OU Students Past, Present and Future

bestpud

BeenieCat wrote: »

Ohh, i just found my letter and read it properly this time, i do have a username for student home lol.:doh:

It says my T175 stuff should be sent on Sept 17th.

I am excited too :d But nervous because i have always been really bad at learning, organisation, reading and absorbing... basically everything you should be good at to do an Open Uni course :eek:

Lol, me too!!

We must be mad!! :eek:

I reason it is easier to go over stuff again if we need as we have it all there and tailor it to the way we learn best...? :cool:

mum2one

bestpud wrote: »

Lol, me too!!

We must be mad!! :eek:

I reason it is easier to go over stuff again if we need as we have it all there and tailor it to the way we learn best...? :cool:

Your be fine, some weeks your find that you can do that weeks work in couple of hours another week it might take 10 hours, a lot of cussing, but your get.

One tip I would say (do try to put it into pratice), if try to get yourself maybe 1 or 2 weeks infront of the schedule, then if you have a bad week, or anything you have the breathing space.

xx

SuziQ

They have granted my funding, but carried the excess over to be used on another course, rather than to be used for books etc-is that normal? Does anyone have any idea, how much the course materials will be for K101? I am panicking abit now, as I am on such a tight budget.

Gemmzie

SuziQ wrote: »

They have granted my funding, but carried the excess over to be used on another course, rather than to be used for books etc-is that normal? Does anyone have any idea, how much the course materials will be for K101? I am panicking abit now, as I am on such a tight budget.

Yes, the funding for fees is only for fees - you can use it across more than one course. Mine paid for two in one academic year :money::T

The grant for books etc is seperate. K101 has everything included in it.

mum2one

SuziQ wrote: »

They have granted my funding, but carried the excess over to be used on another course, rather than to be used for books etc-is that normal? Does anyone have any idea, how much the course materials will be for K101? I am panicking abit now, as I am on such a tight budget.

Thats brilliant news about the course grant going through, they leave the rest of the funds for if you want to do another course this school year.

Most courses the books are included, one of my business courses had 6 text books ...... glad I wasn't paying for them!

Don't forget that as you got the grant your also get £260 student grant - not a loan, it doesn't affect any benefits, that goes into your bank account about 2 weeks after you start the course, thats to cover everything you need - paper, pens, ink cartridges etc.

xx

bestpud

SuziQ wrote: »

They have granted my funding, but carried the excess over to be used on another course, rather than to be used for books etc-is that normal? Does anyone have any idea, how much the course materials will be for K101? I am panicking abit now, as I am on such a tight budget.

Fab news!

There is two course books you need to buy for K101:

Johnson, J & De Souza, C (eds) Understanding Health and Social Care: An introductory reader (2nd edn) 9781847870810 Sage £19.99

Northedge, Andy The Good Study Guide (2nd edn) 9780749259747 Open University £12.99

Apparently, Amazon is cheapest but I haven't checked that out.

I wouldn't think you need them immediately so you have at least a month I'd have said.

sortinitout

Hi, theres 2 books that need to be bought seperately for K101 they will cost approx £25 off Amazon. Hope this helps.

mum2one

Hows everyone doing, just escaping for 2 mins, writing tma 03 for BU130 (got a weekd extension) that week soon comes round quick....

Plan 2mor - look at new course work start Openings course -- Understanding Mgt

Then nxt week finish DB234 workload and then by end of Sept get DB234 + BU130 ecas done.

Def need better time management skills - one of the topics of BU130!! xx

psychopathbabble

Does anyone know when funding runs from? I was funded in January 2010 for U212 but now want to sign up for DSE141 in November 2010 and D240 Counselling in May 2011, these are both 30 point courses so I hope I can get them totally paid for. I've also sent off forms today for T189 Digital Photography but have signed a credit agreement with OUSBA to pay for it myself.

mum2one

psychopathbabble wrote: »

Does anyone know when funding runs from? I was funded in January 2010 for U212 but now want to sign up for DSE141 in November 2010 and D240 Counselling in May 2011, these are both 30 point courses so I hope I can get them totally paid for. I've also sent off forms today for T189 Digital Photography but have signed a credit agreement with OUSBA to pay for it myself.

The funding works from Sept to the following August, so anything spent in the school year 2009/10 start a fresh from sept 2010.

Good luck with the courses they sound interesting, admit like the sound of the councelling one, hope you don't think I'm being cheeky, but I know the DSE141 and D240 come out of your grant, if theres anything left you can put it towards the next courser and top up the remainder with the OUSBA side of things. I've hadto do that for this yrs courses got E112 - Sports course (long story), and B301 Business although part of the B301 is fee grant, the goverment top up one course a year, and then i've got the rest on OUSBA, just wanted to get done in one year x