Many thanks to Queen for the Title.
And, after todays exam, T211 does indeed bite the dust. it's gone from my life and gone from the OU. Another module sacfrificed to "streamlining" and evidence to the OUs panicked quest to compete with brick universities who are now competing for the distance learning market.
Is the OU vulnerable?
Well, YES.
Why is the OU vulnerable?
It's not really simple but, basically, it's because the OU always considered itself a non profit organisation and, with no competition, could provide a valuable and comprehensive educational service to its students. Now the brick uni's have to look elsewhere for income (Thank you very much Messers Cameron and Osborne who, incidentally, took full advantage of free university places despite being from wealthy families) and they are biting into the OUs student and, therefore, customer base in order to survive.
Sure, T211 is being replaced but with a module that's cheaper to run so the students get more "efficiency" of learning. Personally I think it's a shame. T211 did need updating and modernising but to ditch it completely is a really unnecessary and wasteful. So, thanks to the government for screwing up the OU, removing the best educational courses and modules and for doing your level best to return higher education to the domain of those with money rather than ability.
That, I'm sure will be the best policy for ensuring the future prosperity of the nation and, indeed, the entire world.
Rich idiots running things. Anybody studying history want to elaborate?