You’ve nearly finished a course and another one is starting shortly before the first one ends. Two TMAs and an EMA and it’ll all be over. If you let this one slide it will put you back at least nine months as it doesn’t start again within a suitable time frame. You...
Latest Open University News
This past week we’ve been trawling the internet as usual to find the latest OU information. The greatest university on the planet (we reckon anyway) is always innovating and leading the way on many issues that affect us around the globe and these news pieces reflect just that. This week’s news covers...
Neither a Lender nor Borrower be?
I was scanning through my bookshelf recently and noticed something was amiss. One of my books was absent and I couldn’t think why. After some strenuous thinking back I realised that I had loaned the book out to a friend, some two years’ previous, and never received it back. I’m sure it’s...
Open University Student Thanks Husband for Inspiration
We are always on the look out for a good news story and this one from the Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard certainly falls into that category. The support of family and friends is vital to many Open University students. Trying to juggle family and work commitments it is not easy at the best...
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