More joined up Student Support. When you submit a question it is distributed to the appropriate sun-section, but then you receive support from several disparate section with no-one actually co-ordinating a complete and comprehensive answer. The various sections providing the individual answers do not feed back to a central point to provide a complete answer to the initial question.

Taught completely on-line. The impression is that you are expected to get on with the learning process fairly independently. Sometimes if my feels very isolating. There is always the overwhelming fear that if you speak to other OU students you will be penalised.

No

Good: Flexibility of study, extensive provision of online tutorials and study materials. Clearly as a distance learning institution not all the rtings are strictly relevant. Bad: Cost cutting in recent years has closed many regional centres so there's little in teh way of 'in-person' contact now.

Up to date and challenging content. Tutor support is mostly very good.

No