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Open University and funding for a second degree

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greengrass100 · 04/04/2019 13:17

Open University is excellent. Did an arts degree with them many years ago while children small. It used to be that if you already hold a degree then you could not get funding for a second degree but since 2017 if you study a STEM subject you can get funding. This is the list of degrees offered by Open University that funding for a second degree is available. www.open.ac.uk/courses/fees-and-funding/equivalent-qualifications One of the Open University degrees, the BSc Combined STEM , gives options of modules at level 1 and 2 that cover the arts subjects too, as long as you choose STEM subjects too, so this degree would have a broad appeal . The student loan does not have to be paid back until you earn £25000, if you never earn that much you do not have to start paying it back. If you earn that but then wage drops or finishes then you stop paying back.

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Cyanquestion · 03/06/2024 03:35

Hi, do you mind sharing more details about this?? I’m wanting to go back to university for a second degree for an art based course so this is vastly interesting to me

lanthanum · 03/06/2024 17:01

For the Combined STEM degree, you can only do arts modules for half of the first two stages (a stage is what would be a year if studying full-time), and not at all at stage 3. You also have to be careful when planning - a lot of stage 3 science modules need you to have done certain stage 1/2 modules.
It's not really a way to do an arts degree - just a mixed one.

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