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The Open University (OU), headquartered in Milton Keynes, England, was the world's first higher education distance learning institution. With a mission to be 'open to people, places, methods and ideas', the university was founded to give those who had missed out on attending traditional universities, the opportunity to experience high quality degree-level learning. It dates back to 1964, when former leader of the Labour Party, Harold Wilson, made it a general election manifesto pledge.