New flagship for Open University as it passes the test of time ; The Open University is celebrating its 40th birthday with a Pounds 6million move to a new campus in Belfast, writes Ireland Director Rosemary Hamilton

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Publication: Belfast Telegraph

Date: 2009-06-06 00:00:00

This year, The Open University is celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the granting of its Royal Charter on April 23, 1969.

In the autumn of the following year, as a young PhD student seeking to earn a bit of extra cash, I applied for a post as a part- time tutor for this new and unknown university.

I knew little about it other than being aware of its initial title of 'The University of the Air' because of its association with the BBC.

In February, 1971, I took up this teaching post and was met with a new group of students, all of whom were ...

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