Utterly unlike any other degree-awarding institution, the Open University deals exclusively in distance learning. Most students are mature, eager to bag a BA or BSc alongside their jobs, but younger students who want to avoid major debt or feel like they’re not quite cut out for a conventional uni experience are increasingly turning towards the OU... more detail All degrees are part-time, allowing students to hit the books wherever and whenever they feel like it. Courses are run via TV and radio programmes DVDS, CD-Roms and a host of swanky internet tools. Although, famously, ‘OU students do it by themselves’, tutors are available via phone or e-mail if support is needed. Teaching standards are

Great Uni, I studied the BEng and got offered a job for a graduate scheme on the first interview I attended after graduation. The OU is highly regarded amongst those who know what it is about, many of the people I studied with had completed prior degrees at other universities, and all preferred the Open Uni. You won't be spoon fed, and need to be self disciplined to study here, but you will reap the rewards.