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.

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: FASS-Business@open.ac.uk

Research & Enterprise

Set up a Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) with a FASS graduate
PhD Studentships and Internships
Engage with our OU academics with Knowledge Exchange vouchers
Formulation of collaborative Research Degrees (e.g. PhDs with Industry, Charities and Heritage organisations such as Imperial War museum and National Railways museum).

Enquiries: FASS-Research-Office@open.ac.uk