Who are we?

• The People's Open Access Educational Initiative, the Peoples-uni, was registered in January 2007. Our aim is to help with Public Health capacity building in low- to middle-income countries, through Internet based education. The use of Open Educational Resources freely available on the Internet, and volunteers to staff the Initiative, allows this to be offered at very low cost.

• An application for charitable status has been approved by the UK Charity Commission, as PEOPLE'S OPEN ACCESS EDUCATION INITIATIVE - REGISTERED NO: 1126265

• Trustees include Professor Rajan Madhok (Chair), Dr Selwyn Hodge, Mr Alec Tice (Treasurer), Ms Maggie Davies, and Professor Dick Heller (Coordinator of the Peoples-uni)

• Educational Quality Assurance is provided through our partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University, through whom students can gain the Master of Public Health degree based on studies with Peoples-uni

• Individual course module development and delivery teams have been formed, including more than 100 tutors from more than 20 different countries

• An IT group underpins development and delivery. It is led by Omo Oaiya

Click to see map of places from where our volunteers live in 2013

Country of residence of 110 Peoples-uni volunteers, 2011