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.
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There are several things that can make studying two modules simultaneously better when it comes to tutor support: understanding the pressures of studying multiple modules with competing deadlines, use of extensions, timely return of feedback, and where possible having the same tutor for multiple modules.
Health and Wellbeing and Social Care
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We will use this information in further developing our Health and Social Care tutor training. We will also put joint study calendars on the Health and Social Care website.
Student Consultations
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Tutors should contact students one to two weeks before the module starts (or as soon as allocated).
Health, Wellbeing and Social Care
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We will remind tutors on HSC modules about this good practice for 21J (modules starting in October 2021).
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You want to be informed when module materials are ready to view.
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We are exploring when and how module materials become available before the official module start date. For example, sample module material may be on the Health and Social Care website.
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
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You said...
Tutors should contact students one to two weeks before the module starts (or as soon as allocated).
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We will remind tutors on HSC modules about this good practice for 21J (modules starting in October 2021).
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You said...
There are several things that can make studying two modules simultaneously better when it comes to tutor support: understanding the pressures of studying multiple modules with competing deadlines, use of extensions, timely return of feedback, and where possible having the same tutor for multiple modules.
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We will use this information in further developing our Health and Social Care tutor training. We will also put joint study calendars on the Health and Social Care website.
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You said...
that you had various well-argued views on the relative merits of remote and face-to-face exams.
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feed these views into University discussions on this issue.
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that MT365 needs updating.
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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.
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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...
that there are a range of additional topics you would like to see within the curriculum.
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note these, both for the development of our formal modules and with microcredentials in mind.
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You said...
we should revise the level 1 pathways so that MST125 is studied as a last level module.
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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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