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Created by HOTOUP (From:UK, Profession:Project Manager, The History of the OU Project) on August 7, 2012, 4:04 pm. Report this group | FAQ
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Created by HOTOUP (From:UK, Profession:Project Manager, The History of the OU Project) on August 7, 2012, 4:04 pm.
Report this group | FAQ Categorized under: Other
The idea of a 'University of the Air' was put forward in 1963 by a Labour Party study group as a solution to continuing inequalities in Higher Education. Harold Wilson, who became the Labour Party leader in the same year developed the idea of degrees made available through a new alliance of correspondence courses and television and radio broadcasts, in a series of speeches. With the Labour Party's election win in 1964, the plans became a reality, with Minister of Arts Jennie Lee made responsible for their delivery.
A planning group was convened, and by 1969 The Open University had received its Royal Charter. Staff were recruited and the first students began to study in 1971.
To find out more about the History of the Open University, follow this link.
For an article aobut this cartoon group, please visit the History of the OU Project Blog.
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'Double your diplomas' An educational parlour game: featuring that quixotical quiz master Harold 'Do...
Emmwood [John Musgrave-Wood]
Daily Mail
"Using the telly for education? Why, it'll just put dangerous ideas into the heads of youth!"
Vicky [Victor Weisz]
Evening Standard
"No more library books for a bit, dear. I'm clearing decks for the Denning Report.", / "Blimey, mate...
David Langdon
Sunday Mirror
"Didn't I tell you we should have taken them by air!" "The hours He spends in front of the telly oug...
Norman Mansbridge
Daily Sketch
"Dig in a bit deeper, chum, and you'll be home...." / "Ladbrokes? How do you rate my chances in our...
David Langdon
Sunday Mirror
"Do you realise, Sister, that I took my degree at the University of the Air?"
Osbert Lancaster
Daily Express
"Trying to get round us, him and his Prince Carlos being Spanish for Prince Charles..." / "Come alon...
David Langdon
Sunday Mirror
"Good grief! They forgot to allow for the T.V. blackout back in '73-4...!"
Arthur Horner
Times Higher Education Supplement
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