Travel Advice and Information

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Travel Advice provide information and advice for staff and visitors. We provide information and advice on travelling to University premises by different types of transport and University initiatives for example, greener travel. 

The Open University promotes principles of sustainability, environmental and social justice in their broadest sense. We define sustainability as meeting our needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The UN Sustainable Development Goals express sustainability in the context of social, environmental, economic, global and future wellbeing.

We acknowledge the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from our own operations, including the goods and services we procure, our travel, our estate and our finance policies. We are committed to achieving ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, through a programme of investment and measures to reduce and mitigate the adverse environmental impact of our activities.

To find out more about sustainability please look to our Sustainability at the OU page Sustainability at The Open University

For staff: These pages are for local travel information, if you are travelling internationally please go to International Travel (sharepoint.com)

 

Travel Plan

Please note the Travel Plan is currently being reviewed under the Sustainability Groups and Estates.

Our policy is contained in the University Travel Plan which is central to the role of an institution in reducing traffic congestion, accidents and the environmental impacts of the transport activities of their staff, customers and visitors.

Travel Advice News

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First Ride Free! Then 35% off your next rides for all OU Employees!

25th April 2025

New electric bike battery lockers

After a trial of electric bike lockers with 3-pin plugs (please see below pictures) in Geoffrey Crowther Bike Store, Estates are currently working on installing 6 new electric bike lockers around Walton Hall Campus Bike Stores.

Anyone wishing to charge their e-bike batteries at the Walton Hall campus, please use these lockers as Electric bikes (bike batteries) cannot be charged in any OU buildings.

New electric bike battery lockers location:

17th April 2025