The Open University Kents Hill, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA

"I love the Open University. I am from Mansfield, Texas, and I have been studying with the Open University since about 2019. I am within arms reach of my degree now, and I just wanted to drop by and give them a review. The quality of the educational material is amazing, the tutors are some of the best quality people I’ve ever learned from and the cost of tuition is more affordable for me as an international student with the Open University than it would be had I found a local university in Texas to study with. Certainly worth giving them a call and finding an academic pathway that best suits your interests."

"Sadly the University has internal problems resulting in slow responses, tutors/ staff not addressing the actual issues. Lots of reading between the lines and speculating. Very challenging to find a decent person who teaches and listens."

"I've studied with the ou since 2011. Unfortunately in those ten years I've witnessed a massive decline both in the quality of tuition and course content. It's very environmental focused now and has pretty much got rid of most of its other interesting science courses. In previous years your tutor would e mail you back promptly but for my last course in 2021 I waited 12 days for a response and eventually had to e mail again to nudge a reply out of him. He didn't know much about a linked course which was imperative to have knowledge on as it ultimately fed into our final project. Consequently he allowed me to go ahead with a project idea for months only to, last minute, declare I couldn't pursue it as the link to the other course content wasn't strong enough. As a result I lost months of project planning leaving me disadvantaged and now stuck in limbo with a pending module result and quite possibly facing an academic misconduct accusation due to having to rush my project. A process which, btw has taken two months with no detail as to why my mark has been withheld as yet. This is how little the employees at the ou think of their students, witholding marks indefinitely with little information provided to you as to why My tutors feedback was lacking constructive criticism and enthusiasm, both of which are essential motivators for students.Overall I feel thoroughly let down as a mostly positive decade of study with ou ends on such a low due to a lacklustre tutor and left wing academics hell-bent on forcing students to write dissertations or thesis on environment issues. Edit. There months and one week late I finally received my results! Due 1st Dec. Arrived Match 3rd! I have also found out when my complaint over delayed marks was internally investigated that my project is also being investigated for alleged plagirism. Even though my marks been released and this is the first I've heard of alleged plagirism of the project!. When I tried asking what's going on yesterday first one ou staff member hung up on me, the other said she'd call back today and hasn't! Advise. Do not waste your money on this institute. I've now taken my complaint to the OIA. The way they treat their students is nothing short of appalling and they need holding to account for it."

"I began my studies in 2016 and graduated this year. I found OU studies flexible and worked well around working full time and other commitments. It wasn't an easy experience by any stretch of the imagination, and took a lot of planning and commitment. However most tutors were very helpful and gave constructive feedback, the textbooks were provided and online resources were great. Any set texts I had to buy (for English Literature mpdules) were found easily for discounted prices online. I would recommend the OU to anyone wanting to study for a degree while juggling other life commitments."

"In my experience, sadly I can't possibly give a good mark to the Open University. I eventually gained a Criminology and Phychology degree with high expectations of gaining a high mark with all the hard work I put in from studying for six years. However i only came out with a 2.2 because of my final 60 credits i have suffered from depression and anxiety, since loss of my family and had great marks throughout the six years studying. However my final course affected my mark and lowered my qualification to a 2.2. I was told I would be contacted to explain why I had no support in my final course. My tutors was all great except the final one. I wish I'd have chosen a different course now I never heard any response back as to why I was lowered down to the 2.2 grade. . If I'd chosen a Brick University, I was told I'd have gained a 2.1 at least with my marks. I am very disappointed and would not recommend to anyone hoping to gain a good degree with higher standards. This university lower your grades and you have no say if your graded lower."