By I was in Carlisle yesterday morning for a T175 tutorial. Unfortunately, only the tutor, one other student and I turned up. It seems that with Cumbria being a fairly sparse region the OU places foreign-based students in Cumbrian tutor groups to make up the numbers. This obviously means that the foreign students are more than likely going to be unable to attend tutorials.
Anyway, even though there was only the tutor and 2 students in attendance I still felt it was a useful exercise. I got to know a bit about both the tutor and other student and they managed to allay my concerns about getting back into a study mindset. It would appear that Lynn, the other student, started doing M150 back in October and had similar concerns. We also briefly discussed time management issues and the first TMA and got a clearer idea of what sorts of things we should be doing.
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