Has anyone had their books yet? OU say they were dispatched on the 21st December

I was wondering the same thing CFB, Thought I might be the only one still waiting. certainly more than 10 days even with Christmas posting. Same here says dispatch date 21st December!

Not giving us long to digest all the reading is it!

Still waiting for mine too!

No it doesn't give us much reading time before the course starts. I was hoping to get the books fairly soon so I could get ahead and do the first TMA well before it's due. Looks like I won't get the chance to do that now

I sent an email asking when the books would be dispatched. received a reply saying they hadn't got all the course work books in yet but they would be with us at least a week before the start date.!!!! Can't see my first assignment being up to much then.

Hmm.. course starts in 2 weeks.. allow 10 days for delivery of materials FROM despatch date,whenever that will be....not good news for those of us that did want an early start.. agreed..

Just checked with the link they gave me and they still haven't been despatched yet.

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This link will tell you when they have been sent

i remeber getting my E243 books before Xmas and the course didnt start till February

thats def not enough time to get the reading done

Looks like the books will be despatched with very little time to read anything in detail. Like you Bluebell I don't think my first TMA will be up to much either!! I can't understand why they should have a problem with the course work books, it's not like they didn't know when the course would be starting!!!!

I had an email from the OU today to say the books will be despatched this week and will be with me shortly. I'll believe it when I see them! Looks like any free time I had will be used up speed reading for the next few weeks

I am last minute trying to decide whether to start U212 alongside DD100 ( which I'm finding really boring after E111) and I only have until Friday to decide. I know you haven't got your stuff yet, but are any of you able to access the course resources online yet? If so I was wondering if any of you would be kind enough to let me know when the TMAs are due so I can see if they coincide with any of DD100s. I tried ringing OU today and they said they would email me a copy of it , but so far I haven't received it.
Thanks.

Thank you so much

Hi i have just done DD100 and am about to start u212.

I would say i probably spent about 8 - 10 max hours a week on DD100. You can be very selective about what you study so if you wanted to you can miss HUGE chunks out and still get great marks. I did find DD100 very boring though, but then again economics, politics and such like are not my cup of tea.

Good luck if you decide to do both. If you have the time, i would certainly give it a go.

Bluebell, i have my tutorial details now and they are at Nottm trent, clifton site. Have you heard yet?

OU have now stated that course materials SHOULD be with us by 19th Jan..Although they have not been despatched yet!