what is a none business discipline

meluvnext

I have a BTec National diploma in child hood studies, maths and english gcse c, I did go on to do child protection studies but as I say I had my daughter, fell pregnant early on in the cours, I couldnt go back into it as she was born very early and my priorities had changed due to her high care needs that was all 8-12 years ago. I went with learn direct as I wanted to do and ECDL course and had to take numeracy and literacy tests, then exams I did actually get a predicted level 3 in the actual test but they only grade you a level 2 at the most when you do the ctual exam, they suggested I consider doing a level maths/english but to be honest I dont think what I would get from it now I am over 30. I then got ECDL extra level 2.

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So, are you saying you have no 'A Level or equivalent' qualifications? It might getting on a degree course rather tough

meluvnext

well that is why I was asking what may be the best under graduate course to take as I was prepared to go through open university and maybe study english language, I just wndered what may be the best course to take even though the university claimed any would be sufficient, surely there must be a more favourable one to go for rather than just any.

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meluvnext wrote: »

well that is why I was asking what may be the best under graduate course to take as I was prepared to go through open university and maybe study english language, I just wndered what may be the best course to take even though the university claimed any would be sufficient, surely there must be a more favourable one to go for rather than just any.

But you can't take an under-graduate course without achieving the minimum entrance requirements, and 'a-levels or equivalents' are the norm. Foundation degree's are effectively an A-Level equivilent

What about an NVQ in Logistics? http://www.edexcel.com/quals/nvq/log-dis/Pages/default.aspx

Savvy_Sue

I'm not sure what the BTEC is equivalent to, or what level the Child Protection studies would have been at. The lack of A levels isn't necessarily a bar to degree studies, but TBH a degree in logistics / ops management / all the other things people have mentioned might require a fair bit of numeracy, so the Maths A level might not be such a daft idea. Alternatively the University might be able to point the OP to an Access course which would 'bridge the gap'.

meluvnext

With open university I can take an undergraduate course, all be it over a period of six years but I am thinking of the long term

meluvnext

Thank you Savvy Sue, I do quite well in maths and it is something I may want to take further.

Savvy_Sue

meluvnext wrote: »

well that is why I was asking what may be the best under graduate course to take as I was prepared to go through open university and maybe study english language, I just wndered what may be the best course to take even though the university claimed any would be sufficient, surely there must be a more favourable one to go for rather than just any.

I cross posted with the last few: if the university offering a postgraduate degree in your chosen subject says they'll accept any undergraduate degree, then that's what they mean. If they have 'preferred' or required disciplines / subjects, they'd say what they are.

I think by taking what you've said in your first post with this post, what they are saying is that they look for graduates who haven't already studied business, ie graduates in non-business disciplines. From that I'd guess that most of what they are teaching would be covered in a business degree.

So, going back to what I said before, if you want to do an undergraduate degree in order to get onto a postgraduate degree, choose a subject you'll enjoy and do well in.

However, if my understanding is correct, you might do better to find an undergraduate course covering business and logistics (some already suggested). Because you can get funding for that (even if it is loans!), whereas PG funding is never guaranteed.

SueC_2

meluvnext wrote: »

after reading information on the asda careers website they specifically ask for post graduates which is possibly why I was looking for what I was.

Erm, I think I may have spotted where some of the confusion lies.

If Asda are specifying 'post graduate' I think they mean that they want candidates who have already graduated from university ('post' meaning 'after').

If you are looking at degree courses and typing in 'post graduate' the same logic will apply - they are courses aimed at people who have already graduated from a degree course, ie. they are aimed at people who aleady have an undergraduate degree and want to go on to further their studies.

I very much doubt that Asda want people with postgraduate degrees, and am fairly certain that an undergraduate degree will be fine.

LittleVoice

SueC wrote: »

Erm, I think I may have spotted where some of the confusion lies.

If Asda are specifying 'post graduate' I think they mean that they want candidates who have already graduated from university ('post' meaning 'after').

Confusing indeed! So you think Asda actually want graduates but are saying they want post graduates. I think I'll go and look at Asda's website now.

The only vacancy mentioning graduate said, "University/college graduate or equivalent in a relevant science." Obviously not the same vacancy as the OP saw but they do seem to know that what they want is a graduate.