excuses, excuses. as usual the #OU is not addressing any concerns raised openly, & by claiming this is a purely academic internal discussion they avoid the political agenda behind it all. cause let's face it, there IS one bc they allow weapons manufacturers to take seats in the university decision making bodies & fund & run the whole IT campus, to fill the public funding gap quietly privatising the university.
universities are PUBLIC assets private companies should be banned from investing in bc their only goal is profit & control.
they should pay their taxes instead.
the #OpenUniversity is complicit in war crimes & genocide paid for with our tuition fees.

https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/uncategorised/statement-from-the-open-university/

#press #news #IndependentMedia

Staggering amount of parents are losing the junk food war with their children, experts say

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/parents-junk-food-children-healthy-37133131

So even if I don't submit my final assessment, I have still passed one module with 59.64%. So maybe I can chill a teeny bit about getting this final assignment right.

#StudentsInWales #OpenUniversity

I fucking hate that Open University have made me hate education when I used to love it - specifically when it was socially not ok to enjoy it. I fucking loved the academic side of school and college, and the teeny amount of uni I did way back.

But have they really made me hate "education"?! I think what they are doing is not by definition education...

#OpenUniversity

Restarted all my (week long) practicals this morning and I'm already seeing some corrosion so at least I know these effing nails aren't coated. I'll get one of the practicals (copper chemistry) written up tomorrow and the two longer ones next weekend.

Speeding through molecular biology and genetics now, as 'm trying to get ahead of myself for Busy May. It was my thing when I was at uni decades ago so the vibe is pretty relaxed, even if the pace isn't. All good!

#Studying #OpenUniversity

Fuck it, I've submitted my assignment. It's trash and probably not what they want, but it is not gonna matter how many times I re-read their instructions and ask other people about them, because the problem is the instructions.

#OpenUniversity #StudentsInWales

Today on my #OpenUniversity tutorial, "You MAY be asked to look at primary sources in higher levels."

Apparently at level 3 you do have to do "some."

I've said it before and I will say it again; this isn't a university, this is a playgroup.

omfg, for the final assignment of this year you are still explicitly not allowed any external sources. Only the module materials, i.e. the books and website info they provide. No actual studies.

How is this possibly a uni degree?

#OpenUniversity #StudentsInWales