【正确答案】The Open University provides chances for people of all ages and its entry is much less restricted and upon graduation. Successful students are awarded a university degree. It is a recent innovation which was founded in 1969 and began its first course in 1971. This educational institution is so named because it is "open" to all to become students with no formal qualifications to study for a degree. Courses are followed in the students' spare time; lectures are broadcast on radio and TV, and students correspond with their tutors by post. For some of the Open University courses students have to attend one-week summer schools which are held in many of Britain's traditional universities.