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

Good: Flexibility of study, extensive provision of online tutorials and study materials. Clearly as a distance learning institution not all the rtings are strictly relevant. Bad: Cost cutting in recent years has closed many regional centres so there's little in teh way of 'in-person' contact now.

Up to date and challenging content. Tutor support is mostly very good.

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