This glossary contains definitions of Open University and Higher Education acronyms.
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OAAG

Open Advice Advisory Group

OAS

Overall Assessment Score

OBU

Open Broadcasting Unit

OCA

Office for Curriculum & Awards

OCA

Open College of the Arts

OCAS

Overall Continuous Assessment Score

OCD

Office for Curriculum Development

OCF

Open College Federation

OCSB

Occupational Standards Board

ODA

Overseas Development Administration

ODC Programme

Organisational Development and Change Programme

ODE

Open Distance Education

ODE

Online and Distance Education

ODELL

Open and Distance Education for Lifelong Learning

ODL

Open and Distance Learning

ODL

Online and Distance Learning

ODLQC

Open and Distance Learning Quality Council

ODM

Overseas Development Method

ODM

Overseas Development Ministry

ODPM

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

OE

Open Event

OEB

Open E-Book standard

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OER

Open Educational Resources

OER

Open Educational Resources

OES

Overall Examination Score

Offa

Office for Fair Access

OFFA

Office for Fair Admissions

OFS

Office for Students

OFSET

Office for Standards in Education and Training

OFSTED

Office For STandards in EDucation

OH&S

Occupational Health and Safety

OHD

Occupational Health Department

OHSS

Occupational Health and Safety Section

OIA

Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education

OJ

Official Journal of the European Comunity

OJEC

Official Journal of the European Community

OLA

On Line Applications

OLF

Open Learning Foundation

OMIL

Open Media and Informal Learning

OMNI

Organised Medical Networked Information

OMR

Optical Mark Readable

OMRAS

Online Music Recognition and Searching

OMU

Open Media Unit

OOPs

Open OPportunities

OPAC

Online Public Access Catalogue

OPAL

Online Personal Assistant Librarian

OPBC

Operational Planning and Budget Committee

OPEP

Open Project Evaluation Process

OPI

Operational Planning Information

OPR

The Operations, Planning and Results Centre

OPS

Operational Personnel Services

ORO

Open Research Online

ORSAS

Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme

ORU

Oxford Research Unit

OSCAR

Online Score Capture for Assessment Records

OSCHR

Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research

OSD

Office for Students with Disabilities

OSEP

Online student experience programme

OSFACH

Open Studies in Family and Community History

OSP

Occupational Sick Pay

OSRG

Open Systems Research Group

OST

Office of Science and Technology

OTA

Oxford Text Archive

OU

Open University

OUAS

Open University Assessment Service

OUAUT

Open University Association of University Teachers

OUAUT

Open University (Branch of) the Association of University Teachers

OUBS

Open University Business School

OUBSA

Open University Budget Student Account

OUCC

Open University Children\'s Centre

OUCC

Open University Change Community

OUCEM

Open University Centre for Education in Medicine

OUCU

Open University Computer Username

OUDA

Open University Digital Archive

OUDO

Open University Development Office

OUDP

Open University Degree Programme

OUECU

Open University Employees Credit Union

OUEE

Open University Educational Enterprises Ltd

OUGS

Open University Geological Society

OUHK

Open University Hong Kong

OUI

Open Universities International

OUI

Open Univerity Ireland

OUiS

Open University in Scotland

OUIT

Opening Up IT

OUiW

Open University in Wales

OUNI

Open University in Northern Ireland

OUNUJ

Open University chapel of the National Union of Journalists

OUPM

Open University's Project Methodology

OUPS

Open University Psychological Society

OUPU

Open University and Partnership Unit

OUQF

Open University Qualifications Framework

OUSA

Open University Students Association

OUSBA

Open University Student Budget Account Ltd

OUSDM

Open University Systems Development Method

OUSET

Open University Students Educational Trust

OUSS

Open University Superannuation Scheme

OUSST

Open University Secretarial Support Team

OUTIS

Open University: a Totally Integrated Service

OUTOL

Open University Teachers OnLine

OUUSF

Open University Uranium-Series Facility

OUVP

Open University Validation Partnerships

OUVS

Open University Validation Services

OUW

Open University Worldwide

OUWBD

Open University Worldwide Board of Directors

OWA

Outlook web access