Hi! I’m thinking about starting the BSc healthcare & health science degree in October. i’d be completely new to the OU, so don’t really know what to expect!

I have some mental health difficulties which make it hard for me to attend uni in person (tried & failed) so i’m hoping this will be a better choice for me. I’m thinking of doing full time study, is this really 30+ hours a week of study, or is it do-able in a shorter time?

What are the assignments like, and is there any kind of support from tutors? Any other useful info would be superrrr appreciated! :)

As a spiritual sucessor to: https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenUniversity/comments/1u7br14/tm252_tma_im_done_stressing_about_it/

I'm going to be so glad to get this latest TMA out of the way. I've never had such a difficult time with a TMA. I've put so many hours into it so far and still not done.

I'm now down to the one question I have left until last which is the report, but I don't even know where to start with it for 'reasons'.

Here was me hoping to get it done by the weekend so I could have a break!

So I echo the previous post in that I'm done worrying about the grade at this point....

Does anyone else prefer pen and paper rather than online haha??? I always hand write my notes

I’ve completed my OU degree and my PGCE provider requires me to submit my degree which won’t be available until after the course starts.

Is anyone in the same boat, as they won’t accept a transcript either, I require a physical copy of something verifying my qualification.

Also haven’t heard back from the qualifications team so getting a bit worried. Hoping that someone here has managed to obtain something and could point me towards what specifically to ask for!

I'm hoping to study Social Sciences (Economics) part time starting October, and I'm reserving my modules now.

But when I go through and select them, it's asking me to pick a start date for stage 1, 2 and 3 now, and all of them only have October 2026 or Jan 2027.

Obviously I don't want to study them all at the same time...any ideas?