Support A-Z

Career guidance

Advice on enhancing your employability and securing a position after your doctorate.

Communication and engagement opportunities

The Open University provides a great platform for getting your research out there, during and after you complete your research degree.

Events

There are annual events to display posters and meet as a community.

GenAI: Position Statement and Guidance on Generative AI and Doctoral Education

This Position Statement and Guidance on the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in doctoral education is aimed at doctoral supervisors, researchers, and examiners.

IT support

Some information about logging in and reporting your IT issue to the Helpdesk.

Integrity

The Open University expects that all research carried out in its name is conducted to the highest standards of excellence, rigour and integrity.

Library

Find out about the range of services and support that the OU Library has to offer to research students.

OU Students Association (OUSA)

Hello from your Students Association: your link to the OU student community. Get involved and enhance your OU experience by helping to shape how the University is run!

PGR Manager Advice

PGR Manager is a bespoke system for managing your PGR student journey – bringing all information into one safe, secure and easily accessible system.

Statistics Advisory Service

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics provides a statistical advisory service for all OU researchers – both PhD/MPhil students and staff.

The Open University is a unique institution which has successfully developed its own style of teaching and module design; teaching opportunities at the OU are not conventional but will equip you with a distinct set of skills for the academic job market. Each Faculty offers the opportunity to get teaching experience and the schemes are outlined below.