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 clearer and more consistent advice on assessment in specific modules.
We did...
Where this issues has arisen, we will be briefing associate lecturers on assessment, simplifying assessment guidance and in some modules, introducing more end-of-module assessment tutorials.
Health, Wellbeing and Social Care
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You wanted better information on career decisions
We did...
We will redevelop careers-focused information on the subject websites.
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You said...
You wanted more time to prepare assignments including the end-of-module assessment. Workload was considered too high on one module.
We did...
In modules where this point was raised, break weeks have been incorporated and the assessment strategy has been revised to provide more time. Workload is being revised on one module.
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…you told us what study skills you needed as you moved between levels.
We did...
We devised a coherent skill development strategy to run through the core modules of R26 so that students were prepared for each level of study. We also developed ‘transition workshops’
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...in the NSS that student sense of community could be improved. In student consultations you also said that you wanted more tutorials, more opportunities to interact with other students and would like them to be recorded.
We did...
We made recording tutorials the default option across the school. Several module teams have reorganised tutorials and tried to increase opportunities to interact for students using methods including student buddies and module-wide forums.
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...in a student consultation, you told us what information you would like about each subject area.
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We used this information to develop subject websites. Next we will go back to you to ask you what you think of the subject websites that have been created.
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…which skills you think are necessary for OU study.
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We used this information to develop a skills development strategy to thread through BA (Honours) Health and Social Care (R26). This addresses both skills for study and for employment.
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You wanted a sharper focus on employability in BA (Honours) Health and Social Care (R26).
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We have worked with the Careers and Employability Services to strengthen the focus on employability.
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You said...
Student satisfaction is strong at level one (usually above 90%) and postgraduate (above 85%). Satisfaction is usually around 88% at levels 2 and 3.
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We are remaking or reworking modules at levels 2 and 3 to improve satisfaction, improving coherence of assessment, improving orientation to subjects as a whole, exploring opportunities to increase individual support and skills development opportunities. We are increasing opportunities for student representation when we make decisions about teaching.
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You said...
You told us what skills you think are necessary for OU study.
We did...
We used this information to develop a skills development strategy to thread through BA (Honours) Health and Social Care (R26). This addresses both skills for study and for employment.
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