It was good. I took it almost as slowly as you can (typically one module per year) so it was 8 years from start to finish. In that time I got married, moved house twice and became a father so I wanted to avoid it taking over my life. Tutorials were local to home or work (I was lucky in that respect) but they did seem infrequent.
Tricky to recommend now the fees have quadrupled though (I paid about £4k in total for my degree, it'd be closer to £15k now); unless it's your first degree and you're considering the OU over a traditional university; then £5k a year is quite cheap as you can be much more flexible with life and (part/full-time) work.
I was considering either continuing with the OU with Maths on some of the Master's courses (those fees aren't subsidised in the same way that UG courses are), or switching to languages (French, German, Spanish) but the prices put me off those. For now I'll have a year or two off as a break.
I agree, the OU Maths degree is excellent, but it's been ruined by the new pricing arrangements. None of the really interesting people I met on the course would have been able to afford the new fees.
I've been toying with the idea of doing an OU maths degree. Not for the credentials but because I'd like to be good at maths... I hate not being able to understand it well. However I'm dismayed to hear the cost is now £15k.
It was good. I took it almost as slowly as you can (typically one module per year) so it was 8 years from start to finish. In that time I got married, moved house twice and became a father so I wanted to avoid it taking over my life. Tutorials were local to home or work (I was lucky in that respect) but they did seem infrequent.
Tricky to recommend now the fees have quadrupled though (I paid about £4k in total for my degree, it'd be closer to £15k now); unless it's your first degree and you're considering the OU over a traditional university; then £5k a year is quite cheap as you can be much more flexible with life and (part/full-time) work.
I was considering either continuing with the OU with Maths on some of the Master's courses (those fees aren't subsidised in the same way that UG courses are), or switching to languages (French, German, Spanish) but the prices put me off those. For now I'll have a year or two off as a break.