Alumni Association
What's on at the OU? As an OU graduate, you have access to a number of free, online events across your University. Here are the latest events you can attend. Just click on the links to find out more and save your place. We look forward to seeing you!
OU CareersFest 2024: Discover your future 5 – 28 November 2024
Discover your future at CareersFest 2024, Tuesday to Thursday every week throughout November. 40 employer showcases will run alongside weekly themed zones of careers skills workshops and OU alumni/employer panel discussions. Panels will feature employers discussing career transitions, value of gaining experience and the impact of AI. OU alumni will share insights on challenges they faced and gaining experience. Plan your visit and get festival ready. Discover how you’re valued by employers, whatever your interests, age, background, and unique differences
Rethinking Collective Decision-Making in the Age of Social Media
Thursday 21 November, 12.00-13.00
Online and in person, Berrill Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall, MK7 6AA
In her inaugural lecture, Anna De Liddo, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Director of Research at the Knowledge Media Institute of The Open University, will point out that the biggest problems of our time call for collective action.
She will ask how do we make sense of complex problems and collectively decide and act as a diverse group or community? Can digital technologies help us go beyond our differences and disagreements to come together as a more democratic and inclusive society? Or do they, as many often argue, only lead to further polarisation and social division?
Friday 13 December, 17.00-20.30
Berrill Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall, MK7 6AA & online
Join the world-leading researchers in Planetary and Space Sciences at the OU for an evening of Moon exploration!