<P> The Open University was founded by the Labour government under Prime Minister Harold Wilson . Wilson was a strong advocate , using the vision of Michael Young . Planning commenced in 1965 under Minister of State for Education Jennie Lee , who established a model for the OU as one of widening access to the highest standards of scholarship in higher education , and set up a planning committee consisting of university vice-chancellors , educationalists and television broadcasters , chaired by Sir Peter Venables . The British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) Assistant Director of Engineering at the time James Redmond , had obtained most of his qualifications at night school , and his natural enthusiasm for the project did much to overcome the technical difficulties of using television to broadcast teaching programmes . </P>
<P> The Open University was founded by the Labour government under Prime Minister Harold Wilson . Wilson was a strong advocate , using the vision of Michael Young . Planning commenced in 1965 under Minister of State for Education Jennie Lee , who established a model for the OU as one of widening access to the highest standards of scholarship in higher education , and set up a planning committee consisting of university vice-chancellors , educationalists and television broadcasters , chaired by Sir Peter Venables . The British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) Assistant Director of Engineering at the time James Redmond , had obtained most of his qualifications at night school , and his natural enthusiasm for the project did much to overcome the technical difficulties of using television to broadcast teaching programmes . </P>
who has given first the idea of starting open university
who has given first the idea of starting open university
Michael Young
Michael Young