News

On Saturday 9th June, OU students and other members of the public attended a buzzing event at Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh where they had the opportunity to meet world renowned authors; Jenny Colgan, Fiona Mozley and William Sutcliffe, as well as literary agent Lucy Juckes and Alysoun Owen, the editor of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook and the Children’s Writers’& Artists’ Yearbook.

Dr Sara Haslam’s commentary piece, ‘No More Parades End: Ford Madox Ford’s last library and what it tells us about the “Tietjens saga”’, was published in the Times Literary Supplement (TLS) on 8 June.

The new book 'Creativity and Critique in Online Learning: Exploring and Examining Innovations in Online Pedagogy', co-authored by FASS academic, is to be released and ready for pre-order. This book explores emerging practices in distance education that have been facilitated by the development of educational technology.

Dennis Walder, Emeritus Professor of Literature, has won the third prize in the Fish Publishing poetry competition for his poem 'Someone Said'.

We are delighted to be able to share the news that Classical Studies academic Laura Swift has been successful with her application to the British Academy Rising Start Engagement Award.

Art History acadmices Prof. Gill Perry and Dr. Kathleen Christian have been working as academic consultants for the BBC series Civilisations.

CCA/Canadian Centre for Architecture hosts from 15 November 2017 to 1 April 2018 the exhibition The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture about the pioneering OU course, A305, History of Architecture and Design, 1890–1939

Sarah Butler, Creative Writing PhD student, has won The Doctoral Award for her film ‘Unearthing Elephant’ in the 2017 AHRC Research in Film Awards.