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Did you know that 40 per cent of business students studying at The Open University are being sponsored by their companies?

As part of Universities Week today (Tuesday) the focus is on the relationships between businesses and universities which help to boost local economies across the UK. Universities support start-up organisations through tailored programmes, as clients, and as suppliers of their local workforce.

Here are just some of the ways the OU is helping in business...



 

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