Founded in 1987 by Michael Young, it is a registered charity and part of The Open University.

[1] The OCA offers BA honours degrees in the following areas: An award-winning MA in Fine Art was launched in 2011.

Each student is assigned one of the college's 115 specialist tutors, who are arts practitioners and have experience teaching in higher education.

Students and tutors all work from home and there is a well attended programme of study visits.

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