The Academic Development Unit

The Academic Development Unit is responsible for all aspects of writing, monitoring, and producing academic courses and programs of study, including, among others, applying to consultants with regard to proposed courses, suggestions for new programs of study and study materials; drafting contracts with course writers and translators of books, and managing payment to all involved; coordinating schedules; updating databases on courses; coordinating the activities of the disciplinary sub-committees. In addition, it is responsible editing the study materials, coordination with the Open University publishing house, and dealing with copyright and permissions.

• Director, Academic Development Unit - Dr. Milly Perry
• Secretary - Rivka Dagan
• Director, Writing Process and Academic Control - Dana Chajut-Shani
• Coordinator, Academic Control - Anat Yahalom
• Assistant, Academic Control - Ayelet Yonani
• Head, Editing, Translation and Production - Dena Nussbaum
• Assistant for Production; Reprinting - Michal Roth
• Editors - Ronny Amir, Orna Barkay, Yoav Breuer, Orna Cohen-Schurtz, Anat Erell-Gafni, Bat-Chen Fürst, Julia Galperin, Judith Guggenheimer, Gila Haimovic, Ahuva Keren, Ruth Ramot, Shlomit Raz, Israel Ronen, Moshe Sperber, Vered Silber-Varod, Rina Skutelsky, Nilly Weiss, Adi Zilcer

• Head, Rights and Permissions Department - Nava Segal
• Permissions Assistants - Adi Gielgun-Katz, Michal Gottfried, Einat Hacohen, Rakefet Lavie, Pazit Shani-Schwartz