Has anyone done a degree with Open University?

No, no high paying job, but at that time the cost of the OU degree was much much less then it is now.

I have done several courses with the OU. I chose an "Open" degree with areas of public administration, education and psychology. I did a BA then upgraded it to a BSc(Hons)(Open).  I have also done advanced postgrad courses in special education and working with children. At the time I had been diagnosed ADHD and they were very supportive. ( The autism diagnosis came much more recently.)

I have also worked for the OU as a Social Work Practice Educator. Their support structures seem very efficient. It is possible to do a degree in three years if you do 120 points (two full courses) per year.  I did it whilst I was working, and it was hard going, but if you are not working full-time as well it might be less stressful.  (In my case the ADHD meant I only needed to sleep four hours per night, which helped!)

I did several psychology modules and found them interesting. There is also the option that if you don't like the course you can switch subjects and do an Open degree, or take a Certificate or Diploma.  Good luck!

did it get you a high paying job is the real question as to whether it was worth it really?
usually degrees and stuff are to unclock jobs above minimum wage, into the 50k plus a year range.

Yes a long time ago.

I'm not sure you can study full time with the OU, obviously you can do enough modules to make it full time, but I know my ex got none of the benefits, like council tax discounts etc when he took a year off to finish his course, apparently the OU dosen't count as being a full time student.

16 years is a long time though.... if it takes over 16 years then 16 years it wont be useful fast enough for you anyway.

doesnt more education mean higher role which means more responsibility though?

if responsibility is the issue for you you dont need education, you just need the lowest rung of job that holds no responsibility where every mistake you do is your line managers problem instead lol

I studied for a BSc in Mathematics in my spare time whilst working, completing it about 6 years ago. It took around 5 years doing it part-time. It was ideal for me. There was the option of attending tutorials, but I walked out of the first one after 10 minutes as it seemed pointless (and was surprisingly poorly attended) and did not go to any after that. One tutor refused to provide an address for sending assignments until I had attended a tutorial, which the OU accepted was inappropriate when I complained, and they were happy to swap me over to another tutor. A limited example, but they were supportive and understanding in that situation.

There were regular assignment deadlines, most counting towards my final mark, and only one group project, but other than that I had control over my schedule. The learning materials were good. I would have preferred 100% coursework, but most modules involved an exam, which turned out to be OK (looking at loads of past papers was the key, which could be purchased at minimal cost from the student union). Unlike another respondent, there was absolutely no coursework over the summer, and the timetable largely mirrored a regular university. I was fortunate in just completing it under the old fee regime, which was about one-third of the current cost, so it felt like good value for money at the time.

It is worth contemplating whether a modicum of social contact as part of any course would be advantageous, if you are going to lose the day-to-day interactions of work. Psychology seems like the type of subject that probably only really comes alive when you are discussing the concepts with other people. Debating ideas with others in person can be stressful and intimidating at times, but I think that I benefited from that when taking my masters in town planning, giving me greater confidence in what I was learning than would have been the case by simply reading.

Ensure you don't lose the credits you have, as I did, because I left it too long to start again.

I gave up when my dad passed away and had a long break without an awareness that there is a time limit on how long the courses you have studied will still be able to be counted.

16 years is the maximum that study counts towards a degree:

https://credit-transfer.open.ac.uk/study-more-16-years-old

An ex did one and didn't find it a good experience, partly it was his own fault for not joining the online group, and not going to seminars that often, but worst of all for him was that unknowingly the computer course he was doing was in a language that isn't used comercially.

OU does do summer schools, I guess a lot of it is different now due to social media, but when I looked at OU courses I found them very limited in subject matter, I wanted to do history and they don't do proper history, only modern which is more like old news than history. There didn't seem to  be much in the way of support for learning difficulties. The majority of the course work is done in summer when lecturers arn't in their normal universities teaching, for me summer is a time to be outside doing thing and winter is a time for study.

I don't know if this is helpful or not.

I'm currently on my second degree with the OU. It's been a brilliant experience.

I'm also choosing psychology for my specialist subjects.

I did my first degree (English & creative writing) full-time and managed ok. I did no other work though. It needed all my focus. And l did 30 + hours a week. 

I hadn't been diagnosed during my first degree. And I struggled a lot with tutorials and stopped attending live ones.

The tutors were great though, and would send over recordings of tutorials etc. You can do these in your own time. There's no pressure to attend live ones.

Now I'm diagnosed, l think I can ask for accommodations. l haven't done though as the way everything's structured is really good. 

I highly recommend it. The materials are great and it gives you a positive focus. I'll probably do a masters next!

Good luck with your choice.

My daughter made the same decision.

She's doing a psychology degree with a terrestrial university P/T and working with M/H services (and doing good) P/T...

I've thought about it but not done it so far. I'll be interested to hear of anyone's experiences of it too