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 more information, earlier, on any changes that may be made to modules and qualifications. This would enable you to plan better your studies.
We did...
We have been posting information on the Study website on our future plans as and when it becomes available. We intend to continue to use the Study website for publicising information on our modules and qualifications, in advance of it being made available through Study at the OU and the prospectus.
Computing and Communications
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You said...
Some of you weren’t aware of the subject specific induction materials we provided.
We did...
We made sure that you all have access to the induction timeline (visible from student home) and communicated more efficiently by posting reminders for activities on subject websites.
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You said...
Webinars were particularly useful in the induction package we provided
We did...
We will continue to deliver Webinars and provide recorded versions.
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You said...
It would be useful to highlight relevant OU resources available to students during the induction.
We did...
We are working on this and will make resources available via the induction timeline and subject websites.
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You said...
It would be good for all students to be aware of and make good use of the wide variety of OU support (particularly tutors, tutorials and study guides).
We did...
We produced a new Welcome Guide to highlight and signpost to all the OU support available. We posted this new booklet on all the subject websites so that all students could access it.
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You said...
You would like to share some of your top study tips with other students.
We did...
We collated all your study tips and posted them anonymously in our new Welcome Guide.
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You said...
It would be good if there were more interaction between the students on the course.
We did...
We have created new qualification-wide websites that can be accessed via a link on each student’s Student Home page. These sites are intended to work as a central meeting place for all students on the same qualification, and we hope this will develop into a thriving student community space. They currently give you access to qualification-wide student forums as well as the Student Hub and OUSA, and there’s a regular news feed for upcoming events. We welcome more feedback as to how to improve these sites, and have included a link to a feedback form on each one.
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You said...
Some of the course material is quite dated and examples can refer to information dated 10 to 20 years ago. So it would be good to have some fresh information that is more relative to students today.
We did...
The production time scales on our modules are relatively long (up to about two years). The standard life time for a module is about eight years, so potentially some content on a module could be up to ten years old. We have recognized this can be problematic, especially in fast-moving areas of technology, and have adapted our module design to try to mitigate the issue. We make use of the online environment to allow us to update materials more frequently than is practical with printed material (although there are opportunities for new editions of module books midway through a module, we update the module website every presentation). However, we also recognize the advantages of the blended learning materials and your strong preference for a mix of print and online content. Therefore, during the design phase of new modules we think very carefully about how content is best divided between media.
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You said...
Add links to modules on the new Science and Environment Websites
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Included a list of modules on the Science website (under the ‘Plan’ tab), as well as module tasters under the ‘Discover’ tab.
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You said...
Add links to student groups and external organisations on the new Science and Environment Websites.
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Provide links to student societies and external organisations in the ‘beyond the OU’ section under the ‘Discover’ tab of the Science website, and to professional bodies under the ‘Succeed’ tab.
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