The Open University (OU) engages with people across Scotland and the world.

The OU is supporting events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022 with authors Alan Cumming, Jack Monroe, Candice Carty-Williams, Michael Pederson and Liz Lochhead.

There is a wide range of free learning on the OU’s free learning site OpenLearn, including a ‘Literacy & Social Justice Hub’, a ‘Race & Ethnicity Hub’, a ‘Poetry Prescription’, and the short courses ‘Start Writing Fiction’ and ‘Writing What You Know’.

At the OU in Scotland no qualifications are required for most formal OU modules and if your personal income is less than £25k, you could be eligible to study for free with a part-time fee grant.

Find out more at www.open.ac.uk/scotland.