Open research resources

Below is our range of open research and open access resources for students, staff and communities of practice to use when designing, searching for, or sharing research.

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OU Library Research Support

Information on how the OU currently supports open access to our research data and outputs.

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Open Research Online (ORO)

Discover research at The Open University with our publicly accessible, searchable and free repository of research outputs from our research community.

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Open Research Data Online (ORDO)

Discover research data from our dedicated research centres, institutes, schools and faculties, all publicly accessible, and free.

Open Access Publications Policy

Our open access policy means that our research is freely accessible to practitioners, charities, NGOs and the commercial sector across the globe.

In keeping with OU principles of openness, our research data is open and accessible to other researchers, as soon as appropriate and verifiable, and subject to appropriate safeguards and legal and commercial requirements.