Open University degrees

[neviditelny]

I've been thinking for quite some time about changing career partly or at least get myself a good qualification. Now I've found a Degree that I'm really interested which is available on both Open University and other universities. The problem I have is that I can't financially afford to leave work and go to uni full time which makes the OU very interesting.

I know some people here have done part-time education at the OU and my main question is how is a education/degree from them in the eyes of employers compared to a traditional university?

I've talked with a couple of my friends who have trained within the thought area and on Thursday I will meet up with one of my friends who did go on to do a Masters in the subject to go through more options with the possible career and pathways etc, but I wanted to ask for more opinions in regards of the OU compared to standard universities.

 

[neviditelny]

That sounds very good. The OU deegree (Bsc) I'm looking to do is a step away from I'm doing now but it is in the same generic field. Someone told me there is other ways to do what I'm planning to do without getting a degree but I'm thinking that with a degree it will be better if I want to try use it abroad at a later stage as well. Even though sometimes I find it very hard to be able to compare the different trainings available and the actual knowledge you are supposed to get or have from them.

 

[neviditelny]

Thanks for all your replies. I currently work as a Health Care Assistance in the NHS but have lost interest in going forwards with training to become a Registered Nurse even though I would get that training funded while working at the hospital. I'm at the moment very interested in doing a Degree in Sports Science through the OU as I've for a long long time been interested in working more sports related. I'm also looking into courses for sports massage as well. I've been tempted to look into something computer related but I have no experience from coding/programing so have put that on hold.

 

[neviditelny]

I've finally registered myself for a Degree at the Open University in Sports and Exercise Science, should hear back from them within the next few days.