I wsh the OU would do a whole degree made of short courses

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because I'm too much of a wuss poor to commit to anything longer.

It would be nice wouldn't it?

They do don't they? I did one (several years ago) and just comitted year to year if you see what I mean. Addede up to a degree in the end!

They do. You do L1, L2 and L3 courses (total of 360 credits). None of the course are more than 60 credits each or take longer than 9mo each.

ah, I misunderstood.

I don't think the shorter courses (the basic 10 pointers) would give you a vigorous enough academic workout or indeed enable you to get to grips with the subject matter sufficiently for a degree standard qualification. It would probably all be a bit bitty.

Re being too poor, do you know you can pay for L1 courses with Tesco clubcard vouchers ? They are worth 4x their face value and you can use them as part payment or payment in full for any level 1 course. Worth doing if the cost is a factor. Unfortunately, as of June this year they no longer accept them for L2 or L3 courses.

flootshoot, I've also heard of people getting help with course costs if they're on benefits. Don't know if that applies, but it might be worth looking into ?