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Postgraduate Reviews of Courses at Open University

MA Open

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Norman - February 2025

This organisation is dreadful. I have tried for four months to get them to sort an IT issue. Every time I try to register onto a module, my account says that I am on 'restricted status'. However, whenever I call their customer service, I am told that this is a glitch in their system and that I am not on restricted status. Four months later, I have still having these issues. For an establishment that relies heavily on IT as a means to teaching, they are incredibly incompetent in fixing my issue. My advice to anyone contemplating studying with this university is - don't. They get terrible reviews and, speaking from experience, I can see why they get terrible reviews. read full review

Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration

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Stella - December 2023

It's just like every other university. read full review

MSc in Psychology

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Ilona - October 2023

I can learn comfortably from home and manage my schedule with ease, thanks to distance education. read full review

Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration

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Steph - February 2023

My place of study is wherever I want!!! read full review

MSc in Space Science and Technology

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David - February 2023

Best getting to play with the OU's robotic observatory read full review

Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resource Management

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Student Reviewer - March 2022

Open University do not care about your education. Only collecting your fees. I have been really disappointed by the lack of teaching quality on the Postgraduate course I started.
I since stopped as I was clearly wasting my time and unwilling to throw good money after bad. Yes I passed the first assessment only due to my own graft, but was I learning? No.

If you are only after specific qualifications or letters after your name then by all means trudge along. But for the extortionate cost you pay you will definitely not get value for money in terms of learning outcomes and support. A significant amount of the effort is geared towards assessment, which is not the same as learning.

Tutors appear to be spread too thin, the feedback given is generic and unhelpful to actually learning, just scoring higher on tests. There are so many free online courses that have similar/ superior content to the Open university. There is no need to waste your money on their expensive courses. For £1600 for one module I got: 1 book, access to a website, 3 faceless online tutorials and 2 essays marked and access to an exam. Open University was once a great way to access education for those without other options, but today, with the astronomical costs, it is simply to not good enough.

Do yourself a favour and go to a cheaper competitor.
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