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# Discover a degree of flexibility with The Open University
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## Study with The Open University is tailored to the individual. Kija
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Bowerman has now completed two OU courses which she fitted in around her
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hectic lifestyle.
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2:54PM GMT 11 Nov 2010
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Whenever one of Kija Bowerman's students suffers a setback or their studies
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get a bit too much, her answer is simple: "If I can do it, so can you."
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![Win 150 off an Open University course][1]
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Win 150 off an Open University course
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The 66-year-old private tutor from Camberwell, south London, completed her
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second Open University degree, a Masters in Classical Studies, in 2009. It's
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an achievement anyone would be proud of, but success was particularly sweet
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for Kija because she suffers from dyslexia, and although she loves to study,
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reading and writing don't come easily.
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"One reason I've been so keen to work with The Open University is their
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support for people with dyslexia and other disabilities," says Kija. "They've
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always been very good about giving dyslexic students extra time in exams or to
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complete assignments."
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On leaving school Kija went to drama college and trained as a teacher, but her
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course didn't start awarding degrees until just after she'd left. "That
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niggled a bit and I'd always wanted a degree, but the main reason I wanted to
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study was the subject matter," she says.
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A lifelong passion for the classics led Kija to explore The Open University's
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wealth of classical courses. "Then in 1997 they started offering Ancient
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Greek. I studied Latin to A level but my school didn't do Greek, so The Open
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University gave me a second chance."
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## Related Articles
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* [Why enrol with The Open University?][2]
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03 Nov 2010
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* [Win 150 off an Open University course][3]
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03 Nov 2010
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When she planned her first degree in 1987 Kija was working as an actress and
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the flexible study regime fitted her itinerant lifestyle. "You have to be
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disciplined and get assignments in on time," she says. "But one thing I like
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about The Open University is the laissez- faire attitude. People don't have to
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fit the university; the university fits the people.
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Kija was one of more than 40,000 students on modest incomes who receive
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financial help from The Open University. "I received help with the cost of my
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Masters, otherwise I just couldn't have afforded it," says Kija. "But if I win
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the Lottery, one of the first thingsIwilldoissetupa bursary to help others
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study at The Open University!"** **
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