Very excited to be launching PolicyWISE our new public policy initiative The Open University Currently recruiting for our inaugural Director- closing date Monday 7th November open.ac.uk/about/employme…

“Education doesn’t just belong to those who are born with wealth… doesn’t just belong to the elite. Education should belong to everyone with the curiosity to seek it.” — phenomenally inspiring message from new The OU in Wales honorary graduate Dr Sab Cohen-Hatton at #OUFamily graduation.

Congratulations to all our The OU in Wales graduates joining us today in Newport. Wonderful to be able to celebrate two amazing Welsh Women Dr Sab Cohen-Hatton and Ruth Jones with Honorary Doctorates of The Open University

What a fabulous bunch of people I work with The OU in Wales - diolch o galon i chi gyd #OUFamily

Are you hosting people from #Ukraine, or do you know someone who is? We've curated these FREE resources from across The The Open University for #Ukrainians settling in the UK & Ireland, covering #language skills, mental health & #wellbeing: 🔗 open.edu/openlearn/supp…

🚨 Two jobs up for grabs here that may be of interest to the public affairs community... 🚨 1⃣ Senior Business Manager, PolicyWISE ⏰ Fixed term to July 2026 💰 Salary £43,414 - £51,805 ✍️ Apply: open.ac.uk/about/employme… 🕛 Closes 12 pm, 10 Nov Public Affairs Cymru

And... 2⃣ External Affairs and Communications Manager, PolicyWISE ⏰ Fixed term to July 2026 💰 Salary £43,414 - £51,805 ✍️ Apply: open.ac.uk/about/employme… 🕛 Closes 12 pm, 17 Nov Public Affairs Cymru

Today’s poem is called ‘Kindness’. #WorldKindnessDay

NEWS: 'Good quality journalism should be classed as a public service' open.ac.uk/wales/en/news/…

.The Open University partners with Cardiff University, Trinity College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast 🎓, The University of Edinburgh, and UCL on first comparative policy research and knowledge exchange network spanning all 4 UK nations and Ireland @TimJBlackman Lou Casella #Policy #KnowledgeExchange ounews.co/around-ou/univ…

Well this is a lovely gentle way to kick off the weekend 💚

Would you like to play a key role in the tertiary education and research sector in Wales? Join the new CTER Board. x.com/WG_Education/s…

Diolch yn fawr i @Addysg_Cymraeg am ymweld â myfyrwyr y TAR heno! Neges gref ar y dechrau ac atebion meddylgar i gwestiynau'r myfyrwyr. Thank you Jeremy Miles for visiting our @PgceW students tonight. A strong message and thoughtful responses to the students' questions. 👏

Personal news klaxon 🚨 New adventures ahead for me of the retirement kind. 😊

Join us to explore the community benefit of ‘students as citizens’ and ‘citizens as students’. 📣 Citizen:Student - Delivering tertiary education for Wales' future needs 🎓🌍 ⏰ 5.30-7.30 pm 📅Monday 22 May 2023 📍 Radisson Blu, Cardiff ℹ️ Register: tocyn.cymru/en/event/93f95…

🚨🚨 Job Alert in PolicyWISE team, Research Associate working on comparative policy analysis across UK and Ireland. Please share! open.ac.uk/about/employme…

I’m looking forward to Monday’s Citizen:Student event, talking about how to meet Jeremy Miles challenge to the sector to deliver the social contract between unis, colleges and society and create the funding systems, space and approach to do things radically differently in future

Job: Research Associate, PolicyWISE, The Open University, London The Open University buff.ly/3WwYLtY

A huge diolch and thanks to the lovely senior team @oucymru for treating me tonight - cocktails @thedeadcanary and food Asador 44 was just outstanding - will miss these folks hugely!!

A tribute to Chwarae Teg & a word of warning. No apology for long 🧵It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions the last few weeks. I’ve stayed quiet because no one needs the ex boss interfering when the board have made such a hard decision & staff have to deal with the consequences..