"Open University Students Association", the Student Union recently rebranded itself as Open SU.
As a union, it represents the students at the Open University and is a registered charity wholly funded by the university. The Student Union is governed by a Board of Trustees, made up of internal students and external members, and a Student Leadership Team who are elected on a bi-yearly basis. The current team runs from 2024 to 2026. Each student registered with the OU automatically becomes part of the Student Union unless they elect to formally opt out. It offers opportunities to meet up, volunteer, find information and access services to support learning along with a range of student clubs and societies typical of those found in other UK Universities.
The current President is Natalie Baker and Deputy President is Andrew Wilson.
== Notable current and former academics ==
Jocelyn Bell Burnell – astronomer
Tim Benton – art historian
Andrew Blowers – geographer
Neil Chalmers – zoologist
Catherine Cooke – architectural historian
Nigel Cross – design researcher
Katharine Ellis – music historian
Dimitra Fimi – Tolkien scholar
Monica Grady – meteoricist
Brian Goodwin – biologist
David Gow – composer
Norman Gowar – mathematician
Oswald Hanfling – philosopher
Stuart Hall – social scientist
Christopher Hill – historian
Arthur Marwick – historian
Doreen Massey – geographer
Bob Moon – educationist
John Naughton – technologist
Oliver Penrose – mathematician
Mike Pentz – physicist
Colin Pillinger – planetary scientist
Steven Rose – biologist
David Gordon Scott - criminologist
Russell Stannard – physicist
Hilary Wainwright – sociologist
Nigel Warburton – philosopher
Clare Warren – geologist
Margaret Wetherell – social psychologist
Glenn White – astronomer
Robin Wilson – mathematician
John Zarnecki – space scientist
== Notable alumni and honorees ==
=== Alumni ===
=== Honorary graduates ===
== Honours and awards ==
As of 2023, the Open University has twice won the BBC's University Challenge quiz, in 1984 and 1999.
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