I always thought that you had to commit yourself to a year's study when you signed up for an Open University course but it seems that this is no longer the case. I decided early last summer that I wanted to do an Open University course so I checked out the website and ordered a copy of the Undergraduate Prospectus. I toyed with the idea of studying Computing and Information Technology because I've become really interested in the subject over the last five years. If you'd said to my careers teacher way back at the end of the 1970s that I would be considering a course such as this in twenty years time, I suspect she would have laughed herself silly! ...  Read the complete review

For anyone who loves learning!. No matter what your circumstances, there is a course and maybe some financial awards that enable you to learn. The range of difficulty of course is quite extensive. There are tutor groups you can attend you don't have to be isolated. You are allocated a counsellor as well as acourse tutor, who are sensitive to the problems of this form of learning. Beware, you need to be organised, dedicated and have a very good support network behind you and luck always helps. But it is well worth it. Start of with a level one, foundation course to ease you back into the learning mode, as well as the mode of long distance learning. ...  Read the complete review

This year I've enrolled in a CLAIT OCR Fast Track course at night school-although this particular course takes place during the day.I was hoping to get on the course which is not fast track, but takes 6 weeks longer, but it was oversubscribed.As this was my first time, I thought I may need the extra time. So far though I have managed to keep up,mind you some of the others are finding it easier as it is their second course they have been on. It involves word processing, spread sheets and internet knowledge. Of the three, I have only used the internet quite a bit, and had not got a clue how to move text around the screen, up till now I just erased it or ...  Read the complete review

An excellent introudctory course to the degree programme at the Open University, It is centred on Victorian Arts,(Art history, music, phylosophy, literature and history) is worth 60 of a total requirement of 360 points for a full degree. This was my first course with the o.u. and I discovered an excellent choice for anyone with an interest in the arts- a course which introduced me to new subjects and had a big impact, information I learned here was useful during my whole degree programme and is still relevent at times of my life now. The course invites you to explore the life and times of Victorian England, which unfolds through the disciplines as an ...  Read the complete review

There are many people who are put off the OU because they think that they have to go to sumer schools. This is not the case as many courses do not have them and as you do not have to take a foundation course any more you can complete some degrees without attending any. even if you course has one there are many reasons for which you can get an excusal eg children under 5 disability So it is worth asking your regional centre if you can apply for an excusal if that is all that is stopping you from doing the course However as a veteran of 9 visits to Reading, Nottingham and Cardiff universities ( Brighton next week so expect another review!!) I must stress ...  Read the complete review