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.
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Adobe Connect sessions cannot exactly replicate face-to-face events, so content and delivery sometimes need to be considered differently.
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Several projects on this subject are currently underway within the school. These are looking at issues such as the accessibility of online learning events for students with disabilities and what kinds of teaching work on Adobe Connect. The results will be used to inform teaching practise across the Arts and Humanities curriculum. Additional training for effective online teaching is also being put in place for our Associate Lecturers.
Arts and Humanities
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The input of module authors, in addition to Associate Lecturers is valued.
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Module teams have been encouraged to experiment with ways to involve module authors in direct teaching. The results will be shared so that good practice can be spread across the Arts and Humanities curriculum.
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There is not enough discipline-specific choice at Level 1
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From autumn 2020, two new modules will replace A105 (the current second part of level 1). Each will relate to just four disciplines rather than eight, and by the end of each module, students will be working solely in the discipline they intend to study at level 2.
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Markers display different attitudes towards the use of non-module materials in assignments.
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Module teams have been asked to clarify expectations on this issue in future guidance notes for students and tutors.
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Our modules/qualifications are not always relevant to your career development and aspirations.
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We held a consultation forum on the role of skill development and study motivation in Arts & Humanities to better understand our student body and its needs. We are in contact with the OU Students Association to facilitate a focus group that will develop principles and models arising from this forum for use in modules and qualifications. This work will feed directly into the production of A111, the core introductory Level 1 module for all A&H qualifications, which will be available to study from October 2019. As an interim measure, updates have been made in consultation with the OU’s careers service to the employability pages on the Arts & Humanities qualification pages, highlighting tools and information specific to our students. These will be available to students by October 2018.
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Sometimes tutorial organisation and delivery was a major impediment to the study experience.
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Module teams revised tutorial plans for the October (17J) presentation in response to specific concerns about the frequency and mode of tuition, seeking to maximise opportunities for students to access tutorials. The University’s response to last year’s organisational problems meant that booking systems were more reliable.
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It is not always clear how your arts and humanities studies are relevant to your work or career.
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Skills developed through studying the arts and humanities are highly relevant and valued in the workplace, and we will explore ways of articulating these more clearly on module and qualification sites.
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Independent study at level 3 can be daunting.
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We are working on some additional bridging materials to help you prepare for independent study at level 3. These will be made available ahead of the October 2017 presentation.
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