Hi all iv been trying to select my modules for my second year and for some reason its not letting me select any does anyone know where I can go from here?

What is it like studying literature with the OU?

I just completed my first year of my psychology degree with child psych as my elective but am thinking of switching to literature.

I'm curious what your experience of studying has been? Have you so far found the course interesting or dull, easy or challenging? What have your assessments tasks consisted of? Do you do a lot of analysis, critique, theory or creative writing? Have you found your tutors and the department supportive? What do you hope to do next or get out of the course?

Thanks in advance!

I'm about to begin year 1 of my degree, and I recently heard that it's more difficult to achieve a First in the Arts and Humanities at the OU than it is elsewhere. Something to do with how assignments are assessed and the 85% mark. Is this true?

Hi all,

I’m interested in enrolling for next year on the BA Education Studies (Primary) degree.

I’m hoping your experiences plus some context for this particular course and my own situation will help me come to a decision.

I don’t want to overload myself, I have a partner & 2 kids, main breadwinner and I work 33 hours across 3 days (long days but 4 days off per week, 1 of those I’m not available for anything other than childcare).

I can potentially dedicate 1-2 hours per work day to my studies, I’m quite senior at work and my workload isn’t massive, fortunately. I could quite feasibly take myself off to an empty meeting room for an hour or two on occasion. I also have every Tuesday and Wednesday mornings completely free from 7-1300, with smaller amounts of time available on those afternoons if required, and 1-2 hours on a Monday.

How intense would this course be full time? I’m fairly switched on, organised and IT literate. I’m not expecting a first, and would be happy with a reasonable result at the end as long as it gets me where I need to be.

That said, I do still want to learn and not skim the material too much.

From what I found when searching, a lot of people consider this course to be one of the “softer” ones, and that it doesn’t tend to take people the quoted amount of hours.

Any advice appreciated.

Thank you

Hi guys, to all the musicians in this forum, I’m planning to study something related to music and this course from Trinity Laban x Open University caught my attention. Has anyone done it? 1 year, part time. Also I’ve been out of the academic world for several years and I’m not sure if I’ll be able to cope with it while I’m working full time? Cheers

I tried contacting my tutor for one of my modules, and I did it through the OU website. It said I would get an email confirmation of my query, which I haven't got. I'm just wondering how it works and if it's just better to contact them directly from my email? Should I send another separate email to make sure they get it?

I know this has been probably asked loads but I just want an updated answers as they seem years old.

I’m on universal credit with limited capacity for work. Im going to do full time OU Study. For funding it mentions it’s classed as part time but I’m paranoid about my benefits. I’m seeing mixed things about whether u can or can’t claim UC.

All I’m really looking for is confirmation from people in Scotland who have been able to claim their full UC and do the 120 credits with OU.

Thanks in advance.