I started at a Russell Group and I’ll graduate an @OpenUniversity student. Led here by my circumstances - true, but given the opportunity again I would have chosen the OU from the start.
So tired of hearing OU bashing, I’ve compiled a thread of OU loving 🥰 #Covid19 edition:
The OU provides scholarships for carers and disabled veterans and bursaries for BAME students. They pride themselves on access for all
#OpenUniversity https://twitter.com/ou_wels/status/1270639351337230337
They have open access to almost 1000 free and unlimited online courses as well as further free resources on their @OUFreeLearning platform that have provided fulfilment for millions during the #COVID19 lockdown

#OpenUniversity #OpenLearn https://twitter.com/EvistonAoife/status/1269609598325002240
Students often balance work and study and have given hours to supporting the pandemic through their key worker roles, volunteering for the NHS and creating online content helping the UK through this challenging time

#Covid19UK #OpenUniversity #KeyWorkers https://twitter.com/openuniversity/status/1268838754401292290
In fact the @OpenUniversity has trained over 2000 nurses - and even more have gone into other key worker roles including teaching, childcare and social work

#KeyWorkers #OpenUniversity https://twitter.com/openuniversity/status/1260208825593888769
And it doesn’t stop there! The OU scientists have even been supplying hand sanitiser to support the #COVID19 effort

#OpenUniversity https://twitter.com/openuniversity/status/1243533821913583616
They’ve also been the brains behind some free Government courses to help boost staff skills throughout the pandemic

#OpenUniversity https://twitter.com/OpenUniversity/status/1268491452297949185
And the OU itself is always helping boost students employability - in fact we are the 3rd biggest source of tech firm talent with Microsoft taking almost as many OU students as Oxford students

#OpenUniversity https://twitter.com/TimJBlackman/status/1265999128703700993
And OU research has been shaping the world (and the content of your favourite BBC documentaries) for quite some time - currently working to enhance how primary teachers successfully engage children in reading for pleasure - check out @OpenUni_RfP http://www.open.ac.uk/research/impact 
Impact

Open University research is designed to be open and to influence policy and practice and change lives for the better. The Research Excellence Framework (REF) shows that research undertaken at The

http://www.open.ac.uk/research/impact
They also provide extensive free CPD for teachers

#Edutwitter #OpenLearn #OpenUniversity https://twitter.com/OUFreeLearning/status/1252557873961480192
As the experts in distance learning they helped many other educators get online and adapt during the #Covid19UK pandemic

#OpenUniversity #OnlineLearning https://twitter.com/openuniversity/status/1245051782071496705
Whilst simultaneously taking excellent care of the well-being and study support of some 170,000+ students https://twitter.com/kittystrand_/status/1243813395700289536
Whilst encouraging their staff to put their own families and well-being first... https://twitter.com/marxjohnson/status/1248342632188821505
And rewarding them with a £200 bonus for all their efforts https://twitter.com/elliejane1980/status/1260251891319083008
And if all that hasn’t blown your mind - they produce a happy ending for so many 👩‍🎓 I’m a 1st gen student, supported by WP programmes & @suttontrust & 10 years on I finally made it to teacher training 👩‍🏫🍎
My degree isn’t less than yours - it’s so much more 🤩
#OpenUniversity https://twitter.com/lrobbo89/status/1256241467766575104
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