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Open Forum 82 (1983) FOUF058N

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John Horlock: So much for Open University 
  students abroad,

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but what about the influence, the concept of 
  The Open University elsewhere?

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I'm always amazed by the hundreds of visitors 
  that we get at Milton Keynes...

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..who come to see how the OU works, from 
  overseas governments, overseas institutions,

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and these visits usually result in much advice
   and expertise being passed on or shared.

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In 1982 for example, we had about 1,500 such 
  visitors to the University...

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..and we have an International Office 
  which coordinates these overseas contacts,

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particularly those involving formal consultancies which we undertake,

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and it works very closely with the British Council.