<div class="fr-view"><p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">The Student Consultation Meetings take place across March each year, to gather student views across a range of topics and allow students to influence their student experience while studying with the OU.</span></p>
<p lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">In March 2022, we have consulted students on Sustainability, Staying on Track with your Studies, and the Future of Exams as part of our online Student Consultation Meetings. Since then, staff have been analysing the feedback — you can read the </span><a href="https://learn1live-s3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/d8/b6/d8b6f987c8b60daadae02c75c4eabdaacc63ed16?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22Student%20Consultation%20Meetings%2022%20Summary%20of%20Feedback.pdf%22&;response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&;X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&;X-Amz-Credential=AKIA4HQROLVIVP5SYXXC%2F20221117%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&;X-Amz-Date=20221117T151622Z&;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&;X-Amz-Expires=21600&;X-Amz-Signature=4d36181a7b4c744f0366c79ee2bff80a43e7edf1bec8d5ed19d555362eeeb157" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">summary of feedback</span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"> on our Student Consultation forum space — and we are now pleased to share the full response to the Student Consultation Meetings, including next steps.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">You can read the </span><a href="https://learn1.open.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/782840/mod_resource/content/1/Student%20Consultation%20Meetings%202022%20Full%20Response.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">full response</span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"> on our Student Consultation forum space.</span></p>
<p lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">Here are some highlights of the changes we have been able to make as a result of student feedback:</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><strong><u>Sustainability</u></strong></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">In September 2022, </span><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sos-uk.org%2Fproject%2Fresponsible-futures&;data=05%7C01%7Csophie.banks%40open.ac.uk%7C090026c8f337496679c508da8fdbd97b%7C0e2ed45596af4100bed3a8e5fd981685%7C0%7C0%7C637980471663393910%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&;sdata=tnBifPok%2FgX%2Bc2eqzCr%2F0v4z4SRziN0C6ncBqJAA%2FJU%3D&;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Responsible Futures</span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"> was launched, which gave the OU institutional accreditation for including sustainability and climate justice in the curriculum.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">Carbon Literacy training has been launched in partnership with the OU in Wales and the </span><a href="https://www.oustudents.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Students Association</span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">. You can sign up for the training in </span><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DVdQuDq-WAEG-06jl_ZgWhXEStMkL-NVIh57bKdBMWy5UMUo4VTBJNzk2NFJZWDVYS0NMWVFXMzNUWC4u&;data=05%7C01%7Csophie.banks%40open.ac.uk%7C090026c8f337496679c508da8fdbd97b%7C0e2ed45596af4100bed3a8e5fd981685%7C0%7C0%7C637980471663393910%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&;sdata=saA4ohJF0ktJClB9RInjgTrrhUlEmC1uiB%2FEMN8nqTg%3D&;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">English</span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"> and in </span><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fpages%2Fresponsepage.aspx%3Fid%3DVdQuDq-WAEG-06jl_ZgWhXEStMkL-NVIh57bKdBMWy5UQVdWWE81SUtKNkxST1dLV1dWNkNVOFVQSy4u&;data=05%7C01%7Csophie.banks%40open.ac.uk%7C090026c8f337496679c508da8fdbd97b%7C0e2ed45596af4100bed3a8e5fd981685%7C0%7C0%7C637980471663393910%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&;sdata=At2sjQEVzFvn9wPPAcErR%2FsA1kpIVxpRoAsiPN5VNj4%3D&;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Welsh</span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">OU research project on sustainability is now being shared across the student media channels including how these projects feed into our BBC co-productions.</span><span data-ccp-props="{";201341983";:0,";335559685";:0,";335559739";:160,";335559740";:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><strong><u>Staying on Track with your Studies</u></strong></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">Staff working on tuition are exploring innovations in tuition and making sure they consider the importance providing opportunities to foster tutor-student relationships.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">Several projects across the OU will be working together to ensure there is a joint-up approach to improve student readiness for study.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">The team redeveloping the student online experience will been ensuring their work involves providing opportunities for students to feel part of a community.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><strong><u>Future of exams</u></strong></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">Staff will ensure that there is clear guidance to support students with online exams, particularly on what to do if there are technical issues.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">Staff we be reviewing how online exams will be invigilated to ensure there is no academic misconduct.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">Staff will ensure they consider students digital skills in this area.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">To keep up to date on future work in these areas, </span><a href="http://www3.open.ac.uk/forms/mailinglist/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">sign up</span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"> to our Student Consultation Newsletter and check out </span><a href="https://community.open.ac.uk/student-voice" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Student Voice website</span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none">. We will also be looking for students to join our 2023 Student Consultation Meetings in the new year, so keep an eye on your emails for the opportunity to sign up.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing"><strong>Student Consultation Team</strong></span></span></p>
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