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		<title><![CDATA[New home for university]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2008_Oct_17/ai_n30910010]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[THE Open University is moving to a new home in Gateshead.  The education organisation will be the first occupier of premises at Gateshead Council's Baltic Business Quarter development.  The university's regional office is moving from its present home at Regent Centre, Gosforth, to a new office in Abbots...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I'm taking on a new lease of life by degrees! GRADUATES OF ALL AGES LINE UP TO RECEIVE QUALIFICATIONS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2008_June_23/ai_n28536924]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: By NICOLA JUNCAR Education Reporter  YOU'RE never too old to learn.  That's the message 76-year-old John Wilkinson is hoping to pass on to others who are thinking of returning to the classroom.  The pensioner, from Benton, Newcastle, was among 236 learners from the North East who...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Science talent given a boost]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2008_May_31/ai_n28529138]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[YOUNG scientists on Tyneside are being offered the chance to ditch A-levels for a new route into higher education.  In a collaboration which is the first of its kind in the UK, Newcastle University has joined forces with a North Tyneside School and the Open University in an effort...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mum-of-two Emma gave up top-class job]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6784/is_2008_April_3/ai_n28509316]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A MOTHER-of-two left a high-profile job to realise her ambition.  Emma Kirkby - Geddes is a 39-year-old from Hepworth.  She gave up a career in marketing to have her two children, Evie, seven, and five-year-old Eddie.  But when her children were both at school she signed up...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Open University Selects Elluminate Live!(R) for Online Synchronous Collaboration]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200803/ai_n24971809]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and web collaboration solutions for the real-time organization, announced today that The Open University OU, the largest university in the United Kingdom and a pioneer of large-scale distance learning, has selected Elluminate Live!® as their enterprise synchronous collaboration solution.  In addition,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ethics Bites: New Open University Podcast Series Addresses Moral Issues.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5570/is_200803/ai_n25296391]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MILTON KEYNES, England, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --     Some of the  most contentious moral issues of today's society are the focus of  Ethics Bites - a new series of podcasts from The Open University that  features contributions from some of the most emine ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[`Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, 4th Edition' Presents A New Chapter on the User Scenarios Method]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Feb_18/ai_n24266089]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c83130) has announced the addition of Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, 4th Edition to their offering.  This new edition has been updated throughout with new examples, and problems broadening the appeal and relevance of the book from engineering design into product...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, 4th Edition Presents A New Chapter on the User Scenarios Method.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200802/ai_n25253794]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-18 February 2008-Research and Markets: Engineering  Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, 4th Edition Presents A  New Chapter on the User Scenarios MethodC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS  LTD     RDATE:20022008     Dublin - Research and Markets  (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c83132) has announced the ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Student's Companion to Social Policy, 3rd Edition Features Thoroughly Updated Contributions That Reflect Recent Policy Changes and Innovations]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c82828) has announced the addition of The Student's Companion to Social Policy, 3rd Edition to their offering.  Thoroughly updated to reflect policy changes and innovations, the third edition of The Student's Companion to Social Policy continues to provide students with the most comprehensive...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Love don&#39;t cost a thing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5291/is_20080214/ai_n24973804]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever found passion in the procurement workplace? Perhaps some of you discovered your darling over a Dutch auction, or developed devotion while doing a deal. On St Valentine's Day, Rebecca Ellinor meets four purchasing couples who tell us how they met, and why working together does - or...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Free advice on courses]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2008_Feb_11/ai_n28490562]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A LIBRARY is giving free advice on Open University courses.  Three further sessions will be held at Blyth Library, in the town's Bridge Street, noon to 2pm, on Thursday, March 6, May 8 and July 10.  The library has already successfully staged one session in January where university...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Letter: Your Say - IOU TO HAROLD&#39;S OU]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20080203/ai_n21226964]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AS a graduate of the Open University, I feel I owe a debt of gratitude to Harold Wilson who was instrumental in founding the institution during his premiership. I am sad to learn that the Treasury plans to cut its funding by pounds 31million. Yet without the OU, ordinary folk...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[pounds 31M cut to Open Uni fund]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20080127/ai_n21217527]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[THE Open University is facing a pounds 31.6million cut in its government funding.    It is part of Treasury plans to slash pounds 180million in handouts to universities, city colleges and academies for students taking a second degree.    They include mums who want to retrain...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Continuing losses of personal data points to need for cultural change.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200801/ai_n25242825]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-22 January 2008-THE OPEN UNIVERSITY: Continuing losses  of personal data points to need for cultural changeC1994-2008 M2  COMMUNICATIONS LTD     RDATE:22012008     As Government unearths yet more losses of personal data, Darrel  Ince, Professor of Computing at The Open University,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Email bullying, online fraud, electronic identity theft: guard against cyber crime with new course.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200801/ai_n25242051]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-18 January 2008-THE OPEN UNIVERSITY: Email bullying,  online fraud, electronic identity theft: guard against cyber crime with  new courseC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD     RDATE:18012008     If a malicious employee stole data from your organisation, would  you have the skills to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Open University gets Under the Skin of Life in Cold Blood on BBC ONE; TX: 9pm, Monday February 4, BBC ONE (repeated on Sunday February 10, 6pm, BBC ONE).]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-17 January 2008-OPEN UNIVERSITY: The Open University  gets Under the Skin of Life in Cold Blood on BBC ONE; TX: 9pm, Monday  February 4, BBC ONE (repeated on Sunday February 10, 6pm, BBC  ONE)C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD     RDATE:17012008    ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On this day]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 11, 1956  THE new Colne Valley High School, the first comprehensive in Huddersfield, opened its doors for the time to 850 pupils.  1569 The first state lottery was held in England - 40,000 lots at 10 shillings each were available from St Paul's Cathedral.  1922 Insulin...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[THE MOLE: FABRICE MUAMBA]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FABRICE MUAMBA is hoping he can repeat his success on the pitch in the classroom.    The 19-year-old has been a revelation in Birmingham's midfield after joining from Arsenal in the summer. And Muamba has spent his time away from the Premier League taking an Open University degree...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Open University Graduate Wins MBA Student of the Year.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5570/is_200711/ai_n23673270]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MILTON KEYNES, England, November 23 /PRNewswire/ --     Bart Knols,  a graduate of the OU Business School  (http://www.open.ac.uk/oubs/?LKCAMPAIGN=PR02), has won the prestigious  MBA Student of the Year accolade from the Association of MBAs, sponsored    MILTON KEYNES, England, November 23 /PRNewswire/ --...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Open University Explores The Nature of Britain.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5570/is_200711/ai_n23669120]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MILTON KEYNES, England, November 15 /PRNewswire/ --     Tx: 9pm,  BBC ONE, Wednesdays    MILTON KEYNES, England, November 15 /PRNewswire/ --     Tx: 9pm,  BBC ONE, Wednesdays  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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