You Said, We Did
How your voice has made a difference
This page provides an opportunity to see the valuable feedback received from students across a wide range of communication channels, and to see what the OU has done in response.
Please note this video is now a couple of years old so some people no longer have the same title. The current Students Association leadership can be seen on their website.
Choose a topic from the drop-down list below to see how students can have an impact on their university experience and be empowered to help shape the University. Next time you are asked to give your opinion, you know that the OU is taking this feedback seriously and will respond.
You said...
You wanted a student community for women in computing to deepen your sense of belonging.
We did...
We did some research through some student interns and ran a conference session and established a club to provide this community.
Computing and Communications
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You said...
We would like to better understand what modules are about before signing up to them.
We did...
We have been adding “Are you ready for?” quizzes to more and more of our modules on the Module Chooser site, as well as creating content on the Subject Sites under the heading “Discover your module”.
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You said...
We want to be able to get timely support if we are having difficulties with a TMA.
We did...
We introduced “TMA rapid response forums” on some modules which guarantee responses within a day from a tutor.
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You said...
We want a chance to interact with other students.
We did...
We introduced optional tutorial sessions focused on working together.
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You said...
We want opportunities to meet face to face.
We did...
We organised a face to face course choice event open to all students studying a maths module.
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You said...
You wanted to see where student voice was being heard or acted on.
We did...
We developed the student voice icon and we are using it in module VLEs (Virtual Learning Environment) to highlight where modules have changes in response to student voice.
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You said...
that you had various well-argued views on the relative merits of remote and face-to-face exams.
We did...
feed these views into University discussions on this issue.
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You said...
that MT365 needs updating
We did...
note that the rewrite of this module (to be called Graphs, games and designs (MST368) is now starting, with a planned first presentation of October 2023.
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You said...
that you wanted a module in numerical mathematics
We did...
note that this will be included in the new module Computational applied mathematics (MST374) planned for first presentation in October 2023
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You said...
we should revise the level 1 pathways so that MST125 is studied as a last level module.
We did...
review the current pathway possibilities, with a view to updating the regulations, and updated advice to students on the Mathematics and Statistics Study Site.
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