The Open University in Scotland’s widening access work targets those people with no previous experience of study at SCQF level 7 or above, low incomes and those for whom attending a campus would present significant challenges. This includes outreach activity that is enhanced by working with partners across the country and the provision of supported pathways into degree level study that are appropriate to the individual learner. Our partnerships are uniquely Scotland-wide and include schools, colleges, other universities, employers, trade unions and community- based organisations. Much of the work outlined below and our associated work on retention, completion and success is facilitated by the Scottish Funding Council’s Widening Access & Retention Fund (formerly the Regional Coherence Fund) which enables us support students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds.
The Open University. The Open University (OU) is the UK’s only university dedicated to distance learning. As the geographical location of an institution providing distance and blended learning is not a helpful criterion, a different approach to measuring the level of contribution, in terms of FPE of learners, to each country and region has had to be adopted. In this case, the area of domicile of the learner was used to determine these volumes. Information at programme level is only available from 2004/05, so trend data are not currently available. The table below shows the FPE of learners on OU courses in 2004/05.
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