on line access course

brook2jack

a relative of mine is working abroad and wishes, at some point , to go to university to study psychology type course possibly in the Netherlands.

They have no A levels and are thinking of completing an online access to university course.

Now my understanding is that many uk universities do not accept access course, and that those that do stipulate the courses have to be accredited and modules passed at a certain level.

How do you check the accreditation of an online course and indeed are any recognised by UK universities, let alone European? Is there central accreditation or do individual universities recognise different courses?

As my relatives plans are vague as yet the worry is they will pay for an online course that will be useless as far as a qualification to enter uni. On enquiry the Dutch uni may accept and accredited access course but they are not certain.

I feel that a course where exams are via Skype is one that would be difficult to invigilate and difficult to prove as a valid qualification for university entrance.

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Dunroamin

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jetsetterjoe

The best way by far, to go about finding out this information, is to ask the uni if it's a qualification they accept.

brook2jack

Unfortunately the Dutch universities have no experience with this qualification. Fortunately I did find a website where you can check accreditation http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Pages/default.aspx.

It says access courses were designed for UK universities only,although overseas unis may choose to accept them.

Dunroamin

brook2jack wrote: »

Unfortunately the Dutch universities have no experience with this qualification. Fortunately I did find a website where you can check accreditation http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Pages/default.aspx.

It says access courses were designed for UK universities only,although overseas unis may choose to accept them.

Then you need to write to the universities you're interested in and ask them directly.

jetsetterjoe

Dunroamin wrote: »

Then you need to write to the universities you're interested in and ask them directly.

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