The Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA) was a degree awarding authority, from the 1965, in the United Kingdom until 1992. The council awarded academic degrees at the polytechnics and other similar institutions until these were awarded university status. When the council was wound-up the British Government asked the Open University to continue the work of awarding degrees in non-university institutions, additionally the university has responsibility for the former council's records. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about academic degrees. ... The term polytechnic, from the Greek πολύ polú meaning many and τεχνικός tekhnikós meaning arts, is commonly used in many countries to describe an institution that delivers vocational or technical education and training, other countries do not use the term and use alternative terminology. ... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... The Open University (OU) is an open learning university which has students all over the UK and accepted its first students in 1971. ...

See also

• Business and Technology Education Council

The Business & Technology Education Council (BTEC) of the UK was a subdegree conferring council which had its functions transferred to Edexcel recently. ...

External link

• Open University Validation Services - CNAA Aftercare