About SHL/ How to find, book, and attend our events

About us!

The team at Student Hub Live are here to offer our OU students a range of events that cover all sorts of general study skills, including academic conduct, critical thinking, problem solving and essay planning to name but a few! We also facilitate around 20 live broadcasts a year, bringing to life important academic skills, Freshers fortnight, a handful of faculty events. We also bridge the gap of online learning by hosting some well-being/ social events to foster that oh-so important sense of academic community, making sure you feel supported and a part of something bigger. More recently, we have been developing some regular supportive events for our student carers and coming soon, also for our neurodivergent students.

These sessions are open to all students (including staff!) at The Open University. You can meet other like-minded students and helpful members of staff/ lecturers.

At SHL events you can get involved in the live chat, tell us what you think using interactive widgets and polls and spend time reflecting on how the material applies to you and your studies.

We pride ourselves on listening to our students, and we'd love to hear from anyone with ideas, suggestions or looking to collaborate: studenthub@open.ac.uk

Thanks for reading and hope to see you joining us soon!

SHL is made up of:

Our wonderful tutor-presenters/ session authors; Isabella, Rob, Margaret, Nicky, Amanda, Lucy and Fred
Heidi and Jacob, our on-screen chat peeps for live broadcasts
The chat helpers from the Student Support Team - SHL Champions
The infamous 'silent knight', who appears in some special parties
The project/ events team, Rafa and Cat
And last but not least, our study buddies Figaro and Mikey

How to find, book, and attend our events

Find events: On the main 'home' page (this website), on StudentHome, on our Twitter page, subscribe to our mailing list/ Eventbrite list

Quick, basic guide for students to share in forums 'How to find SHL Events' | The Student Hub Live (open.ac.uk)

There is also lots of info in the 'Frequently asked questions' tab, above.

Book on to an event: Through our Eventbrite links, all handily popped together on the 'Home' page tab.

How to attend:

Live Broadcast sessions:

Book a ticket through the event's link to Eventbrite. Sign in with your student ID (OUCU) through this website. On the main page, a big red 'JOIN US LIVE' button appears 30 minutes before the event is due to start. Click it, and you will be taken to the livestream on a platform called Stadium. Or catch up afterwards on our YouTube page (published within 10 days of the event).

Adobe Connect room 'study skills' or 'Connect LIVE' workshops:

Book a ticket through the event's link to Eventbrite. Follow the email instructions (Don't forget to whitelist to your safe senders @eventbrite). Join the Adobe Connect link sent in the email! If you miss it or something crops up, all workshops are recorded and saved here (Click the 'view previous recordings' button on the top-right)

Don't forget to turn up your devices volume/ speaker settings :)

Being on our mailing list is the best way to stay connected with what’s happening at Student Hub Live.

See how it all works by watching the videos below:

What is the Student Hub Live?