The Open University at 50

By: Angela Rayner; Gordon Marsden

The OU is one of Labour’s greatest achievements — and the next government can revive its spirit.

Illustration by Supermundane

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Fifty years ago, as NASA prepared to put the first astronauts onto the surface of the moon, the Open University (OU) — rebranded from Harold Wilson’s original ‘University of the Air’ — was granted its Royal Charter and started preparing to admit its first batch of students. As Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon that July, […]

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Fifty years ago, as NASA prepared to put the first astronauts onto the surface of the moon, the Open University (OU) — rebranded from Harold Wilson’s original ‘University of the Air’ — was granted its Royal Charter and started preparing to admit its first batch of students. As Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon that July, […]

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Fifty years ago, as NASA prepared to put the first astronauts onto the surface of the moon, the Open University (OU) — rebranded from Harold Wilson’s original ‘University of the Air’ — was granted its Royal Charter and started preparing to admit its first batch of students. As Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon that July, […]

Fifty years ago, as NASA prepared to put the first astronauts onto the surface of the moon, the Open University (OU) — rebranded from Harold Wilson’s original ‘University of the Air’ — was granted its Royal Charter and started preparing to admit its first batch of students. As Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon that July, […]

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