Fact file

October 24, 1997

* 53 per cent of applicants to the Open University are women, 47 per cent are men

* 51 per cent of admissions to the OU are women, 49 per cent are men

* Social sciences are the most popular OU subject, with 11,000 entrants The least popular is maths, with 4,600 entrants.

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