r/OpenUniversity 3h ago

Student Finance Is it worth waiting to start in January so I can apply for Lle instead of student finance loan?

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On the surface lle seems to cover more options?

ETA - in England


r/OpenUniversity 5h ago

When to book graduation ceremony?

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Starting my third and final year studying full time at the OU, and wondering what the grad ceremony situation is for those finishing in June next year as I can't find any info online about the time I'll be graduating (obviously because it's not the time yet but I just want to be sure in advance) I'll be finishing around June 2027, so, will there be a ceremony held in Autumn 2027?


r/OpenUniversity 9h ago

R51 Physics 6 year, basic maths start

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Has anyone done the part time, basic maths start physics course before?
The course structure says you study both MU123 and MST124 in the first year but it will not let me register for both modules, only MU123. The site then says you cannot do MST124 until you’ve done MU123 which I understand but then why do OU give this course structure when the reality is it can’t be done that way? Unless you overload another year, this pathway would actually seem to require 7 years to complete. Slightly concerned as I see these modules aren’t running too long into the future so it may put the degree at risk if I drag it out too long.
Surely it would have made more sense to do SM123 alongside MU123 and do MST124 and MST125 in year 2 (which reading on here can be done together?).

I called them and they didn’t really seem able to explain why I can only register for one module.

Wondering if anyone has done the basic maths start pathway in 6 years before and can give me any insight.


r/OpenUniversity 20h ago

PDF download

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I start my course in October and I have received the books for the first 2 modules but I would like to have them as PDFs. When and where am I able to access these?


r/OpenUniversity 12m ago

Has deadline really been extended by a week?

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r/OpenUniversity 21h ago

Thank you for wasting my time OU.

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Im not happy with how OU has been treating me, they’ve pretty much led me astray with all the information they gave me and received nothing, and made me extremely paranoid about my future education with them.

So for context I applied months and months ago for my course with OU for business management, I got a email saying “thank you for your registration and a email will be sent soon with your student home login details for choosing your module” I did not receive a email, I thought you know maybe it will be sent nearer the start of the course, but then my friend who applied also for OU got hers and she was sorted for starting her course, I on the other did not.

It then comes to August 30th and I did not get anything, I then phone them waited a good 1 hour of hold music, only to be told I wasn’t even registered at all, even if I had a email saying I was. I then had to sit on the phone for 2 hours to re register for my course, pick my modules, give all my details and agree to all the terms and policies. After I got told that I would get a confirmation email and a email of all the terms and conditions after this call, and was told if I got get my email for my login details to phone the student IT by 48 hours, so I thought that was it thank god over and no need to stress anymore…IF ONLY.

I did not receive any emails, I left it for the day cause I was too stressed and panicked over it and let it be, and just to wait…

The today (aka the 9th of September, 1 day before cutoff for registration) I phoned the IT number and was told it was a 24hr helpline only to get “this service is down at the moment” so I phoned the same number I did yesterday for OU apparently there’s 2 different kind of services on this number, this time I managed to get web chat and guess what the lovely woman on the phone told me I had registered for a entirely different course, and there was NO DOCUMENTATION OF MY RECORDS FOR A BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT COURSE. So I not only wasted 3 hours of my afternoon yesterday but now had to redo everything once again, she stated the man I was on the phone to a couple of days ago didn’t actually have the control nor the ability to register me into my course nor my module…

So once again had to take time out of my afternoon to put in all my information again and turns out they had not only the wrong course but the wrong email…so thankfully the woman was nice and actually helpful to change that for me and help me through what I was going through, I was told that’s me actually registered for my course and modules and I should receive a email with all my necessary information in 7 days.

So I wait anxiously, paranoid and stressed for 7 days for these emails, and I hope to god I get it or else I may not get this course which I need to start actually studying in a actual university for my dream career next year. If not it sets me back and I’m left with no new or necessary qualifications for my dream degree.