In July 2024 the university published the Conditions of Registration for Postgraduate Research Students 2024/25.
There were several significant changes from the previous version of this document (Conditions of Registration 2023/24). These are:
a. General restructuring of the document. This includes moving The Open University’s Equality Diversity and Inclusion commitment statement and the “Conditions of Registration superseded by this document” section to the end of this document.
b. References to the OU Students Association have been amended to Open University Students Association (OUSA) within the section ‘The Open University Study Charter Values'.
c. Information about Safe Space Reporting has been added to end of the document.
d. Clause A8.2 has been updated to include reference to The Open University’s Retention Policy.
e. The Open University use and process your personal information created as a result of your study, as detailed in Clause A8.2.
f. Additional information in Clause A9.2 about how The Open University will communicate with you and support you if there is industrial action.
g. Revised wording in Clause A13 about your obligation to engage with the Fitness to Study policy if requested, although the message given has not changed.
h. Addition of Clause F2.3 detailing your responsibility in keeping your Open University account secure.
i. Addition of Clause J3 in Section J “Affiliation with Third-Party Organisations”.
j. The procedure for disclosing any unspent criminal convictions has been removed from Section K “Disclosing criminal convictions, legal restrictions, and conditions”. Instead, you should refer to the Supporting Students subject to legal license, restriction, condition, or orders policy document for the procedure.
