Studying Update
Open University
I’ve now completed the first section of study on the Open University course and submitted the first of four TMA’s (tutor marked assessment). The first TMA was only 500 words which I thought was a bit ridiculous, the first assessment for the social science course was 800 words. I completed the case study and submitted it for marking, the results came back and my first reaction was dissapointment, I did far better on my first TMA on the social science course, however the comments from the tutor were pretty good and friends (ex-students) have said that it was fine, it’s also only worth 10% of the overall mark. I got 66%.
I’m now working on the section covering human resource management, which has been hard going it’s not the most interesting (for me) topic, although I did enjoy the bit about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. I’m now in the process of writing the second TMA.
The Degree
In November I applied for an entrepreneurship and marketing management degree at a university in Edinburgh. To help my chances I updated my application to include four other associated courses and last week I received a response – five unconditional offers.
To say I was flabbergasted was an understatement. I’ve accepted my first choice and look forward to enrolling in September 
Don’t be dishearetened by your mark. It just means you’ll set the bar even higher next time. That’s the whole point of learning.
And wow! 5 unconditional offers is blumming brilliant!!
When I tought at uni, 66% was a top mark, a 2.1. So well done! Also for the 5 unconditional offers!
I should really have one of those on my blog too…
And I can’t but notice the Save the Children ad at the right
Ah don’t fret 66% – it’s a pass/fail course so anything over 40% is the mutts nuts. Well done on the brick uni – have fun with that!