How do universities view home study

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I am toying with evening Access and daytime Acces but struggling with the idea of potentially giving up work/not seeing kids enough if i do evenings and then finding extra time to study.

Does anyone know how universities look on home study as another option would be to do the 3 A levels route but with someone like ICS. The exam boards are the same as used by schools and colleges.

I desperately want to get on the way to uni, but am worried that if I chose home study A level then it wont be looked upon as well as perhaps the access course.

I also do an evening class in french so will have some exposure to classroom situations.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

What are you planning to study at university?

Have you considered the OU?

How ever the qualification is gained is not normaly relevent, quite often they do really appreciate the extra commitment needed to study at home.

I am doing a distance learning foundation degree. I go to uni for a 2 day workshop once a month during term. Next year I might go on and do the 3rd year to get a full degree, it is full time.

I mean the 3rd year would be distance learning too, but whole thing is done on a full time timescale

I am hoping to actually go to university the conventional way as I would stop working and go back, but I need to get the qualification to get me there. I was going to do Access to humanities with a view to doing history degree, but I think at this juncture I may find it difficult to get to college as I am not in a position to give up work yet, hence the idea to do my A levels as home study. Just wanted to make sure that it wasnt something that was looked down upon by unis.

The point about the extra committment makes a lot of sense though.

Based my experience so far at uni, I'd definitely recommend A Levels. (I haven't done any access courses, so I appreciate my info will be biased.) Some unis (such as the one I'm at) prefer A Levels. I'd advise contacting the uni/s you're interested in and speaking to an admissions tutor to see what they recommend.

I've done a couple of History modules at uni (even though I'm doing an MFL degree) and I found them to be interesting, but quite difficult. I'm not trying to put you off, but it's a huge commitment, especially when you've got lots of essays due in the same day.

I've just realised I didn't actually answer your question It's not where you study, but what level you're studying at.

HTH

Thx Subrosa... I would like to do my degree at SOAS and they have strong ties with my local colleges with regard to Access - will give them a call and see what they advise tho.

You're welcome. As you probably already know, a degree from SOAS will look very good on your CV. All the best