The Open University is planning to build a new campus in the centre of Milton Keynes in a move that would see it offer its courses taught in-person as well as online.
A business case for the “transformational” site is being prepared by the UK’s largest academic institution, with the new campus set to feature science laboratories, interactive working and learning spaces, studios, a library and a student centre.
If it goes ahead, the OU will relocate from its current base at Walton Hall on the outskirts of the city, where it has been headquartered since opening in 1969.
It would also see the distance-learning provider diversify its offer with a new “sister university” providing on-site teaching to those who want to study the OU’s courses in-person.
