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Open University, headquartered at Milton Keynes, England; founded 1969 as the Univ. of the Air. In 1971 a distance learning program was begun that consists of correspondence courses integrated with television and radio broadcasts, residential summer schools, and a counseling and tutorial service that operates through a network of regional offices and local study centers. Students (over 160,000) are usually over 21, working full-time, and studying in their spare time. The university has faculties of arts, education, management, mathematics, science, social sciences, and technology. It has served as the prototype for similar programs throughout the world.

Open University

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

(education, body)

Open University - (OU) The UK distance-learning organisation, established in 1969. It teaches degree-level courses in many subjects via BBC radio and television broadcasts and summer schools.

http://hcrl.open.ac.uk/ou/ouhome.html.

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No references found	Islamabad, November 02, 2009 (Frontier Star): "Allama Iqbal Open University has rescheduled the National Workshop of M. AIOU reschedules "workshop of M.SC Gender & Women Studies" by The Frontier Star (Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan) ISLAMABAD, October 20, 2009 (Balochistan Times): The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) was closed for three days over security concerns following the twin suicide blasts at Islamic International University Islamabad on Tuesday. AIOU closed for three days amid security concerns by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan) 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)	open standard open standards open statement open stope open storage open string open subroutine open switch open system Open System Architecture Open Systems Open Systems Interconnect Open Systems Interconnection Open Telecom Platform open tendering open timbering open time Open Trading Protocol Open Transport open traverse Open Treaties open triangular region open tuberculosis open tubular column open universe Open University open valley open verdict open water open web open well open wire open wiring open workings Open, Sesame! Open-Access Same-Time Information System open-angle glaucoma open-arc furnace open-belt drive open-bus system open-cast mining open-cell foam open-center plan position indicator open-chain compound open-circle deoxyribonucleic acid Open-Circuit and Short-Circuit Method open-circuit grinding open-circuit grouting open-circuit impedance open-circuit jack open-circuit potential	Open Translation Engine Open Transport Open Transport Open Transport Network Open Transport Service Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe Open Transport/Point-To-Point Protocol Open Travel Data Access Protocol open traverse Open Treaties open triangular region open tuberculosis open tuberculosis open tuberculosis Open Tubular Capillary Electro-Chromatography open tubular column Open Tubular Liquid Chromatography Open Two Seater Open Type Open Type Fonts Open Type Organizer Open Uniform Resource Locator open unimproved wet space open universe open universe Open Universiteit Open Universiteit Nederland Open Universities Australia Open University Open University (UK) Open University (UK) Open University and Continuing Education Open University Awarding Body Open University Business School Open University Careers Advisory Service Open University Centre for Education in Medicine Open University Chemistry Society Open University Computer Username Open University Degree Programme Open University Geological Society Open University in Wales Open University in Wales Open University Law Society Open University of British Columbia Open University of Cyprus Open University of Hong Kong Open University of Kaohsiung Open University of Malaysia Open University of Sri Lanka Open University of the Netherlands Open University of the United Kingdom Open University Production Centre Open University Students Association Open University Students' Educational Trust Open University Uranium-Series Facility

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Islamabad, November 02, 2009 (Frontier Star): "Allama Iqbal Open University has rescheduled the National Workshop of M.

AIOU reschedules "workshop of M.SC Gender & Women Studies" by The Frontier Star (Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD, October 20, 2009 (Balochistan Times): The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) was closed for three days over security concerns following the twin suicide blasts at Islamic International University Islamabad on Tuesday.

AIOU closed for three days amid security concerns by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)

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)

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