On the 25th March 1999 a Stadium Webcast team went down to the Wytch Farm BP Amoco oilfield in Dorset to help their Water and Gas Control project capture and share some of their expert knowledge with colleagues through the company. In two webcasts lasting about 40 minutes each, 3 oilfield engineers spoke live through…
David Brown, the Chairman of the University for Industry Design and Implementation Advisory Group and Chairman of Motorola, visited the OU as part of a fact finding exercise, prior to drafting his initial 100 Days Report to HM Government. David was accompanied by Jeannette Pugh, Josh Hillman and Nick Pearce. The DfEE has stated that…
Dr Hans Geiser visited the Open University on Wednesday 21st May, 1997. Dr Geiser, Director of the UN Staff College in Turin, visited the OU to see its pioneering uses of new media technology. He had a meeting with Sir John Daniel (Vice-Chancellor), and Bob Masterton (OU Worldwide and was taken on a tour of…
The Hon Roy MacLaren and Mrs Alethea Lee MacLaren visited Milton Keynes today. They spent the morning at the Open University and had lunch at the Knowledge Media Institute. In the afternoon they visited Bletchley Park and the Central Milton Keynes where they spoke with representatives of Canadian Companies in the City. In the evening…
Today Mr Adam Ingram, MP and Dr Phyllis Starkey visited the the Open University to explore its leading edge research in science and technology. After an initial meeting with Sir John Daniel (Vice-Chancellor) they were taken on tours of Science and Technology, the BBC OU Production centre and the university’s Knowledge Media Institute. In the…
