Welcome to open2.net. We're the home of BBC/Open University TV and Radio programmes on the web.

If you are interested in Open University programmes, want to know more about the world around you, or are considering taking up a short or degree course, then this is the site for you.

What can you do at open2.net?

The navigation bar across the top will take you to each of the main sections of open2.net. If you are looking for information on a particular programme, use either the drop down programme list, or search box to find the programme you are looking for.

Discover our interactive educational content in the ‘Learning’ section. You can build your own desktop catapult, or find out what learning style suits you! Our learning modules are created with OU academic expertise and contain the sort of subject material you could be studying at the Open University.

Check out ‘What’s New’ for all the new developments on Open2. From forum launches, new sites, and regional activity across the UK, it's all happening here!

Got something to say? If an issue on a programme, or an article on this site gets you thinking, then you can have your say in the ‘Discussing’ section, where you can talk to OU academics and other experts about the subjects and issues raised in our programmes. This is the home of debate on Open2.

You can discover more about our broadcasts and check out the OU/BBC TV and Radio listings in the ‘Programmes’ section.

Advice for users of screenreaders

We are aware that there are issues with screenreaders and our flash ticker on the front page. To stop the flash ticker from continually grabbing the focus of the screenreader, hold down the "INSERT" key together with the "RIGHT SHIFT KEY" and press "V" to bring up the personal settings dialogue box. Press "R" once to take you to the "Refresh movies automatically" setting; turn it off by pressing the "Spacebar" once. Down arrow to the next setting "Refresh page automatically" and turn it off in the same way; then press the "ENTER" key to close the dialogue box.

Please note: these commands only work with JFW version 5.00 and above and may change with later versions of this screen reader.

For more help please use the link to the help page (below).

Content last updated: 07/07/2004