{"id":4906,"date":"2025-01-22T16:43:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T16:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal-gogledd.cymru\/?post_type=providers&p=4906"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:49:17","slug":"the-open-university-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"providers","link":"https:\/\/portal-gogledd.cymru\/en\/provider\/the-open-university-in-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"The Open University in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Delivering life-changing learning across Wales<\/h2>\r\n \r\n
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The Open University is the largest provider of part-time undergraduate higher education in Wales. It is a world leader in providing innovative and flexible distance learning opportunities at higher education level, including undergraduate, postgraduate and access courses.<\/p>\n

The OU works with businesses, charities and public bodies in Wales to help them develop their staff, and encourage more people into lifelong learning, regardless of their background. We promote opportunity by widening access to high-quality learning to all who wish to realise their ambitions \u2013 and this includes supporting organisations to address their skills needs through the provision of exceptional workforce development solutions.<\/p>\n

The OU in Wales offers vocational degree programmes in nursing and social care, and since 2020, it has been training teachers on its innovative, bilingual PGCE course. Through its degree apprenticeship in Applied Software Engineering, the OU is also helping apprentices across Wales train for a career in IT whilst they earn a salary.<\/p>\n

The OU in Wales\u2019 bilingual platform OpenLearn Wales<\/a> <\/strong>and OpenLearn Cymru<\/a><\/strong> offers free Welsh and English medium learning resources to encourage access to higher education<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n

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Microcredentials are professional development courses with academic credit, designed to quickly build in-demand skills and knowledge to keep your business up-to-date and competitive.<\/p>\r\n \r\n \r\n\"view\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/a>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n

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The Open University in Wales delivers a digital degree apprenticeship in Cyber Security Management, Data Science or Software Engineering. This programme integrates work-based and supported online learning, helping apprentices study flexibly around their work and home life. Apprentices study flexibly around their work and home life.<\/p>\r\n \r\n \r\n\"view\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/a>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n

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