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O U S A London Open DaySunday 23rd November 2008O U in London Regional Centre, 1-11 Hawley Crescent, Camden Town, NW1 8NPFollowing the success of our October Open Day we will be holding another on Sunday 23rd November at our Regional Centre in Camden. Come along to meet with other students and see the following. Places on some workshops are limited, so please send an email to reserve your place or for further details. Send an email to train followed by the "at" sign and then ousalondon.org.uk for reservations or queries.Introduction to the O U online libraryAfter this you will feel confident in accessing the vast library resources available on-line to all OU students. We have a tutor who will help show you how to get the best out of the library. There will be four half hour sessions from 10.30am. Prep and Rev - Pre-booking RequiredBased on the premise that revision begins when you open your first book, not when you close the last, this workshop will help you revise and to prepare for your exams – hence its name! The workshop will include items such as calming and energising exercises; advice on study and revision sessions; doing a recce; and what not to wear! The workshop will run from 10.00am to 1.30pm. To reserve a place please send an email as above and you will be given instructions on where to send your refundable-on-the-day £7.50 registration fee. The places are limited and go very quickly so please don’t delay making your reservation! FirstClass WorkshopThis is will enable you to interact with other students with confidence using the FirstClass software. Apart from the social inter-action with other students, it is an essential skill on many courses and certainly desirable on all courses. There will be four half hour sessions from 11.00am. O U S A Student CardsPlease bring a passport-size photograph and proof that you are currently studying with the Open University. We can also take your photograph in exchange for a small donation to the OUSA charity, Open University Students’ Education Trust (O U S E T). Book StallBring and buy in aid of O U S E T – Lots of current and old course books to choose from – you may be lucky and find some real bargains! T-ShirtsT shirts, sweatshirts, scarves and other clothing embellished with the O U logo will be on sale along with some gift items. Branch MeetingCome and have your say on what you want the branch to do in the coming year and what you would like us to ask the Open University to change. From 2.00pm. Don't forget that the branch meetings will also be held online in the London FirstClass forum, so if you are unable to make the meeting at Camden you can also join in there. In future our events will also appear in the diary section of the Open University Network of Facebook. You can also say there whether you will be coming and leave comments both before and after the event. Our own group has also just been opened on Facebook for O U S A London. Why not join in the fun and see us there? A note on accessibilityWe have tried to make this site as accessible as possible, especially for those using electronic readers which is why acronyms (such as that for Open University Students' Association) has spaces in between the letters. The downside of this is that sometimes they can run over two lines! We have also kept the site deliberately simple, without bells and whistles, so that as each web-master moves on to pastures new, their successor need not be a skilled web designer. Membership of O U S AEvery Open University student automatically becomes a member of O U S A (pronounced Ooo-sah). Membership is free and by becoming involved in your student association you will develop personal skills that perhaps you didn’t even know you had! We can help you, train you, and together we can help our fellow students. The main objectives of O U S A are to represent, to support, and to socialise! QuickNewsFollowing the successful Study Skills Workshops and Branch Meetings that attracted a total of around 70 students, the number of people receiving “QuickNews” messages has increased significantly. If you would like to be included in this external email service that will keep you posted on up to date information about events, between newsletters, send an email to: rf-comm followed by the "at" sign and then ousalondon.org.ukWhat is the London Regional Forum?The London Regional Forum [R F] is just one of the 13 that make up the Students' Association. It comprises student volunteers who are elected from the two London branches, and other members such as the President of O U S A and the Executive Committee Member for the Region (the E C M). The Executive Committee comprises the President and her Deputy; various Vice Presidents; the E C Ms from the regions; and various representatives to other bodies. All are student volunteers. London has around 26,000 of the O U's current 167,000 students. Use the links on the left to navigate through the site. |