Going to university.

[Bus429]

Assuming one has an idea of the subjects one wants to study, how does one go about getting a degree? I notice there are, throughout the UK, several universities offering a variety of aviation/aeronautical courses. Most seem to be full-time or sandwich courses.
My particular queries are:

• If one has vocational (engineering licences) rather than academic qualifications, will these qualify as fulfilling part of the entrance criteria?
• Are there any universities offering degrees by, in the most part, "Distance Learning"?

Any info or links gratefully received.

[Inverted81]

Hi,
I'm currently a student in full time education... as far as entrance criteria is concerned, it depends on two things 1) the course 2) the university. A good site with the full range of university courses would be UCAS

These people liase between secondary schools and the universities for people to transistion from A levels to their courses. I don't know if they help with mature students or not but they'll always help if you give them a call. If not, call the Admissions office at any of the uni's that have a course your interested in. Another source of information would be your Local Education Authority that will be found at your county council head offices.

In case you're not aware a sandwich course will involve four years full time study, with one of those years usually the third , being a year working in industry to gain experience....

Hope this helps, any other info needed just shout!

C

[P.Pilcher]

There is of course always the Open University which welcomes people from all walks of life who are interested in acquiring academic qualifications. Any search engine should throw up their website. They specialise in distance learning.