Omicron leads many UK schools to close early for Christmas
September 2021
‘Their future could be destroyed’: the global struggle for schooling after Covid closures
‘Lost generation’: education in quarter of countries at risk of collapse, study warns
July 2020
Our school systems are broken. Let's grab this chance to remake them
Peter Hyman
Classrooms returning to normal is a priority. But why not create a ‘new normal’, fuelled by lessons learned in lockdown?
June 2020
Big online learning provider faces calls for refunds after complaints
Fiona Beckett on drinks
How to become a wine connoisseur on Zoom
March 2020
Things to do at home for the over-70s – from origami to the Open University
UK universities switching to online lectures and exams
November 2019
Open University ‘at the heart of switch to a green UK economy’
The OU is leading on ‘grand challenges’ – as its partnership with David Attenborough on plastic shows, says new vice-chancellor Tim Blackman
January 2018
Our Open University has become a daydream
The profile
A visionary to save the Open University – or the man who will run it into the ground?
May 2016
Moocs to earn degree credits for first time in UK at two universities
Students will be able to use Moocs - massive open online courses - to gain accreditation towards final qualification
October 2015
Academics anonymous
Open University cuts will hurt vulnerable students the most
Anonymous Academic
‘This change will be the end of the Open University as we know it’
September 2015
From the Guardian archive
From the archive, 11 September 1964: 'Open university' of air and mail
The Guardian, 11 September 1964: A new distance learning concept is being launched, combining TV and radio tuition with correspondence and face-to-face residential courses
June 2015
Save part-time students, the Open University's new leader urges MPs
Current policies are driving part-timers out of higher education and starving the economy of a skilled workforce, says Peter Horrocks
February 2015
Guardian Students
Distance learning taps in to virtual reality technology
As technology advances, so the potential for online learning flourishes
June 2014
Open University review threatens learning
Blog
Will a degree made up of Moocs ever be worth the paper it's written on?
