Important information about your YASS course    

WXM151 is split into two parts and studied through two different learning platform websites: OpenLearn and StudentHome:      

• You must complete Part 1 on OpenLearn first, before moving onto Part 2 on StudentHome.      
• You must start Part 1 by 04 October 2025 and should try to complete it by 31 January 2026.

Support for your studies   

For this course you won’t be allocated a tutor. If you have any questions about your course or your assessment, you can contact a team of Study Advisors for support. You can contact your Study Advisors through the forum on the WXM151 module website, which you can access through StudentHome.  

Part 1: OpenLearn

OpenLearn is The Open University’s free learning platform. OpenLearn is open to everyone and provides hundreds of free learning resources and short courses, many of which are based on Open University modules. It’s through this OpenLearn website that you will study the three Badged OpenLearn Courses (BOCs) that you’d like to do as part of your WXM151 studies.    

What you need to do:

• Complete three Badged Open Courses (BOCs) out of the four available options available below. You can do all four if you like.
• You can sign in to OpenLearn using the same password and email details that you use to sign into your StudentHome account. This means that your BOCs will be correctly linked to your StudentHome account.

How it works:

• Each BOC should take around 24 hours of work to complete. 
• You must manage your own time, through self-directed study, to make sure you have completed three BOCs by 31 January 2026.     
• We recommend you complete one BOC each month, across October, November and December.
• The YASS Team will be in touch with your school YASS Co-ordinator to let them know how you are getting on, so they can be confident that you are on track with your studies.

Part 2: StudentHome

You will use resources on the WXM151 module website, accessed via your StudentHome account, for the second part of your studies, which you should start by February 2026. These will help you to prepare your assessment, which will be due in April 2026. This part of the module is divided into five blocks. Each block is designed to consolidate knowledge and develop important transferable study skills. The blocks cover evaluating sources of information, reading for academic study, critical thinking and persuasive writing. Reflective skills form an essential part of study, and opportunities are also provided for reflection so you can consolidate and reflect on what you have learned.