Distance learning degrees

Diddums said:
Thanks for all the replies folks.


My wife and I went to the Open University's open day in Enfield on Saturday, I was quite impressed with the service and organization they had, and we've decided that this is the route we want to go down.

My wife wants to study criminology and psychology, and I'm going for engineering. I've done a few aptitude tests regarding this and they all point towards civil engineering. The problem with that is that the OU doesn't do civil engineering. Apparently it's a bit of a difficult one to learn part time due to the amount of class time you need, which does make sense.

This coupled with the fact that I'm still not 100% sold on the civil engineering part (aerospace engineering also appeals to me and scored quite high in my aptitude tests) means I'll do the general engineering degree and see where that takes me. After a couple of years, when I'm more cinfident in my abilities, I'll start putting out some lines to see if I can start a career which will suit my needs and wants more.

Another issue I'm facing is that the shut off date for February's starting period is on Wednesday, I doubt I'll have a student loan by then :p

I'll have to wait until October to start, but what's 8 more months when I've waited 30 years to do this.

Might find a maths class to do in the mean time, just to brush up on thigs (I was always quite strong at maths at school, but it's been a while).
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I have some level 1 maths PDFs if you want them. Courses MU123 and MST121. MU123 is GCSE/A-Level level and MST121 is a step up from A-Level (from what I can remember).

Edit: Where did you get info about student loans etc? I paid for all mine up front (about £6500) but now they cost about £13000. I'm interested in perhaps doing a masters or some other modules.
 
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Hi Andrew, that'd be great! Really appreciate that, thanks.


Also,

In today's episode of WTF is Diddums doing, let's talk about Civil Engineering degrees. This by it's very nature is a bit of a tricky one to do distance / part time, but I've found this or [URL="http://www.tees.ac.uk/parttime_courses/Engineering/BEng_(Hons)_Civil_Engineering.cfm"]this.[/URL] There are two snags with this, one being that I will need to attend class one day a week which I should be able to work around, the other being that I will require an HND in civil engineering before I'm eligible and this is where I'm getting stuck.

Anyone got any recommendations? All I seem to be able to find are courses which require the HND to enter, but not the HND itself :confused:
 
Progress is being made :D

I found a degree which I can do in 6 years. The first two are an HNC in Civil Engineering at London South Bank University.

The last four are the Bachelors in Civil Engineering also at LSBU.

I've spoken to the student loans company, and they've said that should my application be successful, they will cover all 6 years.

Anyone got any experience or input regarding LSBU?

I'm getting closer to starting this, it's getting pretty damn exciting!
 
amigafan2003 said:
When we used to recruit at HP, any candidates with an OU degree went to the top of the pile.
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I can completely understand why, thos who can study in their spare time whilst holding a FT job are seen by potential employers as hard workers and are given a first good impression.

I haven't had anyone I know take an OU degree, but from what I have heard from "friends of friends" i have not been told anything negative.

as long as you stick to it and work hard (I have no reason to think you wont) then you should have no problems.
 
I took some undergraduate OU modules when I was pursuing some postgraduate studies.

My 2 cents: the OU modules are certainly serious and the qualifications are real, but I would say that they are not as difficult as the material I studied in the my brick-and-mortar undergraduate degree (Nottingham uni).
 
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