OUSA Southern Europe Regional Branches

The OUSA Southern Europe Regional Forum represents 17 regional Branches, across 11 European countries:

AUSTRIA: Br Vienna;

CYPRUS: Br Cyprus;

FRANCE: Br France, Br South-East France, Br South-West France;

GREECE: Br Greece;

HUNGARY: Br Hungary;

ITALY: Br Northern Italy, Br Southern Italy;

MALTA: Br Malta;

PORTUGAL: Br Portugal;

SLOVENIA: Br Slovenia;

SPAIN and GIBRALTAR: Br Barcelona, Br Madrid, Br Southern Spain and Gibraltar;

SWITZERLAND: Br Switzerland; Br Swiss German.

Most Southern European Branches are currently dormant (i.e. do not have two elected officers and have not held an Annual General Meeting), with the exception of France (Northern), Greece and Southern Italy.

REGENERATING A BRANCH: ONLINE OR FACE-TO-FACE?

If your branch represents a large geographic area, it may be best to regenerate as an online branch.  Official meetings would be held online in the Firstclass© conference, with face-to-face encounters saved for social occasions.  In order to reactivate an OUSA Branch, two volunteer branch officers are required.

The method of regeneration has to be decided before regenerating.

LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WANT BY JOINING YOUR LOCAL BRANCH CONFERENCE AND THE OUSA SOUTHERN EUROPE REGIONAL CONFERENCE: Joining your local branch conference is easy: from your FirstClass desktop > Open University > OU Students' Association > OUSA Signpost > OUSA Southern Europe > choose your nearest OUSA branch and add the conference on your desktop by clicking on Collaborate > Add to Desktop. The OUSA Southern Europe Regional Forum is a closed conference and to obtain access you should do the following: from your OU FirstClass mailbox send a message to: OUSA Controller, oufcnt1.open.ac.uk, stating your Personal Identifier. Within a couple of days the 'OUSA Southern Europe RF' conference will appear on your OU Desktop.