Author believes that if the Open University continues to be successful, it can hardly fail to exert a powerful influence on the future development of higher education in Great Britain. (Author/HB)

The aim of this paper is to highlight some of the problems that arise when" teaching materials for television broadcast are produced as part of a collaborative team effort, and under acute time pressure." (Author/AK)

The second in a series of short descriptive papers concerning Britain's newly-established Open University. The author discusses the nature of the teaching materials being developed by the university and some of the difficulties involved in producing these materials. (AK)