Open University Articles

In the current economic climate, the necessity to address the skills shortage and maximise the productivity rates of UK plc is agreed by all. What is not always front of mind, however, is the significant contribution that part-time higher education study can make in...

Last week’s Labour announcements on welfare reform and economic policy were vital set-piece events on the road to the 2015 general election, now under two years away. They took place in the context of a volatile polling situation, with the United Kingdom Independence...

This year marks 50 years since Harold Wilson’s landmark White Heat of Technology speech. In it he argued how our country would be transformed by new industries and new ideas, warning: ‘The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be...

Beyond an evening of programmes on BBC Parliament this evening for political anoraks, the 50th anniversary of Harold Wilson becoming leader of the Labour party today went largely unnoticed and unremarked. Wilson was a remarkable politician and a somewhat...