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The Open University ( OU) is a public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. [ 7][ 8][ 9] The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- campus; many of its courses (both undergraduate and postgraduate) can also be studied anywhere ...
Barbara Follett, Labour MP. Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner, former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, completed his degree whilst serving as Chancellor of the Open University. Bill Henderson, member of the House of Keys ( Isle of Man) David Heyes, Labour MP. Adam Ingram, Labour Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office.
The Open University: 1969: 1969: 129,420: Milton Keynes (an open-access distance learning university) University of Oxford: 1096: 1200–1214: 25,910: Collegiate university. Teaching as early as 1096; schools organised into a university from c. 1200, with statutes given by a legatine charter in 1214. [9] – Oxford Brookes University: 1865: ...
The Queen's University of Belfast, commonly known as Queen's University Belfast ( Irish: Ollscoil na Banríona; abbreviated Queen's or QUB ), is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The university received its charter in 1845 as "Queen's College, Belfast", and opened four years later.
1880 to 1909. Established on the model of the University of London; the successor to the Queen's University of Ireland, comprising the three Queen's Colleges, as well as Magee College, University College Dublin, Catholic University Medical School, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth and Blackrock College. Dissolved in 1909, replaced by the National ...
The University of St Andrews ( Scots: University o St Andras, Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Chill Rìmhinn; [ 6] abbreviated as St And, from the Latin Sancti Andreae, in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, following the universities of Oxford and Cambridge ...
The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford extension college. [ 7] The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 1926 by royal charter from King George V and was the only university to receive such a ...
The Open Championship has always been held on a coastal links golf course in Scotland, England or Northern Ireland. The hosting pattern has been: [68] 1860–1870: Prestwick Golf Club is the sole host. 1872–1892: three-year rotation among Prestwick, St Andrews, and Musselburgh (replaced by Muirfield in 1892) golf clubs.