The Open University has been hailed as one of the most important innovations in higher education in the second half of this century. Since its foundation in 1969 it has become by far the largest university in the UK, teaching well over 200,000 people every year. Its courses are designed for adults studying part-time in their own homes or places of work.
Study is supported by locally based tutors and counsellors and by online services.
Open University Worldwide is the international division of The Open University and provides a focus for all of the Open University's international and commercial activities. Its formation in 1997 marked a major commitment by The Open University to focusing its resources on developing international activities. Activities undertaken by the Open University Worldwide include setting up partnership arrangements with overseas academic institutions , selling copies of the best-selling Good Study Guides and other Open University course material and licensing Open University TV programme to broadcasters all over the world. Go back to top .