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amiehall wrote: »

I got a random policeman in my local police station to certify mine if it makes you feel any better

Hello

Local police said no it is not something they do!!

Same with local council so I telephoned a local solicitor in the end and explained my dilemma he agreed to sign them all for me for £10 so have an appointment with him on Friday morning now, this is all I am waiting for then I can send the form off!

We receive one of the qualifying benefits for the maximum allowances so I already know what I am going to receive and I do understand why they need to be so vigilant even if it is a bit of a pain

Thanks again

mum2one

OUStudent wrote: »

Hello

Local police said no it is not something they do!!

Same with local council so I telephoned a local solicitor in the end and explained my dilemma he agreed to sign them all for me for £10 so have an appointment with him on Friday morning now, this is all I am waiting for then I can send the form off!

We receive one of the qualifying benefits for the maximum allowances so I already know what I am going to receive and I do understand why they need to be so vigilant even if it is a bit of a pain

Thanks again

Glad you got it sorted out, xx

juno

I had similar issues with my form! In the end, I realised one of my friend's relatives classed as a "civil servant" so they were able to do it.

mr887

Well, I sent my paperwork off today, so I will be doing the courses next year.

Indie_Kid

OUStudent wrote: »

It is amazingly difficult to decide, it has taken me all in all about 2 months to decide on these 3 courses and I still have not decided for definate which degree I want them to count towards!

Open degree? So you can decide what modules you want to do.

Has anyone used the OU careers services? I'm totally clueless as to what I want to do when I graduate. I've looked into a few things and am really not sure.

OUStudent

sh1305 wrote: »

Open degree? So you can decide what modules you want to do.

Has anyone used the OU careers services? I'm totally clueless as to what I want to do when I graduate. I've looked into a few things and am really not sure.

Hello

I am the same I know I want to work in the IT area but not 100% sure which job or area specifically, if I am reading the finance forms correctly you need to link your study modules to a degree but this can be changed at any stage in the future so for the moment I am linking mine to the "Computing" degree which is a bit of an all rounder and will decide in a few months after starting the modules.

I am hoping that when I start studying I will naturally find an area that appeals to me then choose from the "set" BSC degree's available that will be relivant to that field of work, simply re-allocate the study modules from the computing degree to the one I eventually decide upon.

I have at least 12 months to decide whilst I get the level 1 modules out of the way, I have chosen the 3 based on them being relevant to most of the IT degrees available so in theory it should all be still open to me in 12 months.

I did see the open degree as an option but have not looked into this, dont know why I forgot all about it lol

HTH best of luck

sausagenmelons

i got mine signed by someone who works in the local job center. If you recieve benefits then they sign them for free

amiehall

I'm wary of working towards an Open Degree simply because I'm sure I'd spend my lifetime explaining to an employer exactly what I'd studied/what it meant.

psychopathbabble

amiehall wrote: »

I'm wary of working towards an Open Degree simply because I'm sure I'd spend my lifetime explaining to an employer exactly what I'd studied/what it meant.

That's what I'm working towrds at the moment, simply because my other options meant having to work in the field already. To be honest, a lot of employers respect that you have shown enough dedication to get a degree whilst working... plus quite a few people don't actually work in a field related to their degree.

mummyroysof3

yorkie18 wrote: »

Hi Charlotte

To be honest with you, DD131 bored me quite a lot and it was really quite complex in places. I don't think our assignment booklet was very well set out and the text repeated itself quite a lot. That said, I've had a little look at the DSE141 stuff today and it looks a lot better. Everything seems a lot better explained and much more interesting...although I may be changing my mind about that one by the end! Is the 60 pointer going to be your first course or have you done another one previously? What are you studying towards?

hi, im sorry i have only just seen this. i am curently doing a openings course, starting with law, at the moment i am just thinking i hope i can get to 120 points:rotfl:but aiming for an open degree i think x