Providing education, working with and within the local communities of Ireland.
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The Open University in Ireland has moved its headquarters to a new location in the centre of Belfast:
110 Victoria Street
Belfast
BT1 3GN
Telephone: 028 9024 5025
Fax: 028 9053 6208
Email: Ireland@open.ac.uk
The largest provider of open and distance learning in the UK and Ireland has invested £4.5 million in the future of higher education with a newly refurbished listed building at 110 Victoria Street. This will accommodate 58 university staff who support 360 part-time associate lecturers and more than 8,500 students throughout Ireland. The move will include provision of a brand new library accessible to students and members of the public.
Dr Rosemary Hamilton, Director of the OU in Ireland, said:
“This is an important move for us. Although we’re a national university, we operate at a local level with 18 study centres across Ireland to provide the support students need to undertake study at a higher education level. Moving to a central location in Belfast means there will be increasing accessibility to our services not only to OU students but also to members of the public who can pop in to chat to us about flexible study options or utilise our library facilities.
Supporting our students and opening access to education is central to what we do and we’re looking forward to continuing to provide higher education opportunities to people throughout Ireland from our new offices.”
The location and contact details of our Dublin Enquiry and Advice Centre remains unchanged.
Open to people, places, methods and ideas, The Open University provides high-quality university education to all.
For employers and individual students, whatever your learning and training needs, our local staff are available to provide information and advice to guide you onto the right course.
Once you start studying we will support you or your employees through to successful completion and achievement of the appropriate qualification.
In Ireland our dedicated staff will help you make that choice.
The Open University in Ireland has 58 staff in the Belfast Regional Centre, 7 in the Dublin Enquiry and Advice Centre and 360 part-time tutors supporting over 8,500 local students.
We provide flexible support, tailored to the needs of the individual student and their area of study.
