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Clubcard education
Tesco customers con now use Clubcard points to pay for Open University courses. Shoppers trade their vouchers for four times their face value.
Tags: education, Open University, Tesco
Research articles 2007-02-17
JORDAN: QUEEN CHAIRS AOU BOARD MEETING - REVIEW.(Arab Open University)(Brief Article)
According to "Jordan Times", Queen Rania, co-chair of the Arab Open University AOU board of trustees, underlined the important role of the university in promoting quality education in the Arab world. On a one-day working visit to Kuwait, Queen Rania chaired the second meeting of the...
Tags: Arab, board, education, Open University, Queen
Research articles 2004-04-01
Expanding Sri Lanka's postsecondary education with distance learning.
M2 PRESSWIRE-13 June 2003-ADB: Expanding Sri Lanka's postsecondary education with distance learningC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13062003 MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- The Asian Development Bank ADB is helping to modernize Sri Lanka's postsecondary education system through a US$45 million equivalent loan approved...
Tags: Asian Development Bank, E-learning, education, multimedia, Open University, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2003-06-13
Margaret Hodge announces preferred supplier for new leadership college.
M2 PRESSWIRE-28 January 2003-UK Government: Margaret Hodge announces preferred supplier for new leadership collegeC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01282003 A strong and high quality consortium bringing together the Open University OU, Lancaster University Management School, the Ashridge Management College and the...
Tags: consortium, education, Lancaster University, Leadership, Learning, Open University, supplier, training, U.K.
Research articles 2003-01-28
JORDAN: HIGHER EDUCATION ALTERNATIVES GAINING STEAM.(Brief Article)
According to "Jordan Times", open education has been gaining steam lately with the recent opening of the Arab Open University, and education officials are planning to examine the effectiveness of this growing educational trend later this year. Open education allows people to take...
Tags: education, Open University
Research articles 2003-01-27
McGraw-Hill Education acquires Open University Press; sells MMS Int
McGraw-Hill Education (New York; Maidenhead, UK) has acquired Open University Press (Buckingham, UK), a publisher of social science books and related materials for academic markets worldwide. No terms were given. Open University Press is a publisher of academic texts in the social and health sciences. Originally established in 1977...
Tags: Education, FINANCE, McGraw-Hill Companies, MMS, Open University
Research articles 2002-08-31
McGraw-Hill Education Acquires Open University Press.
MAIDENHEAD, ENGLAND, Aug 23, 2002 McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies and one of the world's leading educational publishers, has announced the acquisition of Open University Press, a leading U.K. social science publisher for academic markets worldwide. The purchase...
Tags: Education, FINANCE, Investment, McGraw-Hill Companies, Open University
Research articles 2002-08-23
McGraw-Hill Education Acquires Open University Press
Business Editors MAIDENHEAD, England--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 23, 2002 McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies and one of the world's leading educational publishers, has announced the acquisition of Open University Press, a leading U.K. social science publisher for academic markets worldwide. The purchase enables McGraw-Hill Education to...
Tags: EDUCATION, FINANCE, Investment, McGraw-Hill Companies, Open University
Research articles 2002-08-23
Roland Kaye MSc BA (Hons) FCMA vice-president of CIMA
Professor Kaye began his career as a management trainee with the English Electric Co in 1967. He subsequently held management accounting posts in major food manufacturing companies and a pharmaceutical company before becoming a lecturer at Grimsby College of Technology in 1976. After academic posts at the Humberside College of...
Tags: education, Open University, Strategy
Research articles 2002-07-01
E-mail
O.U.'s Material Advantage I would like to add my voice in support of the quality of the educational materials produced by the Open University ("Distance Education the UK Way," November, p. 26). I first used O.U. course materials in 1990 in the form of textbooks produced as the "Materials in...
Tags: e-mail, education, Open University
Research articles 2000-01-01
The virtues of an `Open-Virtual' university
AT WHAT price an education? Students nowadays have my sympathy as they face innumerable challenges in getting a good education. I refer to those who did not make it into the roughly 35,000 places offered by State-funded institutions of higher learning. What are these prospective students to do?...
