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Studying at the Open University

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• 11 June 2020, 14:23

Studying at the Open University

Accessible study resources and expert tutor instruction mean you’ll have the flexibility to study when and where you want. Whatever your circumstances, gain a recognised university qualification.

Achieve your goals through part- or full-time study with The Open University.

Distance learning is going to be different to the study you’ve done before – school, college, even university. But it’ll be similar in many ways as well.

With OU distance learning, you’ll have study materials, an online study portal, a dedicated tutor, student forums, learning events and more.

As the only UK university dedicated to distance learning, we want to make sure you know what to expect as an OU student. So we’ve put together a series of short guides on some of the aspects of studying with us.

If after looking over this information you still have more questions, then please reply to this thread to post your question.  You must already have an Open University login or be signed up to the forum to post.  You can sign in on the sign in page or you can register to post on the forum on the forum sign up page.


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• 8 July 2021, 03:20

keleis

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Hi

I am keen to register for the October start date of arts and languages access course . I realise registration date has passed but if it was possible or someone dropped out I would appreciate being contacted . 

Thank you 

Tracy Spy24 


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• 8 July 2021, 09:23
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Hello Keleis, 

Thanks for getting in touch. It's not too late to sign up for study in October, the final enrolment date is the 9th of September. 

By that time, students need to have registered on their qualification, chosen their first module, and completed registration on that module by going through the registration contract and getting funding in place. 

You can register for a qualification and a module online at open.ac.uk/courses, however if you're starting out I'd recommend phoning Student Recruitment to register, so we can have a chat about your goals and talk you through the process.  You can phone Student Recruitment on 0300 303 5303 from the UK, or 44 300 303 0266 from outside the UK. We're open from 8am-17.30pm Monday-Friday, UK time.

You can find out what types of funding you are eligible for by using the Finance Finder on this page:

https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/fees-and-funding

And you can find our full list of Arts and Languages courses here:

https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/languages

If you're new to distance learning, or haven't studied for a while, we'd recommend taking our Are You Ready For Success quiz to check you'll be comfortable going into degree level study:


http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/do-it/ready-for-success

And you can find out more about how OU study works here:

http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/what-study-like

Finally, I'd really recommend doing some free study to see how you find the material on a course and also studying online. Our website Open Learn allows you to study hundreds of short courses (5-20) hours that are taken from our undergraduate modules and is a great way of preparing to study:

http://www.open.edu/openlearn/

I hope that helps you get started, please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have further questions.

All the best

Jim






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