Editing Open University (section)

=== Staff ===
[[File:Walton Hall at Open University Campus in Milton Keynes, spring 2013 (2).JPG|thumb|[[Walton Hall, Milton Keynes|Walton Hall]] manor house, the vice-chancellor's office and the second-oldest building on the OU Campus]]
The majority of staff are part-time associate lecturers and, as of the 2021–22 academic year, almost 5,000 work for the OU.<ref name="renamed100"/> There are also 1,427 (mostly full-time) salaried academic employees (central academics based at Walton Hall and staff tutors based in a variety of regional locations) who are research active and responsible for the production and presentation of teaching materials, 2,502 who are academic-related and 1,905 support staff (including secretaries and technicians).<ref name="renamed100"/> Salaries are the OU's main cost—over £598 million for the 2021–22 academic year.<ref name="renamed100"/> In 2010 the OU became one of the ''Sunday Times''{{'}} Best Places to Work in the Public Sector.

==== Credit union ====
Open University Employees Credit Union is a savings and loans [[co-operative]] established by the university for staff in 1994. A member of the [[Association of British Credit Unions]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abcul.org/about/abcul-credit-unions |title=Credit unions in membership of ABCUL |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103045521/http://www.abcul.org/about/abcul-credit-unions |archivedate=3 January 2015 |website=Association of British Credit Unions |access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> it is authorised by the [[Prudential Regulation Authority (United Kingdom)|Prudential Regulation Authority]] and regulated by the [[Financial Conduct Authority]] and the PRA. Ultimately, like the banks and building societies, members’ savings are protected against business failure by the [[Financial Services Compensation Scheme]].<ref>[http://www.fscs.org.uk/uploaded_files/Publications/Brochures/Credit_Union_Guide.pdf Credit Union Guide] Financial Services Compensation Scheme (retrieved 2 April 2015)</ref>