I'm seriously looking into starting a degree with the OU. I got great GSCE results but then got lost during my A-levels due to various personal reasons. I never made it to uni despite always dreaming of it. 5 years later and I have decided to jump in, despite the fact that I will be supporting dh while he goes back to college himself and we have a 19 month old ds.
My first question, is would you recommend doing an opening course first? I wouldn't mind trying something to get me back into "learning mode" but some of the descriptions of the opening courses seem to indicate they are very basic (of course that might be just what I need!). Do the opening courses count towards anything? I think I will be able to get a student loan to pay for the degree but I don't think there is any funding options available for me for the opening course which is about £200 so I don't want to pay only to realise I didn't need to do the course.
My second question is: has anyone done a History (either the Broad or Classical degree) or Humanities with history or French degree? What was it like, what did you study? Would you recommend it etc etc etc???
Many thanks in advance for any replies.
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Couple of OU questions...
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Magneto · 20/03/2012 21:42
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