Collaborations

Working with Business, Higher Education and Voluntary sectors to deliver treasured partnerships

In the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), we work with a wide variety of international, academic, governmental, non-governmental organisations in different capacities. Whether it’s drawing on our expertise to assist you with developing a solution to a real world problem, upskilling your staff with our high quality materials and flexible learning methodologies, or helping your organisation to fulfill its social justice agenda, we can work hand in hand. Below you will find some of the ways you might want to collaborate with us.

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Working in Partnership

Partnerships come in many shapes and sizes ranging from those with a curriculum focus to those with a research or enterprise agenda.

We can provide; support, guidance, contacts and networks in the early stages of development and then work with you the right way, through to delivery.

Curriculum

  • Institutional approval and validation
  • Collaborative teaching of our modules
  • Collaborative design of curriculum
  • Licensing our teaching materials to your institution.

Enquiries: [email protected]

Research & Enterprise

Enquiries: [email protected]

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Developing your people

  • Tailored Continued Professional Development packages
  • Apprenticeships to upskill your workforce

To find out more visit https://www.open.ac.uk/business/

Need some inspiration? You can access free Arts and Social Sciences courses here via Openlearn

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Supporting your organisation

  • Need an academic consultant in your organisation?
  • Want to get involved in Sponsorship of a FASS Professorial Chair or Event?

If you want to learn more please contact us at [email protected] and we will get back to you for a chat

Feb 13

GCSJ seminar series: Opening the pandora’s box of inequality in innovation systems

Friday, February 13, 2026 - 12:00 to 13:00

Online, via Microsoft Teams

Feb 16

OpenARC External Funding workshop

Monday, February 16, 2026 - 14:00 to 16:00

Online, via Microsoft

Mar 5

GCSJ roundtable: Exploring social justice narratives: a view from SSGS

Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 13:00 to 14:00

In person & online

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