Open Outlook - April 2022

Find out more about the latest news from The Open University in Scotland with our newsletter Open Outlook April 2022. 

This issue includes:​

  • Review highlights reach across Scotland 
  • OU's free learning site turns 15 and reaches 100m visitors 
  • Long Live My Happy Head documentary film 
  • Community learning and development support 
  • Study motivation helped by a good blether 
  • Opportunities for educators and schools in Scotland 
  • Solving social work skills challenges in Scotland 
  • Showcasing the OU in the Scottish Parliament and beyond 
  • PhD researcher names Mercury crater after Scottish poet 
  • Falkirk student features in new inspirational photos collection 
  • A life turned around through OU study in prison 
  • Cyber Security graduates celebrated 
  • MSP's OU studies in the spotlight 

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News

OU's Team Scotland members for the Babson Challenge.

Students rise to global challenge to tackle period poverty

A team of students from the OU in Scotland have reached the finals of an international competition, after developing a business idea aimed at tackling period poverty and gender equality, keeping girls in education.

29th April 2026
Language Accessibility Promise launch event

OU takes leading role in new accessibility promise

The OU in Scotland is celebrating its early adoption of a new Language Accessibility Promise, becoming one of the first universities to sign on ahead of the official sector-wide launch.

17th April 2026
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