Professor Jean Hartley, Professor of Public Leadership at The Open University Business School is one of the world-class panel of experts invited to join the Berwick Advisory Group which will advise...
View ArticleDon’t mind the gap: Budget tactics go underground
George Osborne is unusually reluctant to show how a smaller Budget is financing tax cuts, because new evidence suggests that won’t promote economic recovery, argues Alan Shipman. When the economy was...
View ArticleLeadership in tough times: confronting complexity and inspiring hope
Hear Caspar de Bono (FT) and Sue McAllister (Prison Service) discuss their approaches to leading complex teams at the latest Business Perspectives event.Following the success of the previous Innovation...
View ArticleIs there an OU Mastermind out there?
Do you fancy yourself as a bit of a quizzer?BBC's Mastermind is looking for contestants now.For more information, or to book a place on one of the nationwide auditions, visit the Mastermind website...
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View ArticleChildren see more alcohol advertising than adults do
Children in Britain are more exposed to alcohol marketing than adults are, according to the OU's Professor of Social Marketing Gerard Hastings.He calls for urgent changes to Britain's 'flawed' drinks...
View ArticleParticipants needed for OCD study
The Open University is recruiting people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) to take part in an ongoing research project. The research is investigating whether the brains of people with OCD...
View ArticleThe top 20 most wanted professions in the world
Around the world there are a number of professions in high demand. The BBC Business website has compiled a list of the top 20 most wanted professions internationally, and the countries that want...
View ArticleOU involved in largest ever poverty study
The OU is a partner in the UK's largest-ever study of poverty and social exclusion, which has just published its first report.The Impoverishment of the UK report paints a bleak picture of...
View ArticleA night of ‘Innovation, Business and Punk Rock’
Join OU MBA Alumnus, Peter Cook on 16 May for a masterclass aboard the LV21 Historic Lightship, which was built in 1963, and has been transformed into a floating arts and performance space....
View ArticleBusiness Perspectives Leadership Webinar – 14 May 2013
Further to the recent successful Leadership Masterclass, the OUBS are hosting an online webinar as part of their Business Perspectives series. This webinar, on Tuesday 14 May 19.00 – 20.00, will...
View ArticleCreativity Residential Workshop 14-15 June
The OU Business School invite you to register for a Creativity Residential Workshop this 14-15 June, at Milton Hill House, Oxfordshire. Led by Elvin Box and John Evans and combining lecturer lead...
View ArticleAlumnus scoops prestigious business award
Chris Lima, Managing Director of Simon Hegele Logistics, has won the Institute of Directors regional Chairman’s Award for Leadership in Corporate Responsibility.He talks about how humbling it felt to...
View ArticleOU graduate calls for fairer access to European funding
An Open University Business School PhD student who graduated in May found that voluntary organisations face considerable barriers in securing European funding. Rebecca Rumbul, who received her OU PhD...
View ArticleBusiness Perspectives: change management masterclass 11 July
The fourth event in the Business Perspectives series is taking place on 11 July 2013 in London.Entitled ‘Putting it into practice: the acid test of strategic change’ the change management masterclass...
View ArticleThe Bottom Line investigates the 'appreneurs'
The OU/BBC business chat show The Bottom Line returns tonight Thursday May 30 on Radio 4.In the first programme of the new series, presenter Evan Davis (pictured) meets the "appreneurs" trying to make...
View ArticleNHS leadership academy programme
The most far-reaching and comprehensive leadership development portfolio the NHS has ever developed was launched on 1 May. It recognises that improving compassion, and the quality of patient care,...
View Articlewww.VitoRoad.com
Hi allThe company I work for has been very kind to me throughout my studies and have been kind enough to offer other OU stu's and alumni a 10% discount code for use on the site.www.Vitoroad.com mainly...
View ArticleRecovery catches the austerity critics off-balance
This week's reduction in unemployment was hailed as a sure sign of the green shoots of recovery. But to grow them, households have to keep spending, writes Alan Shipman. After the longest...
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