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...
We want to be able to get timely support if we are having difficulties with a TMA.
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We introduced “TMA rapid response forums” on some modules which guarantee responses within a day from a tutor.
Mathematics and Statistics
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We want a chance to interact with other students.
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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 really enjoyed the opportunity to meet with other students on the masters qualification and hearing from research students which was inspiring.
We did...
Ensure the hybrid qualification day schools continue with additional opportunities to hear from and speak with research staff and students.
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You said...
You would like opportunities to practice presenting research.
We did...
An annual online conference now takes place for final year students to present their independent research project to students and staff.
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In April 2023, the University asked students signed up to the Curriculum Design Student Panel about their experience of assessment at the OU. Of the 287 respondents, 85% had studied more than one module while 47% had sought advice or support to understand a module assessment strategy. 61% either strongly agreed or agreed that it would be beneficial to simplify the various assessment strategies across different modules at the OU, mainly to prevent confusion and to increase consistency.
We did...
In response colleagues at the OU reviewed the way we plan our assessment strategies, and considered how we could make our assessment delivery across all modules more consistent. A new Assessment Framework was approved and launched in January 2024, which will ensure that as students progress through and between modules they will experience more consistency in assessment strategies. This change will be implemented over time, as we will review assessment plans for specific modules as part of our normal processes.
The OU Students Association was closely involved in the development of this new framework, welcoming it as “a really good common-sense approach”.
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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 you wanted chapters on our training video recordings to help you navigate to sections relevant to you.
We did...
We added chapters to three of our most popular training session recordings: Introduction to Library Services, The Why and How of Referencing and Improving Your Experience Accessing Online Resources - all on our YouTube channel.
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You said you thought the 'News' button on the top navigation bar of the Library website contained national and international news, not OU library news.
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We moved 'News' to 'About the library' on the website, making it clearer that the news button is about the OU Library.
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When using Library Search, you said you expected tool tips when hovering over icons.
We did...
We added tool tips to Library Search. Now when your cursor hovers over icons, you are presented with a description of its purpose.
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