10th Anniversary of Applaud

2026 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Applaud scheme, accredited by Advance HE to award Fellowships of the Higher Education Academy. A decade of recognising the excellent teaching and support of learning across the university. Over that period of the scheme we have had 3 academic leads, 68 AFHEA awards, 697 FHEA awards and 511 SFHEA. That's 1,276 OU colleagues receiving recognition!