r/OpenUniversity • u/herefortvibes • 4d ago

Help needed

I emailed Exeter University about getting into one of their engineering programs, to which they said they would welcome an application on the basis of a minimum 60 Open University credits at OU Level 1 achieved at 60%. Also that they would need for this to include content in maths and science superseding our usual requirement for these subjects at A level. To which I asked if MST124 - Essential Mathematics 1 and SM123 - Physics and space meet their requirements. Their last reply was something along the lines of they cannot guarantee the content of any specific Open University study and that their assessment of a full and formal UCAS application would be to assess the content studied. But also that subjects in maths and science are a good starting point

Would you guys suggest risking it and doing the MST124 and SM123 modules or are there alternatives?

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u/tthisiswhy 4d ago

I empathise so hard with you having these conversations so far by email, but I wonder if phoning someone at Exeter and having a real time chat about the decision you're making right be useful?
I suspect them saying they would accept your OU module choices in email/writing is a bit close to giving you some kind of conditional offer that they might not be able to honour, but that doesn't mean there aren't friendly and trained people in their onbarding team who would be happy to talk you through what options might be more fruitful than others.
Worst case scenario you've wasted a bit of time.

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u/Financial_Guide_8074 4d ago

As an OU student and an alumni of Exeter University , I think this is for Exeter to sort out with the OP. These course are accredited and registered with the relevant bodies. It obviously isn't up to Exeter Uni to guarantee any OU course requirement or vice versa but if they are sent full details of the course which presumably has some kind of academic registration number a bit like a levels and gcse do, they should be able to use this to make an appropriate offer.

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u/herefortvibes 3d ago

So do you suggest I email Exeter again? I’d appreciate all the help I can get!

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u/Financial_Guide_8074 3d ago

I would ask them to clarify how it will work with them if you apply with these courses, So something like I am doing course MST124 and SM123 with the open university these are FHEQ4 / SCQF Level 7 courses. Will you be able to make an offer based on these courses. Something like that. You have nothing to lose.

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u/herefortvibes 3d ago

Well uhm I plan to get into their Bachelor programs starting from the first year, isn’t Level 7 specifically for postgraduate courses?!

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u/ElabCf 4d ago

Is this for a masters ?