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What is The Open University?
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We have over 21,000 students based in every part of Scotland, from the Shetland Isles to Dumfries and Galloway. -
Our students range from school age to 92, with our new undergraduates an average age of 28.
Discover how The Open University can help you
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Courses that fit around your life - Our courses allow you the flexibility to earn a qualification without giving up on what’s important to you – whether that’s caring or providing for your family, seeing friends or working - in fact over 70% of our students are in full- or part-time work.
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Supporting your studies - We provide a supportive open learning community and our students tell us that the experience is engaging, immersive and interactive. Over the last decade, we have consistently appeared in the top three Scottish universities for student satisfaction.
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Build on your prior study - You could already be part way to a qualification. If you’ve studied in the past, you may be able to transfer those credits towards an OU qualification, this includes study undertaken as part of your HNC, HND or SVQ in Scotland*. Our articulation agreement with the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) means that we recognise all HNC and HND qualifications achieved within the last 16 years, including recent qualifications developed under the Next Generation: Higher National (NextGen:HN) project.
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Find your perfect course with The Open University – you may want to build on your college qualification or set off in a completely different direction. Whatever your plans, we’ve got you covered.
