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Anyone from Liverpool/Merseyside are-?

Hi, just wondering if there are people from the Liverpool/Merseyside area starting in October or already on a course. Would love to make some new friends 🙂

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Reply 1

mattk1

Hi Amber,

I'm in Litherland, anywhere near you? :-)

I'm due to start my second Level 2 module in Computing and IT in October. How about you?

Cheers,
Matt

Open University

Milton Keynes

Reply 2

Amberw_

Original post by mattk1

Hi Amber,

I'm in Litherland, anywhere near you? :-)

I'm due to start my second Level 2 module in Computing and IT in October. How about you?

Cheers,
Matt

Hi Matt, I'm in Bootle so right next door!
I'm starting BSc Forensic Psychology in October!

Reply 3

Kieranisda1

Original post by Amberw_

Hi Matt, I'm in Bootle so right next door!
I'm starting BSc Forensic Psychology in October!

I live in Bootle too by Derby Park, where are you

Reply 4

Amberw_

Original post by Kieranisda1

I live in Bootle too by Derby Park, where are you

At the front of the strand by the Delta place

Reply 5

Kieranisda1

Original post by Amberw_

At the front of the strand by the Delta place

Are you fit :sexface:

Reply 6

Amberw_

Original post by Kieranisda1

Are you fit :sexface:

the fittest

Reply 7

Kieranisda1

Original post by Amberw_

the fittest

I'll take you on a date to the poundbakery in the Strand if you like :wink:

Reply 8

Amberw_

Original post by Kieranisda1

I'll take you on a date to the poundbakery in the Strand if you like :wink:

Aww you're so kind! :suith:

Reply 9

Stinktank

If I can sort my loan out I should be starting Natural Sciences in October. I'm from Bootle too, and I work in The Strand :O Small world.

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Reply 10

Amberw_

Wow it really is isn't it! To be honest I didn't think I would find anyone that even lived close!

Reply 11

Stinktank

Are you gonna be studying 120 credits?

Reply 12

Amberw_

Original post by Stinktank

Are you gonna be studying 120 credits?

Yeah, don't know how I'm going to cope with studying full time and working! Are you doing 120?

Reply 13

mattk1

Hi Amber, wow you are brave taking on 120 credits and working full time. Wish I was as brave as that! Best of luck :biggrin:

Reply 14

Stinktank

Original post by Amberw_

Yeah, don't know how I'm going to cope with studying full time and working! Are you doing 120?

I'm trying to make a short film with a friend, so I'm doing 60 credits for the time being, and I'll just see which is more of a priority over time.

Reply 15

Stinktank

Original post by mattk1

Hi Amber,

I'm in Litherland, anywhere near you? :-)

I'm due to start my second Level 2 module in Computing and IT in October. How about you?

Cheers,
Matt

How's your experience with the OU been so far?

Reply 16

Scott2016

I'm from Anfield starting Physics/ Astronomy in October. .

Reply 17

mattk1

Original post by Stinktank

How's your experience with the OU been so far?

Hi Stinktank,

Yeah pretty good so far to be honest, I've really enjoyed all the modules I've completed despite it being stressful at times when deadlines get closer and I have other commitments (i.e. work, kids etc).

I did two 30 credit level 1 modules at the same time, MU123 Discovering Mathematics and TM129 Technologies in Practice and afterwards I said to myself never to do two modules at the same time - it was very stressful!

I completed T215 in May of this year and that was a heavy-going 60 credit L2 module so I've decided to reduce my study intensity to just 30 credits per year for the next six years (yikes!). I am keen to get good marks and for me trying two study two modules at once I found hard, and they were only level 1 modules.

Thing for me was before I started studying I would waste hours just watching crap on YouTube but now my time on my laptop is actually spent doing something productive. Yes six years is a long time but I think slow and steady is the way to go, rather than try to take on too much and not do as well, or not take in all the information.

By the way there is an OU app you can download onto your phone which allows you to access lots of your study material. I found this really useful when I had some idle time to just be able to read through material on my phone i.e. when waiting at the dentist, or waiting for the bus, anywhere :-)

Anyway good luck with your studies.