I went to uni before and had to swap course out of just being out of my depth and can't get any decent jobs now.

I've been looking at at either an Engineering or Comp Sci degree with them as I could still get the tuition fee loan.

Just it's another 3 years of my life for what may be looked down upon by employers.

Hi, I am on s390 project module.  Can you tell me what the OU position is on using google search results which give AI information when on a category 1 module.  I know you cannot use AI to answer module questions, although in 390 the only question is the research question you ask yourself and no AI could answer that anyway because it takes a complex hypothesis driven experiment to answer that.   So if I was to ask google anything  its  just to explain something like how a statistical test works, or how certain people do things in the geology industry, these are all like sub project learning goals.  I used to be able to ask google stuff like that and not flout conduct rules but now it has AI results.

Now I have read the OU AI guidance and module guidance and it talks about using AI for learning but it is still vague about using google AI search results.   As even are the tutors who want a 5 day wait and email back and forth which could take 10 days for every question.  It is impossible to proceed like that with so many aspects to learn I would need double the module time for 5-10 day waits on everything.  Am sure we all know you cannot use AI to complete an assessment or answer assessment questions so I am NOT asking about that.

I see other students discuss openly on the internal student forums they get google AI to explain concepts to them.   I have to presume its ok but due to the serious consequences in conduct reviews,  still I do not want to presume anything.

What is your take on this.

So today I finally got my final module result so have completed my undergraduate.

How fast do the final classification get sorted as my postgraduate starts on Monday 🫣

I’m in the process of applying for the BEng before the September deadline. As I already have a degree, this will be the last opportunity I have to apply for the tuition fee loan so the decision has been made quite quickly (although it had been on my radar for a good 2-3 years now).

As the decision is quite rushed because of the deadline, I don’t want to miss out on applying but I’m still unsure on how I will manage a distance course with other things happening in life at the moment. I’d like to give it a try though.

I still intend to start the course will full commitment, but for my peace of mind, what would I be financially on the hook for if I start the initial 30 credit module but decide it’s not for me a couple of months later? From what I’ve read, it would be something like £500 if I withdraw before 31st December?

I'm on Q77 (Mathematics and Physics), and I've completed SM123 and S284 so far with distinctions, this October I'll be doing MST124 and MST125. I work in retail currently, should I try applying for some entry-level admin positions? I've always tried applying to these, but never got any responses back haha, I only had GCSEs and 2 A-levels on my CV until I started my OU degree. These days even entry-level admin jobs have hundreds of applications and usually they hire those with experience.

But I was wondering if anyone here has an uncompleted degree but completed modules and used these to apply for jobs?