Mark Said:

How many hours a day does a full time university student doing home study, spend?

We Answered:

depends on what you study.
if you are doing more relaxed things like business or some arts subject, you prob need a lot less time then people doing engineering or architecture. generally if you take 5 mods in a sem, you'll need around 6 hours a day. if you want better grades, prob even more.

Rene Said:

Study abroad, letter from your home university -- what did it say?

We Answered:

It really should be from them, but it basically says that you have a place on your course and that they will accept you on your return.

The reason for this, is anytime you go to America, they want proof that you wont stay there illegally, so this proves that after your study abroad, you will return hoome!

Hope this helps!

Laurie Said:

UCE University: I want to study a home course?

We Answered:

I was in the same predicament. I wanted to go back to school but i was working so i couldn't fit it into my schedule. Then i found out that i could could go to school and do all my studies online. that way i could continue to work and go to school at the same time.

Regina Said:

Is it better to study at a University near home or a University far away?

We Answered:

Its a more personal question,
Near home would be the best, because of family, friends, you know the town etc...

But depending what you want, such as traveling, new friends, then moving would be the go.

Or do you mean, study from a uni from a distance?
That wouldn't be the best choice, because of lack of teaching, enthusiasm, motivation etc..

hope you make the best choice :)

Bob Said:

The Open University Home Study Course?

We Answered:

I'm doing my History degree with the Open University and I think it's fantastic.

Materials: First class. Some courses have better material than others, but mostly they are all excellent. Well thought out, well written and designed to help you learn the subject even if it's the first time you've studied it. Materials include text books, illustration books, audio-visual material (CDs and DVDs), and lots of online help.

Tutors: Well that depends on luck, but so far every tutor I've had has been great. Really supportive and helpful. They go out of their way to help you. Generally they know their subject really well and are always willing to go the extra mile. Most courses will have tutorials of some sort, either in person, over the phone or online. These can be really helpful as you get to meet your tutor and other people on your course.

Qualifications are usually recognised and in many cases are highly respected. I think someone else covered this in far more depth so I won't go into it. But suffice to say most if not all courses are recognised, and OU study is generally respected.

I can strongly recommend the OU, I've loved studying with them and they've been very supportive of me (I have dyslexia and ME and the University has bent over backwards to accommodate me).

Andre Said:

What is the best home course company to study with is it ics or open university?

We Answered:

It depends on what you want? If you want university level courses, then the Open University is very good - although very expensive!

If you want GCSE's, A Level, NVQ, or similar, then your best option would be to look for non-home learning courses such as local college's or local adult learning centres. I use to work in further education and also for an organisation researching training oportunities in the UK. With this experience and knowledge, I cannot recommend any home learning organisation for courses at these levels, and heres why:

The distance learning providers charge between £300 and £700 for their GCSE or A Level courses, two or three times more than most local authorities.

You may not get much support from these distance learning organisations and the course material they send out is no different to a book you can buy in the shops for less than £20.

The worst thing about them is that none of them are registered exam centres and will tell you in the small print that you should find your own exam centre and register with it. This is virtually impossible to do because most exam centres will only register and enter people for exams if they are doing the course with them. No GCSE distance learning provider is obliged to make sure you complete the course, and there are no statistics to show just how many people do actually get to exam stage with their courses, let alone whether they pass them or not. With these distance learning providers the situation is that if you can't find an exam centre, it's your problem.

It is therefore my opinion that 99% of the GCSE or A Level home/distance learning courses in the UK are no good and if there is 1% that is good (just incase there is), I cannot find it!

The Open University is a good source of distance learning, but they only do university level courses, not GCSE or A Level. I wish they did do GCSE and A Level courses, because they would clean up - everybody would use them.

Hope this helps.

Tammy Said:

Does anyone know people who wanted to study Sydney University with disabilites , prevented to study from home?

We Answered:

Not sure what you are asking but the University of Sydney does not have a distance education program. The Group of 8 universities dont have undergraduate degrees by distance - there are distance education universities where more than 25% of students are distance based - have a look at their programs. Charles Sturt, UNE, SCU are the NSW distance universities.