Open University
n : a British university that is open to people without formal
academic qualifications and where teaching is by
correspondence or broadcasting or summer school
Open University
(OU) The UK distance-learning organisation,
established in 1969. It teaches degree-level courses in many
subjects via BBC radio and television broadcasts and summer
schools.
{(http://hcrl.open.ac.uk/ou/ouhome.html)}.
(1999-07-13)