◥ University. ⚫ UK. Open University. University in Milton Keynes, England, UK The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students.[6][7][8] The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off-campus; many of its courses (both undergraduate and postgraduate) can also be studied anywhere in the world.[9] There are also a number of full-time postgraduate research students based on the 48-hectare university campus in Milton Keynes,[10][11] where they use the OU facilities for research, as well as more than 1,000 members of academic and research staff and over 2,500 administrative, operational and support staff.[12] The OU was established in 1969 and was initially based at Alexandra Palace, north London, using the television studios and editing facilities which had been vacated by the BBC.
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⬛ OpenLearn. ⬛ Future Learn. ⬛ CPRL. ☖ KMi. List of open universities. This is a list of schools worldwide that identify as open universities, either as part of their titles or as an explicit tenet of their educational philosophy and methods. Open education is a core value for these institutions; they are not just secondary offshoots from more traditional universities. The information shown for each school is deliberately limited. Each university listed here is linked to an existing article, where more information and verifiable references can be found. Africa[edit] Asia[edit] Oceania[edit] Europe[edit] North America, Central America and the Caribbean[edit] South America[edit] References[edit]
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