The Open University

This provider's outcome

This provider's overall rating is Gold. Typically, the experience students have at The Open University and the outcomes it leads to are outstanding.

This provider's student experience rating is Silver, which means the student academic experience is typically very high quality.

This provider's student outcomes rating is Gold, which means student outcomes are typically outstanding.

Summary statement

The summary statement sets out the TEF panel’s reasoning for its ratings decisions.

It is a simplified version of the full statement, which has been shared with the university or college.

Provider submission

The provider submission is the evidence submitted by the university or college for consideration by the TEF panel.

Please note that we may have redacted content from the submission where this is necessary for data protection. This will appear as blank spaces in the documents.

See the provider submission documents

Student submission

The student submission is an independent submission made by students at the university or college, for consideration by the TEF panel. It was optional to make a student submission, so not all universities and colleges will have one.

Please note that we may have redacted content from text submissions where this is necessary for data protection. This will appear as blank spaces in the documents.

Also, some student submissions took the form of audio or video files, and it may not have been possible for us to publish these. We have noted on the submission where it is a transcript of an audio or video submission.

See the student submission documents

TEF data

The links below take you to the data dashboards the TEF panel used in its assessments.

The TEF indicators dashboard shows student experience and student outcomes measures for this university or college.

The size and shape of provision dashboard shows information about the university or college’s courses and students.