OpenMinds Live 2022

On Wednesday 27 April we hosted an exclusive Open University online event celebrating the latest issue of OpenMinds magazine.

The online event brought your alumni magazine to an exciting event filled with a selection of speakers who shared some of the latest projects, research, and heartfelt stories from across our OU family.


You can watch the event here and see details of each session below for more information on each topic


Security, power, freedom, love & money: How our emotions and attitudes shape our financial behaviour

Professor Mark Fenton-O’Creevy
Professor of Organisational Behaviour
The OU Business School

More on my research at http://emotionalfinance.net

Find out about your own relationship to money https://openbusinessschool.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6eR6yMg51GBZYwJ


The Open University and British Film Institute a new partnership

Dr Donna Smith
Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor in Politics
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)

Film and media: https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/choose/film-and-media

Short courses: https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/short-courses

Email: FASS-Short-Courses@open.ac.uk


Human Wellbeing for a Better World

Dr Alison Buckler
Centre for the Study of Global Development (CSGD) Deputy Director
Senior Research Fellow
The Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)

Find out more and get involved: wels.open.ac.uk/research/centre-study-global-development


15 reasons why plants are amazing

Dr Julia Cooke
Senior Lecturer in Ecology, School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)
Academic advisor for the OU/BBC partnership series, The Green Planet

Find out more: 
www.open.ac.uk/people/jc32667
https://connect.open.ac.uk/greenplanet
https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/environment


The Open Futures Fund

Mark Parsons
Head of Alumni Fundraising

Get in touch alumni@open.ac.uk