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Chester |
Derby |
Open |
Staffordshire |
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Start
Date |
Ongoing – please contact for details. |
Anytime – Flexible roll-on–roll
off course. |
First year degree courses starts November
or May, although some courses start February. |
Anytime - where there are sufficient student
numbers. |
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Programme
length |
Negotiated (up to 6 years)
Minimum 9 months. |
Negotiated (up to 8 years for a BA Hons degree,
up to 7 year for a Foundation Degree, up to 6 years for a Masters)
No minimum time to complete, but must complete at least 30 credits. |
Up to 6 years, but can be completed in 2-3
years by studying overlapping courses |
18 months to Cert HE and a further 18 months
to full Foundation Degree. |
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Mode
of learning |
Primarily:
• Work-based learning
Negotiated mix of:
Work-based (in / at workplace); Face-to-face; Online.
Support: Personal Tutor (face-to-face and online), Academic
Tutors, learning
resources, student support services, e-support. |
Primarily:
• Work-based learning
• Online
Supplementary:
• Telephone support;
• Face-to-face tutorials available if requested.
Support: Tutor (face-to-face and online)
Online community, learning resources and advisor network. Derby
Student Support Services. |
Primarily:
• Online
• Work-based learning
• Face-to-Face
Online and face-to-face depending on course.
Work-based focus in many courses.
Support: Tutor (face-to-face and online), Online community of
200,000 students, learning resources and advisor network. OU
Student Support Services. |
Primarily:
• Face-to-Face work-based
delivery at individual bases
Face-to-face delivery at individual bases;
Online support during
deployments.
Support: Personal tutor, online learning resources. |
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Location |
Negotiated mix of:
In/at workplace.
Face-to-face: various bases, Chester, and Warrington.
Locations with internet access. |
Negotiated mix of:
In/at workplace.
Locations with internet access.
Face-to-face tutorials at Derby if requested.
Possibility of tutorials at various bases if numbers worthwhile. |
Locations with internet access.
Can be studied without face-to-face, suitable for OOA personnel. |
At individual bases. |
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Max credit
for
prior learning |
50% of award (certificated and experiential).
67% to convert HNDs / Foundation Degrees to BA Hons.
The first module helps confirm possible claims. |
Up to 75% for the Foundation Degrees under
certain circumstances, check with tutor individually.
For a classification at BA level it would need to be less as
you will need at least 60 graded credits. |
67% of award can be given but slightly less
in practice due to size of larger modules (60 CATS points) |
Up to 75% of the Foundation Degree. |
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Intermediate
Awards |
Professional Certificate (60 credits); Certificate
of Higher Education (120 credits);
Foundation Degree in Business or in Leadership
& Management (240 credits). |
University Certificate (60 credits); Certificate
of Higher Education (120 credits);
University Diploma (180 credits);
Foundation Degree in Applied
Business or in Leadership &
Management (240 credits). |
Certificate in Business Studies (60 credits)
Foundation Degree in Business or in Leadership
& Management (240 credits). |
Flexible entry and exit routes leading to:
Continuing Professional
Development Certificate (30 credits);
Certificate of Higher Education (120 credits);
Foundation Degree in Business or in Leadership
& Management (240 credits). |
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Progression
routes |
PG Cert (60 credits)
PG Dip (120 credits)
MA (180 credits)
You tailor post-graduate awards with negotiated titles and content
to suit work needs and aspirations (examples include Leadership,
Management and Project Management). |
University Advanced Diploma; BA (Hons)
Applied Business or Leadership and Management;
BA (Hons) and Masters awards
with negotiated titles and content to suit work needs and aspirations. |
BA (Hons) Business Studies;
BA (Hons) Leadership &
Management;
BA(Hons) Open. |
Top-up awards to full honours degrees:
BA (Hons) Business Management;
BA (Hons) Leadership &
Management;
Leading to Postgraduate
programmes including MBA. |
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Latest can
move
to this University |
Up to 2/3 way through a BA(Hons), or 1/2
of other awards (see above).
BA (Hons) Business or Leadership & Management (360 credits). |
Up to ¾ way through a Foundation Degree,
or 2/5 for the BA, however, ideally the Learning Contract (self
review) and Exit review should be part of this. |
Up to 2/3 way through a BA (Hons) or Foundation
Degree; or 1/2 of Cert. Bus. Studies. |
Up to 2/3 way through a BA (Hons) or Foundation
Degree; or 1/2 of Cert. Bus. Studies. |
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Key contact |
Tony Wall
T.Wall@chester.ac.uk
01925 53 4259
07714 985 181 |
Jane Smith-Bodden
j.smith-bodden@derby.ac.uk
Sandra Hopkins
s.hopkins@derby.ac.uk
01332 591397 |
Lesley Messer
l.i.messer@open.ac.uk |
Lesley Jones
Lesley.Jones@staffs.ac.uk |
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Web |
www.chester.ac.uk/raf |
www.learningthroughwork.co.uk/
www.derby.ac.uk/ |
www.open.ac.uk |
www.staffs.ac.uk |
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Costs |
For 2007/8:
£310 (per 20 credits);
APEL = £200 (per 20 credits);
APCL = no charge (£200 if more than 5 years). |
For 2007/8:
£249 per 15 credit undergraduate module;
£345 per 15 credit postgraduate
module;
APEL 30 % of above;
APCL no charge. |
For 2007/8:
£2720 for whole Foundation Degree;
APCL no charge. |
For 2007/8:
£2,880 for whole Foundation Degree;
APEL 40%;
APCL 10%. |
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Computer
minimum spec
required |
Computer with internet access (broadband
desirable). |
Computer with internet access (broadband
desirable). |
Comp with DVD drive and internet access (broadband
desirable). |
Comp with DVD drive and internet access (broadband
desirable). |
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Library access |
Online, and face-to-face on Chester/ Warrington
and various other campuses. |
Online, face-to-face at Derby campuses, and
via post using Infocus. |
OU Library online Main building at Milton
Keynes. |
Online, face-to-face at Staffordshire University
campus, access to local University library. |
