Welcome to OpenLearn: free learning from The Open University

Why choose OpenLearn?

What can you do on OpenLearn?

You can use this website to:

• browse the subject categories to discover articles, watch videos and interact with features and games created by our academic experts and guest contributors
• explore new topics to build your personal knowledge or look for reference material for a course you are already studying
• join the debates - hit the Comments area on all our pages to make your voice heard, rate how we're doing and share with your friends
• find out What's On TV and radio - great Open University programmes on the BBC
• take one of our free courses
• earn a digital badge or statement of participation as evidence of your learning

Explore OpenLearn

Copyright: Tom Wang | Dreamstime.com Interactives, games, video, podcasts and articles to grow your learning; along with details of Open University programmes and opportunities to order posters, booklets and more.

Hundreds of free online courses to try

Copyright: Sheftsoff | Dreamstime.com OpenLearn is a great place to get an idea of what to expect from university study. With almost 1,000 free courses, spread across a variety of subject areas, we hope you'll find something that interests you.

Study with The OU and make this the year you change your life

Copyright: Konstantin Chagin | Dreamstime.com For most of our undergraduate courses you don’t need any formal qualifications to study with us because we believe anyone keen to succeed should have the opportunity to study.

Don't miss out

• Sign up for a free OU account to join the OpenLearn community and access more features.
• Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date with all the latest released content and free courses.
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There are other initiatives we participate in. Take a look at some free online courses brought to you by the Social Partnership Network – a group of national organisations who collectively aim to create and encourage a more diverse higher education system.