Open About Defence

The Open University and Cranfield University are working in partnership to deliver postgraduate education to members of the armed forces.

According to sesame, the Open University's student magazine, approximately "400 defence personnel annually will study MBA [Master of Business Administration] courses with the OU in conjunction with the Defence College of Management and Technology...the centre for postgraduate education for military personnel."¹ The full story is on the Open University's media pages.

If you don't fancy a post graduate course, there are myriad courses available from the Army Training and Recruiting Agency (ATRA). In the 2004-2005 period, ATRA had 60244 students and recruited 11083 enlisted cadets and officers² more on their courses can be found here.

For more information on other defence and corporate involvement in education, see 'Universally Challenged' in Corporate Watch newsletter 27.

To take action regarding defence and arms trade involvement in education, check out the Campaign Against Arms Trade's 'University Clean Investment' campaign.

1P7, 'Defence Contract' in sesame 229, Spring 2005

2 P.17 ATRA 2005 Annual Report