Tags: education, Open University
Research articles 1999-06-01
Faraway thoughts: distance learning. (correspondence courses and other remote educational opportunities)
Many colleges in the US, UK and other countries are expanding the number of remote learning courses offered. New technologies such as satellites and compact discs make the courses more accessible and interesting. The increase is driven by a desire to cut costs, while increasing the number of students.AS THE...
Tags: Britain, E-learning, education, NETWORKING, Open University, satellite, SOFTWARE
Research articles 1995-01-07

Additional Resources

University of North Dakota to formally open National Suborbital Education and Research Center.
M2 PRESSWIRE-7 November 2005-University Of North Dakota: University of North Dakota to formally open National Suborbital Education and Research CenterC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03112005 Grand Forks, ND - The University of North Dakota, in partnership with NASA, will formally open the...
Tags: education, FINANCE, NASA, partnership
Research articles 2005-11-07
Zelerate Kicks Off Open Source E-Commerce Education Program With Depaul University and Indiana University
Business Editors SAN MATEO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 20, 2000 Partners in Education Network PEN Program To Incorporate Zelerate Software in Higher Education Curriculum Zelerate, Inc., the leading provider of open source e-commerce applications, today unveiled its Partners in Education Program PEN by announcing that DePaul University and...
Tags: Business Wire, DePaul University, e-business, E-business/E-commerce, Indiana University, INTERNET, software, Zelerate
Research articles 2000-11-20
United States Open University Announces National Accreditation
Business Editors/Education Writers DENVER--BUSINESS WIRE--June 6, 2001 United States Open University: Leading Online University Receives Accreditation by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council United States Open University announced today it has received accreditation by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance...
Tags: E-learning, Open University, SOFTWARE, U.S.
Research articles 2001-06-06
JORDAN: AS ARAB OPEN UNIVERSITY PREPARES TO OPEN LOCAL BRANCH COUNCIL DISCUSSES UNIVERSITY BYLAWS.(Brief Article)
According to "Jordan Times", the Higher Education Council agreed to allow the Arab Open University to open a branch in Jordan, a senior official said. Omar Shdeifat, the council's secretary general said the council and the university administration would finish all the preparations for the launch...
Tags: council, Open University, PRODUCTIVITY
Research articles 2001-05-03
The African Virtual University and the Open University received a $900,000 grant from the Hewlett Foundation to support the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa initiative
The African Virtual University Nairobi and the Open University United Kingdom received a $900,000 grant from the Hewlett Foundation to support the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa TESSA initiative. TESSA is a consortium of African and international organizations that offers educational materials to train teachers in basic curriculum areas including...
Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Open University, SOFTWARE, teacher
Research articles 2005-12-15
Indira Ghandi National Open University offers multiple paths to learning
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU; New Delhi) is a leader in open and distance education in India and one of the largest of a growing number of mega universities of the world. IGNOU has over 500,000 students, served by 403 study centers, 21 partner institutions and 21 regional centers...
Tags: E-learning, India, multimedia, Open University, SOFTWARE
Research articles 1999-10-01
Sun Centers of Excellence ignite innovation in scientific and technical research community; Columbia University, New York University, Open University of Catalunya, Tokyo University of Science and University of Southern Denmark join elite community of rese
M2 PRESSWIRE-26 February 2003-Sun Microsystems: Sun Centers of Excellence ignite innovation in scientific and technical research community; Columbia University, New York University, Open University of Catalunya, Tokyo University of Science and University of Southern Denmark join elite community of research institutions as Sun COEsC1994-2003 M2...
Tags: Columbia University, innovation, Leadership, New York University, Open University, Strategy, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Research articles 2003-02-26
OpenEAI Project and the University of Illinois Recognized by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The OpenEAI Software Foundation, a non-profit corporation organized to develop and promote open source enterprise application integration, today announced that the University of Illinois (U. of I.) has received the 2007 Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration MATC. The award honors not-for-profit organizations for leadership in the collaborative development of...
Tags: University of Illinois
Research articles 2007-12-10
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