Open University - how has it changed University Education

The open university is a distance learning university, or a university which does not physically teach all of it's students. It was set up to ensure students could recieve an education even with physical limits, such as distance. It was first set up in 1969, with the first students enrolling in 1971, two years later. It is notably different to other universities because of its approach to enrolling students, in that their previous education is not looked at (making it an open university). Although it is also a physical university, the vast majority of its students learn off campus, and there are currently over 250,000 students enrolled in the university, making it the largest in the UK, and among the largest in Europe.