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.
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...
that non-Scottish students are unable to access counselling services via the OU
We did...
highlight this issue with the appropriate sections of the University
Mathematics and Statistics
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You said...
you would like more highlighting of the role that non-Western cultures and under-represented groups have had on mathematics and statistics
We did...
The School is currently actively exploring the development of an OpenLearn resource which would showcase historical contributions of mathematicians and statisticians from under-represented groups. This would be linked to from the M&S study site in order to give greater visibility. The new Mathematics Education module, ME322 (Learning and doing algebra) carefully considered inclusivity within its design and includes material from different UK contexts and from countries outside of Europe.
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You said...
You wanted tutorial recordings to be in a downloadable format
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Passed this request onto those responsible for maintaining the online tutorial system, but have been told this is unfeasible for various reasons.
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You said...
You wanted online versions of module materials to have known errata addressed, and to include hyperlinks and contents pages.
We did...
We are looking into this as part of improving the online versions of module materials.
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You said...
that you wanted course-work to contribute to postgraduate module scores
We did...
include this in a forthcoming review of the assessment of our postgraduate modules.
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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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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.
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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.
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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