Whoops. A while has passed since the last update, so here’s a catch-up post.
- Wrote to my MP for the first time over the ELQ funding issue – which affects me, as it would knock short courses on the head, along with the idea I’ve been toying with of doing a BSc(Hons) Physical Science [...]

Hmm. I sense an unfortunate coming-together of deadlines across three courses that means October / November is going to be hectic…
T224 Exam: 16th October
S199 ECA deadline: 31st October
M257 TMA01 deadline: 15th November
I think my one-month break is about to come back and bite me. The original plan had been to have S199 completed [...]

Okay, my T224/TMA04 mark is now in, and I’ve redone my substitution sums – as I suspected, if I’d scored 85% on the final TMA, I’d have been in the position where I would have needed to score 85% – not a mark higher or lower – to get a distinction for this course, thanks [...]

With T224 coming to an end, I’ve been playing around with Marx and the OU’s own Assessment Calculator to work out what I’ll potentially need to get a distinction on the course. With T224 not counting towards the honours calculation on the degree I’m working towards, the pass grade isn’t really important as such, [...]

M255’s out of the way now, and I’ve just submitted TMA04 for T224. Since the T224 exam’s not until mid-October & my next SSC (S199 Modelling the Climate) doesn’t begin for another month, I’m at a loose end for a month. This is a new experience for me – although I suspect someone [...]