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Open University

(Social Science / Education) the. (in Britain) a university founded in 1969 for mature students studying by television and radio lectures, correspondence courses, local counselling, and summer schools

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Open University - a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school

university - a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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BBC Milton Keynes open openness OU school university			David Attenborough (right) was controller of BBC Two when the Open University was launched, film maker David Puttnam was the Chancellor of the Open University, Myleene Klass studied astrophysics, newsreader Anna Ford was an early lecturer and presenter and RobinWilson, the son of former Prime Minister Harold Wilson, is now a maths professor at the Open University with a penchant for brightly-coloured jumpers. EDUCATING LENNY; PICKING up an honorary degree in Coventry spurred ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) Documentary Happy Birthday OU: 40 Years of the Open University BBC4, 9pm As the Open University turns 40, former student Lenny Henry explores the roots of the largest university in Britain and examines how it became a success after initially being criticised by politicians and academics alike. Documentary by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) The Open University has taught in excess of two million students since it began 40 years ago in 1969 and is ranked among the top five UK universities for teaching quality. A special day for 500+ graduates; ADVERTISMENT FEATURE IN ASSOCIATION ... by Birmingham Mail (England)			The masses The merry dancers The Mid-sea The ministerial benches The Monroe doctrine The more The more - the more The more and less The most feck The Mountain The mouth waters The multitude The Nativity the Nazarene The Netherlands The New Jerusalem The Night Before Christmans The Nine The nude The Oaks The Ohio buckeye The Old Boy The old masters The Omnipotent The open air The Open University The Order of the Visitation of Our Lady The other day the other way around the Pamirs The pathetic The period The Petition of Right the pits The poor The Porch The prize ring The probable The professed The quality The rabble The Rand The ranks The rather The Regents of the University of the State of New York The restoration The Revised Version of the Bible the right way The ring The romantic drama The sacred college			The Open Acronym Database The open air The Open Artery Trial The open boat The open boat The Open Boat and Other Tales The Open Boat and Other Tales The Open Book Initiative The Open Championship The Open College of Equine Studies The Open Design Community The open directory project The Open Door The Open Group The Open Group The Open Group Architecture Forum The Open Group Architecture Framework The Open Locksport Guide The Open Monterey Project The Open Opinion Layer The Open Organisation of Lockpickers The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand The Open Problems Project The Open Racing Car Simulator The open society The Open Source Lock The Open Source Technology Alliance The Open University The Open Way Adoptions The opening credits of Guiding Light The Opera The Opera The Opera The Opera The Opera Project THE operating system The Operation Art of War the operative word The operon The operon The operon the opium of the masses the opium of the masses the opium of the masses The opium of the people The opium of the people The opium of the people The Opium War The Opium War The Opportunity to Shine The Opposite Sex The Opposition The Opposition The Opposition The Opposition The Optical Retrieval Project Electronic Documents Online The Optical Science Corporation The Optical Sciences Company

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Open University (redirected from The Open University)

Open University
(redirected from The Open University)