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Monday 19 July 2004

The UK has the 'Open University', the South Pacific uses satellite broadcasting for tertiary education

A 'good news' story and something that would have seemed fantasy only a few years ago. 12 island nations in the South Pacific, straddling five time zones and covering 33 million square kilometres of ocean, are the catchment area for the University of the South Pacific (thru BBC website story). The OU can be visited here.

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