Asa Briggs Lecture

In a video address, Professor Tim Blackman, Vice-Chancellor, The Open University UK delivered the Asa Briggs Lecture with a focus on how open learning is the most modern, efficient and cost-effective pathway for underprivileged students seeking higher education opportunities. He also expressed the strongly-held view that the experience of distance learning has opened countless new avenues to education, especially in the wake of the Covid–19 pandemic.