What's an Open University Degree Like?

Are there people here who have finished a BA/BSc Open Degree with the Open University. Kindly comment on this Open degree. Is it worth it?

I'm wanting to study with The Open University and I have been told by my birch of teacher the OU degree aren't real it pissed me of but thankyou

I’m doing one now

i love this guy man

Thanks much so Its easy to find a steady good job everywhere with this uni right? Nd for being economically helped by the university what must we do?

England must be more expensive than Wales because the OU degree I'm looking at (Philosophy and Psychology) costs under £8,000 total here. I had to check multiple times as the price seemed so low!

Life is not real, it is complex

Hell yeah I want a free fish poster 😋 🐟

I was quite disappointed not to see a fish poster in the background.

Wow. That’s crazy. I’ve been looking into PPE degrees too. And it’s how I found open XD.

It's pretty disappointing to see students mainly focusing on getting their degree. I mean, I get it's a way to prove yourself, but shouldn't going to school be more about soaking up knowledge and experiences? The whole 'real' argument shouldn't even come into play when the coursework demands a deep understanding of the subject.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. Im neurodivergent (ik omg im soOO special) and normal classes just don't work for me. I need to be more independent and relay on my passion driven motivation and im seriously considering this uni (the open college of the arts tho but I didn't find any videos about it so this is the closest I can get) Thank you!

I was struggling for motivation and prepared to give up. However, somehow, this video has brought me back to earth. Thank you.

I'm studying an Economic and Personal finance degree at the OU, and I love it, second year right now.

I have worked all my life, having come from a family that never earned enough to send me to uni, but just enough to not get help with it, I fell into the bracket of never being able to risk my future going.

I'm now 39. And an engineer. But I have become an engineer through vocational qualifications and not academic ones.
The only way for me to progress further in my line of work is a degree.

And the only option for me, with a house and a wife and child to look after, was the OU.

So I begin my OU degree in April. And hopefully I can get my employer to sponsor me .

I'm planning to apply in 2 months. Thanks for video.

Is there any proctored exam in open university or it’s totally self study

I have a mate who did an OU degree in mathematics and then went onto doing an MSc in quantum mechanics at Imperial College - so yep its a real degree, real university

OU is 100% fit for introverts who like to educate themselves and actually enjoy.

Don't like the horrible presentation.

I’ve a question. I'm from Brazil, now I'm a Software Engineering student at a Brazilian university, but I really like the Computing and IT course at OU and I'm going to leave my current course. Is the UO a university considered good and well regarded in Europe/UK?

I just enrolled on the Engineering degree course. My first degree and I'm 43. So excited! But also terrified of the maths element. But as a mum of 3 and working full time in endless admin roles I finally got a chance at sponsorship. So I'll work my butt off to do this and most of all I want to enjoy it.

I do not understand correctly the assessment. Don't you have to take the exams in person? I am personally thinking about doing an online degree there but I live in another European country. Can someone explain it to me? Thank you.

You learn the same material to the same depth as you would do in a more conventional university. In the latter, you may have only two/ three lectures a week in which you learn nothing. It all comes down to reading, reading and more reading.

can you get accepted in an american uni for a masters degree after you get your bachelors in statistics at open university? I wanna get a cs masters afterwards and i don't know if grad schools in america approve this dergee

For 20k debt to learn what you can yourself is mad

Great vid, really informative, but for the love of god - switch to decaff.

You talk way too fast and I have to reduce speed to 0.75 to watch you. Slow down!!! Thanks for the insight tho

Does the Open University, UK provide a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS), if u wish to stay in the UK while studying?

Cool I just signed up for the law degree 🎉

this video was very helpful

Just enrolled into the OU Law program at 40. Can’t wait to start in the fall.

Thanks a lot it was very interesting

Don't study with the OU if you're male and white, it's been weaponized.

Will exams be held remotely? Because I am from outside Britain I am from Libya

Will exams be held remotely? Because I am from outside Britain I am from Libya

What's stopping someone from just using chatgpt to answer the questions?

Do you think it is possible to work full-time and study full-time? Thanks!

I want to enroll this year, how plz I just hope and pray it real

Thanks!! Great!! I ask u kindly; we can take all the exams at home? So only when we graduate we must be at the university?

Last year of Open Uni, I completed my NVQ level 3 through work and wanted to carry on Education and the OU was the perfect option. Six years later and a three year old daughter and I am now 100% convinced that anyone that achieves an OU degree is the type of person you want on your staff team, they can lone work and multitask under pressure.

You can complete in six years.. But you have deadline for assignements ?

I’m contemplating doing a honours in software engineering/ development but with work and other commitments like a kid at my old old age of 21 I’d have to do part time. It’s daunting to me as it says it’ll take 6 years (which would make me 27) and having a job that then pays well seems like a million miles away. What do people think I should do? Taking everyone’s comments seriously. Thanks all

And was it a total waste of time? Have you got a job?

Considering a lot of the OUs material is used by bricks & mortar universities, I would say it’s real.

Law degree of law is helpful for females asked for divorce and not having money to appoint expencive lawyers to fight and punish in laws for cheating females in the name of marriages brought down in earth from heaven and slap them that why did you get married and give me your sick culture

Can international students apply to the Open University? Can you post a video about it? And what are the requirements?

I wanted to share my frustrating experience with the Open University regarding one of my recent modules. Due to the lecturers’ marking strike, my result was delayed for what felt like ages. When it finally arrived, it looked like they’d simply fabricated a mark out of thin air. There was no meaningful feedback—just seven sectioned scores with no explanation as to how they were awarded. This was also the first time I was penalized for ‘poor writing style’ when every other paper I’d submitted had no issues in that department.

Naturally, I tried to contest this. I reached out to the university, but nobody was willing to take another look at my paper. Even the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) wouldn’t review the content or identify who supposedly marked it. This is especially concerning since it points to a system that lacks transparency and accountability.

On top of that, the OU’s computing curriculum seems hopelessly outdated. They rely on textbooks riddled with errors—textbooks they must have bought cheaply before corrections were made. Instead of properly updating course materials, they just post pages of errata that go on for years.

I’m now looking for independent computing lecturers who can re-mark my paper. My plan is to take this to the press if necessary because, as it stands, the system isn’t fit for purpose. Markers can dash off any numbers they like if they’re short on time, and there’s no mechanism to catch it. Worse still, any appeal is an uphill battle since proving something like a “fabricated mark” feels almost impossible without their cooperation.

If you’re considering the Open University—or any institution, for that matter—be aware of how they handle appeals and how transparent (or not) their marking process is. In my view, this experience shows there’s a real need for greater oversight and accountability in distance learning institutions.

It’s expensive tho 😢

Thanks!!! May I ask you kindly plesse for a foreigner must we take the exams in UK or can we take all the exams in out country online?