Article: EDUCATING LENNY; PICKING up an honorary degree in Coventry spurred Lenny Henry to return to the classroom. TV writer MARION McMULLEN finds out how he got the learning bug as he helps celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Open University.: Television: OU studies have given me confidence in my abilities.

Article: The Open University in Milton Keynes, ...
Online;  May 1, 2006 ;     551 words ...The Open University in Milton Keynes, U.K., received a grant of $4.45 million from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to make learning material free on ...

Article: How Milton Keynes became fit and 40!
Milton Keynes Citizen (Milton Keynes, England);  January 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Development Corporation he said Milton Keynes should be "as conducive as ... became the driving force behind Milton Keynes. Roger Kitchen, general ... Jock Campbell who brought the Open University to Milton Keynes and thanks to his connections ...

Article: 40 years of technology in Milton Keynes; City ...
M2 Presswire;  September 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... September 2007-OPEN UNIVERSITY: 40 years of technology in Milton Keynes; City Technology ... the support of Milton Keynes Chamber of Commerce ... include Invest Milton Keynes, MK Enterprise ... University, Open University, with support ...

Article: Mission to Mars from Milton Keynes With the help of ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  March 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Pensioners have written to him at the Open University's Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute in Milton Keynes offering their services to make ... microbiologist and a research fellow at the Open University, has long since been roped into ...

Encyclopedia entry: Milton Keynes
World Encyclopedia;      258 words ...Milton Keynes Town in Buckinghamshire, s central England. A new town, it was designed on a grid pattern by Richard Llewelyn-Davies in 1967. Milton Keynes is the headquarters of the Open University. The economy is based on retail and light industries. Pop. (1994) 188,447.

Article: Growing Milton Keynes. (Off the Fence).
Town and Country Planning;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 2002. Watching the `Milton Keynes and South Midlands ... investigator. The Milton Keynes area has been subject ... for example). The Open University has flourished here ... plan requirements, Milton Keynes Council is already ...

Article: Milton Keynes looks for a soul
The Independent - London;  April 29, 2001 ;     582 words ... ... there". So with Milton Keynes. A shopping centre ... largest in Britain, the Open University - but, typically ... Edaw, working with Milton Keynes council and the quango ... Manchester or London." Milton Keynes has been something ...