It's been quite a while since I added anything to this blog, in fact I can't believe it was July when I posted last. A lot's happened since then of course. Best of all is that, after been out of work due to illness for an extended period, I've got a new job with British Airways starting in the new year.
On the studying front, I finished both B121 and U101 with time to spare and now I'm waiting for the final results. I must say that I hate this bit. I finished both courses at the start of October so it's been two months now. Of course I've been here before, waiting on completed marking, but what's making it more aggravating this time is that these two results will get me a Certificate of Higher Education (Open) and a Certificate in Business Studies, my first actual "on-paper" qualifications from the OU. So right now I'm on tenterhooks and checking my Email every 5 minutes, itching to be able to update my CV with some new and up to date qualifications.
I do have one or two things to keep my mind off it though. Not least of which is that, despite my vow to take a few months off studying, I signed up for B322-investigating entrepreneurial opportunities, which, through some kind of perverse OU logic, counts towards a degree in Design and Innovation. The process of choosing this course came from what I learned on U101-design thinking. I did a problem solving exercise based around what course to take and this came up as the best option. I wouldn't have considered it otherwise. Who says you wont apply what you learn