News stories from The Open University in 2010

YouTube backs Open University appeal for Africa

The Open University | 17 Dec 2010

The Open University (OU) has been invited to take part in YouTube’s Project for Awesome 2010 – an initiative to promote international charities addressing global challenges on the video sharing website.

Open University aligns higher education with internationally recognised SFIA skills framework

The Open University | 01 Dec 2010

The Open University today announced that it has developed a set of tools and resources to enable employers to identify appropriate higher education modules, qualifications and continuous professional development (CPD) courses using the internationally recognised Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA).

Open University/e-skills programme attracts women in IT

The Open University | 18 Nov 2010

Almost one third of IT professionals taking e-skills UK’s new industry-designed postgraduate programme at The Open University are women - more than double the industry average.

The Open University embraces the Linked Open Data Movement

The Open University | 18 Nov 2010

The Open University (OU) is the first university in the UK to open up access to online data from across the institution as part of the Linked Open Data Movement.

Study Cisco CCNA with The Open University

The Open University | 06 Oct 2010

The UK's largest Cisco Academy, The Open University, is celebrating its rapidly growing suite of IT vendor certifications by offering two free places to study the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) programme starting in February 2011.

Virtual world conference will address core issues in contemporary society

The Open University | 30 Jul 2010

The use of virtual worlds for learning, collaborative work and business ventures will be explored in a unique conference on 15 September 2010. The Virtual World Conference 2010 will follow the sun and is hosted over a 24-hour period entirely in Second Life – a three-dimensional space where millions of users can create their own worlds and interact with others from around the globe.

Wanted: Cyber Experts to Defend UK Online

The Open University | 26 Jul 2010

26th July 2010: Leading higher education organisations are at the heart of the UK’s first national hunt for future cyber security professionals launching today in central London. The Cyber Security Challenge UK is a series of online and face-to-face competitions designed by leading universities (including The Open University, Royal Holloway, Queen’s University Belfast), security companies, trade bodies and government departments.

The Open University becomes a certified Microsoft IT Academy

The Open University | 23 Jun 2010

The Open University (OU) is now a certified Microsoft IT Academy adding to its fast-growing suite of IT vendor certifications. The first course in the OU's Microsoft IT Academy programme TM128 Microsoft server technologies launches in October 2010 and registration is now open. The establishment of the Microsoft IT Academy builds on the OU's successful relationship with Cisco - it currently has the largest and fastest growing Cisco Academy in the UK.