TY - BOOK ID - 78490169 TI - The Open University PY - 2015 SN - 1526101467 9781526101464 9780719096266 071909626X 9780719096273 0719096278 1526101459 PB - Manchester, UK Manchester University Press, in association with the Open University DB - UniCat KW - Open University. KW - Open University KW - Anoikto Panepistēmio KW - OU KW - Otkrytyĭ universitet, Velikobritanii︠a︡ KW - Open University Great Britain KW - British Open University KW - Otkrytyĭ universitet, Velikobritanii͡ KW - History. KW - Harold Wilson. KW - business model. KW - higher education system. KW - political framework. KW - politics. KW - socio-economic development. KW - student-centred learning. KW - students' participation. KW - teaching methods. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78490169 AB - This historical perspective on The Open University, founded in 1969, frames its ethos (to be open to people, places, methods and ideas) within the traditions of correspondence courses, commercial television, adult education, the post-war social democratic settlement and the Cold War. A critical assessment of its engagement with teaching, assessment and support for adult learners offers an understanding as to how it came to dominate the market for part-time studies. It also indicates how, as the funding and status of higher education shifted, it became a loved brand and a model for universities around the world. Drawing on previously ignored or unavailable records, personal testimony and recently digitised broadcast teaching materials, it recognises the importance of students to the maintenance of the university and places the development of learning and the uses of technology for education over the course of half a century within a wider social and economic perspective. ER -