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...
We really enjoyed the opportunity to show of our work and see what others had done in the Design Exhibition this year. More of this please
We did...
We plan to repeat this very successful event on an annual basis. We are working to increase the number of opportunities our Design & innovation students have to interact and to show their work in future.
Engineering and Innovation
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You said...
Some teaching materials were presented with a distinct male gender bias and a lack of ethnic diversity.
We did...
We reviewed the module in question, setting actions to redress some specific instances of bias. We also instigated a Boards of study-wide audit of our teaching materials to identify elements of bias and plan how to rebalance them.
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You said...
You would like more clarity about the amount of science and maths in Q71
We did...
We updated the description on Study@OU to emphasise the science in the qualification and its modules
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You said...
You would like more support for full time study
We did...
set up a full-time study page/forum on the Science study site. This includes TMA submission date calendars for the most commonly studied combination of modules.
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You said...
You would like more opportunity to develop practical skills via lab schools.
We did...
we now offer five lab schools at our labs in Milton Keynes as well as a number of Field Schools run by the Field Studies Council. We are also exploring the feasibility of offering day schools for our new modules/qualifications. Reflecting the cancellation of the lab schools in 2020 due to Covid-19, we ran a Chemistry Online Summer School. As a result of your feedback we will be running a similar school in 2021 covering both chemistry and biology.
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You said...
Some of the material on SDK100 is getting out of date.
We did...
We will be refreshing some of the data for October 2021.
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You said...
The amount of assessment on SDK100 is too much.
We did...
We will be reducing the number of assessment points on SDK100 from 6 to 5 TMAs from October 2021 as well as updating the essay support materials.
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You said...
The density of materials in SD329 and its assessment materials is too much.
We did...
We have reduced the workload and revised the assessment strategy on the module, adopting single component assessment moving from an exam to an EMA.
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You said...
There is too much to revise on SK320
We did...
Published information on the exam topics a month ahead of the exam.
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You said...
You did not like the fact that your TMAs did not count towards your final module grade.
We did...
We moved more of our modules, including some at Level 3, to a single component assessment model to produce a greater blend of assessment types across our qualifications. Most recently this has included SK298, SK299, S315 and SD329.
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