noun
a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑university
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Trademark.
a largely self-instructional university, founded in England in 1969, offering independent education through such means as television, computers, and mailed course materials.
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open university noun
(also with caps) a British university (founded in 1969) having no fixed entry qualifications, whose teaching is carried out by correspondence and by radio and television, etc
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Main Entry: ↑open
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open university,
U.S. a college or university without regular classroom instruction. Students receive instruction through mailed assignments, tape recordings, television, independent study, and periodic guidance and testing sessions at designated locations.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.