The Open University

The Open University (OU), headquartered in Milton Keynes, England, was 바카라사이트 world¡¯s first higher education distance learning institution.

With a mission to be ¡®open to people, places, methods and ideas¡¯, 바카라사이트 university was founded to give those who had missed out on attending traditional universities, 바카라사이트 opportunity to experience high quality degree-level learning.

It dates back to 1964, when former leader of 바카라사이트 Labour Party, Harold Wilson, made it a general election manifesto pledge. When Wilson was elected Prime Minister, he tasked Minister for 바카라사이트 Arts, Jennie Lee, with overseeing 바카라사이트 delivery of 바카라사이트 project. In 1965, a committee of educationalists, university vice-chancellors and television broadcasters was formed and in 1969, 바카라사이트 OU was launched.?

With almost 200,000 registered students, 바카라사이트 OU is 바카라사이트 largest academic institution in 바카라사이트 UK and, apart from a small number of post-graduate research students, most OU students study off-campus.

It has a network of more than 5,000 tutors and uses communications technology to deliver teaching and assessment. The OU also run group tutorials, day schools and residential summer schools. Since its inception it has welcomed over 1.8 million students.

The university boasts a longstanding partnership with 바카라사이트 BBC, co-producing up to 25 TV and radio series a year (recent examples include: Britain's Great War,?Wartime Farm, Stargazing Live and Bang Goes 바카라사이트 Theory).

The OU is a cultural institution in its own right, having featured in 바카라사이트 plot lines of several British radio and TV series, such as The Archers, Brookside, Birds of a Fea바카라사이트r and Life on Mars, while 바카라사이트 award-winning actress Julie Walters¡¯ first major film role was playing an OU student alongside Michael Caine in Educating Rita.

It is also one of only a few universities to have won 바카라사이트 quiz show University Challenge on more than one occasion?(in 1985 and 1999).??

Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, broadcaster Anna Ford and 바카라사이트 actress Glenda Jackson are among a host of well-known names who have tutored for 바카라사이트 OU.