Matures FAQ Document

[mrdb]

More OU info...

If you have already done any undergraduate/postgraduate study you can use it to contribute towards an OU degree.

This means that you can get a BSc(Hons) Open in one year of full-time study at final-year undergraduate level. Note that this is not a named degree, it's still an bachelors honours degree.

If you have done a BA you can still count it towards a BSc providing you study all science courses with the OU.

It also gives a chance to upgrade your degree classification.

[Little White Dragon]

Just wondering which (if any) med schools will be offering new GEPs for 2006 entry. I thought that I saw something about UCL, but I wasn't quite sure if I was looking at the right thing.

Apologies if this is in the FAQ and I missed it - have tried looking at a few places for this and not really found the info that I was after.

[exms]

Just wondering which (if any) med schools will be offering new GEPs for 2006 entry. I thought that I saw something about UCL, but I wasn't quite sure if I was looking at the right thing.

I've not heard of any new places starting in 2006, sorry. I've heard a few rumours about UCL, but not seen anything concrete. Does anyone have any more info?

-- A.

[Tangliss]

I think that the new one year Nottingham/Lincoln, Cert HE / ScM Certificate in Science for Health Professionals, should be added.

http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/course...ence/index.asp

[exms]

I think that the new one year Nottingham/Lincoln, Cert HE / ScM Certificate in Science for Health Professionals, should be added.

http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/course...ence/index.asp

Sounds good to me. Does anyone else apart from Notts accept it?

-- A.

[Tangliss]

Not as far as I'm aware. It's basically has some similarities to both the Foundation course at Georges and WAMP at Soton. People studying for the certificate do 1 year at Lincoln and then start their professional degree at Nottingham. In total they will take 30 students onto the certificate for the 6 possible professions (medicine, pharmacy, dietetics, physiotherapy,nursing, midwifery). Nottingham university has guaranteed 12 places for students to study medicine in 2006 provided students get an overall pass of 60% in the certificate studies at Lincoln in 2005. Lincoln will take only 12 students to do medicine in this, which is their first year. This is to ensure that if all 12 pass the certificate with a grade of 60% or more they will ALL go on to Nottingham to study medicine.

I was informed the Lincoln will not take any more than the quota set by Nottingham and find that all students who get the required 60% and have to wait before they can take up their place at Nottingham.

In order to be considered you have to fulfil academic and non-academic criteria set by both universities:

Academic:

• Applicants must achieve at least 200 points (or equivalent) on the UCAS tariff. If your qualification is outside the tariff - as are Access, advanced GNVQ and the ‘old’ BTEC - you may be asked to produce written work or sit a test to support your application. You don’t need to have studied a science subject at this level.
  
  
• Applicants must have achieved a C grade or above in GCSE Mathematics and English. You must have also achieved a C grade or above in GCSE Biology or Chemistry or double science.

and...

• To be considered for admission to the Certificate, applicants must be able to show special circumstances. These include:
• being a first generation entrant to Higher Education.
• being eligible to receive the Education Maintenance Award (EMA) or equivalent, or (if over 18) being in receipt of a means-tested benefit
• family, cultural or financial reasons for needing to study in Lincolnshire or Nottinghamshire
• attending a school or college without a strong tradition of progression to Higher Education

Like Soton, there is an extra form that you have to fill out to say you meet the above, as well as additional questions to judge suitability to Medicine. If selected, you are interviewed by a panel of two admissions staff, one from Lincoln and the other from Nottingham. The interview is anywhere from 25-40 mins long.

Like Soton, they will be giving students a bursery, however as the course is new, they have not finalised the actual amount.

[exms]

Righty ho, so it's a linked-place type course. I'll add that in to the next FAQ update - I have a backlog of things to add at the moment and I need a work-free day (ha!) to get the time to add 'em in.

Thanks,

-- A.

[Tangliss]

No probs

[DH2005]

You're a trooper, exms. The whole community's grateful for your efforts.

[exms]

Aw, thanks for the ego stroke DH!

Actually I've been working through the backlog this morning - it was either that or revise Homeostasis () so I should be posting an update shortly. After that I'll have to find some other reason not to do my revision - the lawn probably needs doing or something

Cheers,

-- A.