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angel13

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Foundations of software testing (GM030)
Understanding stress at work (GB009)
Portales: beginners' Spanish (L194)


None of the above courses are HNC level.

Thanks for that, the last one is though as it is worth 30 points at level 1, as for the others I did not know these were available and from a lecturing point of view I cannot imagine you could have anything less than a HND so you can cover all courses up to HNC or equivalent level. Maybe it is possible to have less for some courses but every single course I have looked at and applied for I have had to have minimum of a degree.

lauzellen

The ones I applied to (Science) also have a minimum of a degree and some stipulate teaching experience and experience of research in the field - all of which I have, but I am yet to hear back. They are still taking applications so it may be a little while yet. I very much doubt a GCSE would be enough unless you have a wealth of experience through employment, but you still need to be able to appreciate what it is like to study and learn at degree level.

angel13

If you do just have a GCSE but a wealth of experience in an area and really want to teach/lecture I suggest you contact the OU and do some courses in your chosen area - or otherwise a college near you. Then in time you can find out what it is like to be in a student and study and then hopefully this could lead on to your chosen career. If you have many years of experience in a particular field in some instances I know you can start directly at HND level so it may not take as long as you might think I left school with no GCSEs at all and had a baby as a teenager so I was the sort of person everyone presumed would not achieve anything!
In hindsight I am now not working due to redundancy but I worked really hard to get any sort of qualifications which in turn led to being head hunted by a lecturer to do a part time HNC course due to my results, work and commitment being higher than my course coordinators had anticipated. I had no idea what it was going to be like but it meant I would get to learn something and the nursery fees were covered for me and other expenses so I did not have to worry about buying books, paper, folders - even pens. I got an HNC in computing without even having a computer at home as I would go to the library the days I did not have lectures to do my work and make hand written notes in the evenings where necessary. This all led on to a degree in computing and maths - maths was not my most favourite of subjects at school and I did not even study computing at school so if i can do it in a area I would not necessarily have chosen ANYONE can do it in an area they are passionate about