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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	Byline: Moira Sharkey THE Open University in Wales was due to host an open day for postgraduate students today in Cardiff. Open day for Open University; EDUCATION by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) His ties to Wales are the subject of an exhibition at the National Museum in Cardiff beginning on Saturday, to be followed by a series of activities in conjunction with the Open University in Wales. WALES: Did Darwinism have its origins in North Wales? GROUNDWORK FOR ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Political nominees: Labour: Alex Aldridge has been a member of Flintshire County Council since 1995; Plaid Cymru: Marc Phillips is Head of BBC Children in Need in Wales; Conservative: Paul Valerio, first Lord Mayor of Swansea in 1982; Liberal Democrats: Rob Humphreys is director of the Open University in Wales WALES: Key convention members by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)	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 University in Wales 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 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 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 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 Open University Validated Award Open University Validation Services Open University Virtual Microscope Open University Worldwide Open univesity Open univesity Open UNIX Open UNIX Development Kit Open Until Filled Open Until Filled Open Until Further Notice open up open up open up open up open up open up

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Byline: Moira Sharkey THE Open University in Wales was due to host an open day for postgraduate students today in Cardiff.

Open day for Open University; EDUCATION by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)

His ties to Wales are the subject of an exhibition at the National Museum in Cardiff beginning on Saturday, to be followed by a series of activities in conjunction with the Open University in Wales.

WALES: Did Darwinism have its origins in North Wales? GROUNDWORK FOR ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Political nominees: Labour: Alex Aldridge has been a member of Flintshire County Council since 1995; Plaid Cymru: Marc Phillips is Head of BBC Children in Need in Wales; Conservative: Paul Valerio, first Lord Mayor of Swansea in 1982; Liberal Democrats: Rob Humphreys is director of the Open University in Wales

WALES: Key convention members by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

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