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 found the DE200 'Getting Ahead' website really useful and would like to see similar resources for other modules on subject site.
We did...
A DE300 'Getting Ahead' website was made available on the subject site in advance of the module start date and the project choice tool was also improved to make it easier to use.
Psychology
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You said...
iCMAs should be available for revision purposes
Assessment practice in Computing
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We agree this could be useful. We will advise module teams to create revision copies of iCMAs for revision purposes, where possible.
Student Consultations
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You said...
Support for progression is insufficient from Level 1 to Level 2 and L3, with regards to coding skills. More taster materials and AYRF quizzes would help.
Assessment practice in Computing
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We agree that the gap between coding skills required in TU100 / TM129 and later modules was too large. We have tried to address this through a rewrite of our Level 1 modules, with TM111 and TM112 replacing TU100. We have increased the number of diagnostic quizzes and support materials (taster, e.g.) available to students, via the study website.
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You said...
Formative iCMAs should use immediate feedback. They should be repeatable.
We did...
We agree that formative iCMAs should use immediate feedback, and be repeatable. We will advise module teams to adopt immediate feedback in formative assessment and allow multiple attempts on formative iCMAs in preference to deferred feedback and single attempts.
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You said...
Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport - Full time study. We would like the University to be more positive about the fact that students are choosing to study full time.
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We are really supportive of you studying full time and are sorry if our concern that you know how much study will be involved has come across as being negative. We have already fed this back to relevant areas and a member of the school sits on the University group looking at how we support students who study full time with us. We will be representing your views.
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You said...
Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport - Full time study We would like to see examples of the assignments that we are being asked to submit.
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We will work with colleagues across the school and try to get this in place for 2020.
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You said...
Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport - Full time study. A lack of consistency in some areas of modules, such as the use of titles or a 5% word 'buffer' is really confusing and an unnecessary confusion.
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We agree and we will be reviewing all the modules for 2020.
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You said...
Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport - Full time study Having one tutor for both your TMAs, access to an extra 'support' tutor, spacing the TMAs and EMAs further apart, joint study calendar and establishing a FT student community would all help students choosing to study full time.
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We have worked to set up forums for students studying full time but need to ensure that this is consistent across the school. We will do what we can regarding the other ideas, but would need some OU wide changes to address some but we have represented your views at the OU Level group exploring this. We will also be sharing the hints and tips for full time study that students shared with new students studying full time.
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You said...
Scholarship Plan Consultation:
We would like clarity on the different types of scholarships and how they are covered by the plan. Does the plan address only Scholarship of Teaching and Learning or other forms such as Scholarship of Integration?
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The revised version makes clear that the Plan primarily addresses the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, apart from the initial section which explains how staff may engage with other types of scholarship. However, following a number of discussions - and in recognition that the opening section addresses all forms of scholarship - we decided not to change the overall title.
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Scholarship Plan Consultation:
We would like clarity about student involvement. At Education Committee, student involvements should be brought together in one section and we should identify how it will be resourced.
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We have included a work stream on ‘student engagement’ within the implementation plan which will clarify how students can be involved in scholarship projects, groups and committees.
We will begin with the feedback from the student consultative forum and working closely with student representatives and OU Students Association we will create guidance for the Centres to inform their working with students, ways of engagement and indications of possible resources.Posted on:
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