Open University Students Association Disabled Students Group

06/01/2018

'Have you used the Access to Work Mental Health Programme?

We'd like to build information to help other so if you have please contact us at: https://help.open.ac.uk/contact-a-careers-adviser & ask for Jane Gregory or Cathy Lovell.

For more details we have a webinar at: https://learn1.open.ac.uk/mod/connecthosted/view.php?id=17949

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05/01/2018

Student Hub Live workshop 10 January: Get your study priorities sorted!
Student Hub Live workshop (10 January): New Year's resolutions, Get your study priorities sorted!

The focus of this new hour-long evening workshop on Wednesday 10 January will be on re-prioritising your study goals and reconsidering time management.

Tutors Isabella Henman and Karen Foley will lead the discussion about what is (and is not!) working for you in terms of managing your study time. This will include sharing some examples of useful time management techniques.

The workshop will be run in an online room and will include plenty of opportunities for interaction with the tutors and your fellow students. It will start with a 5 minute video introducing what will be covered in the session, followed by a 10 minute presentation using the whiteboard and 30 minutes of breakout activities. At the end, everybody will come back together for a 15 minute plenary and the opportunity to share learnings together.

Due to the expected high number of participants, there will be 2 sessions as follows:

• Access and Level 1 students: Welcome 6.45pm, session runs 7-8pm (register online at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-years-resolutions-get-your-study-priorities-sorted-access-and-level-1-tickets-41312343331)

• Level 2 and 3: Welcome 8.15pm, session runs 8.30 – 9.30pm (register online at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-years-resolutions-get-your-study-priorities-sorted-level-2-and-3-tickets-41312615144)

You can watch the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Vs4hYNXXo, or to get more information, please visit SHL Website at http://studenthublive.open.ac.uk/.

All SHL events are online, interactive, free and open to all students. You can find us on Twitter: ( ), or you can email us at [email protected].

Next events include a Study Skills workshop (22 January, 10am - 12pm) and (re)Freshers Orientation (all day 31 January and 1 February 2018).

This hour long online session will focus on reprioritising study goals and reconsidering time management as we begin the new year. Everyone is welcome to attend this event and there will be space to consider goals for the February start, but this event is timed to accommodate those who are already s...

03/01/2018

New Year, New Career? JobZone is the online vacancy service just for Open University students and graduates, currently featuring opportunities from over 180 top employers.

It advertises hundreds of jobs & placements, including part-time positions, ‘work from home’ opportunities and diversity internship programmes.

Sign up at:

Our online job vacancy service

23/12/2017

Fancy a chat on Christmas Day?
Want to get away from your family for a bit?

Join our student volunteers Steph Stubbins and Cath Brown for a special Christmas edition of the Community Drop-In on Christmas Day, Monday 25 December, between 6.30pm – 8.30pm in our new Adobe Connect room. Come along and have a chat with your fellow OU students about anything from OU study to what’s the best Christmas film. We'd love to see you there!

Join in on Adobe Connect: https://learn1.open.ac.uk/mod/connecthosted/view.php?id=18798

09/12/2017

Nightline

Nightline Listening Service for all students.

Hello everyone, Just to remind you that Nightline is available to all students in need of support during the coming holiday period.

The 15th December will be our last night open of the year, and then we'll be reopening on the 8th January. Whilst the lines are closed, we will still be running the email service: [email protected],

From Eileen

Nightline Ambassador
http://www.nightline.org.uk

We are students there for students. We are a confidential listening, support and practical information service for students in London and Open University. You can talk to us about anything – big or small – in complete confidence. We won’t judge you or tell you how to run your life: we’ll sim...

03/12/2017

For today's we say a big thank you to our wonderful Peer Supporters! Find out more and nominate a student volunteer on our website https://oustudents.co/sunday03-12-17

01/12/2017

Read all about it! The OU Students mag should be landing in your inbox over the next few days. Can't wait? Read it early right here: https://oustudents.co/MAG_Winter17

01/12/2017

The next edition of Studio will be taking place this evening from 7pm.  During the show the Hosts will lead a short reflective piece on behalf of PLEXUS and the entire OU Community, followed by a one minutes silence.Click here to access the show event on Facebook.

29/11/2017

Date for your diary from Student Hub live team

Student Hub Live, 1 Dec @ 1-3pm – Online discussion: Globalisation and technological advantages

Topics will include:

• The effect of social media, big data and technological advances
• What is the learning for organisations?
• Management training and sustaining ethical business in an ever challenging political, Economic and technological landscape

Although primarily focussed towards business, this event covers many interesting subjects and is open to all students.
Read more about our panellists and register on the Eventbrite page:http://socsi.in/hY3S9
To watch and interact on the day, please visit the SHL Website: http://socsi.in/Vx3Me

The event will held 1pm – 3pm, but you can join us in the chat room from 12:30am to take part in the online discussions. You can also send your tweets to Student Hub ( ) or email us at [email protected].

We will be joined by an international panel of visiting fellows (here for one month only!) to discuss key topical issues, giving different perspectives from Africa, Asia, Europe and the USA. Topics will include the effect of social media, what is the learning for organisations and management traini...

28/11/2017

Cherry said "Going to the Association Office; getting together with colleagues and other students in MK always puts a smile on my face. "😍

“Cherry (VP Equal Opps) and Sammi who works in Student Support making exciting plans for 2018 and beyond ”

26/11/2017

Studying a Psychology or Counselling? Unsure of the wide range of career options open to you?

Want to know about work experience, how to identify your transferable skills, or further study?

Join OU Careers Consultants Siobhan, Sophie & Becky for a live Q&A careers chat on the FASS page, Thursday 30th November, 12-2pm. If you're not already following them do so at:

https://www.facebook.com/theopenuniversity.OUFASSstudents/ To take part in the live chat follow the link for the event and go to the Discussion tab.
OU Careers and Employability Services
https://help.open.ac.uk/topic/careers

Welcome to the social student community for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) 👋

23/11/2017

NIGHTLINE

Why Not Save the Nightline Number to your Phone Right Now?
020 7631 0101
OU student life is not easy. You’re studying hard; you might be working full or part-time, have caring responsibilities and coping with all the anxieties that life throws at you. We all have mental health whether or not we consider it to be a problem and talking it out can make a great difference to your wellbeing.

If you need someone to talk to, who’ll listen to your thoughts and feelings in a non-judgemental way, OU students can call Nightline, a confidential listening and information service run by students for students.

Nightline’s highly trained student volunteers are available from 6pm to 8am through the night and they’re waiting to hear from you. No topic is off bounds and they’ll listen as long as you need.

Lines are now open to take your calls. Students outside of the UK are recommended to use Skype to phone for free. If you ring outside of hours you’ll receive information about the Samaritans and a contact number to call. There’s a related email service operating alongside the hotline and outside of hotline hours. If you make contact in this way, you’ll receive a reply within 48 hours.

Call: 020 7631 0101
or Instant message (Skype): chat.nightline
or Skype Phone: londonnightline
or by text: 07717 989 900
You can email the team at any time on [email protected]

Don’t assume you’ll never need to call on a friendly listening ear.
Don’t underestimate how much a chat might help.
Do keep these details to hand… just in case!

Interested in volunteering for Nightline or getting more information?

We are students there for students. We are a confidential listening, support and practical information service for students in London and Open University. You can talk to us about anything – big or small – in complete confidence. We won’t judge you or tell you how to run your life: we’ll simply list...