对于 The Open University
The Open University (OU), headquartered in Milton Keynes, England, was the world’s first 中国A片 distance learning institution.
With a mission to be ‘open to people, places, methods and ideas’, the university was founded to give those who had missed out on attending traditional universities, the opportunity to experience high quality degree-level learning.
It dates back to 1964, when former leader of the Labour Party, Harold Wilson, made it a general election manifesto pledge. When Wilson was elected Prime Minister, he tasked Minister for the Arts, Jennie Lee, with overseeing the delivery of the project. In 1965, a committee of educationalists, university vice-chancellors and television broadcasters was formed and in 1969, the OU was launched.?
With almost 200,000 registered students, the OU is the largest academic institution in the 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 the 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 the Theory).
The OU is a cultural institution in its own right, having featured in the plot lines of several British radio and TV series, such as The Archers, Brookside, Birds of a Feather and Life on Mars, while the 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 the quiz show University Challenge on more than one occasion?(in 1985 and 1999).??
Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, broadcaster Anna Ford and the actress Glenda Jackson are among a host of well-known names who have tutored for the OU.
The Open University 的排名数据分析
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- 9%国际学生比例(1)
- 30.9每位教职员对学生数量(1)
- 66 : 34女生对男生的学生比例(1)
- 83,185Number of FTE Students(1)
- 23%Proportion of ISR Publications(1)
The Open University 的授予学科
Physical sciences
- Chemistry
- Physics & Astronomy
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Geology, Environmental, Earth & Marine Sciences
Social sciences
- Sociology
- Politics & International Studies (incl Development Studies)
Clinical, pre-clinical & health
- Other Health
Computer science
- Computer Science
Business & economics
- Economics & Econometrics
- Business & Management
- Accounting & Finance
Life sciences
- Agriculture & Forestry
- Sport Science
- Biological Sciences
Arts & humanities
- Art, Performing Arts & Design
- History, Philosophy & Theology
- Languages, Literature & Linguistics
Engineering & technology
- General Engineering
Psychology
- Psychology
Law
- Law
Education
- Education