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Key features of the Diploma of Higher Education Open at The Open University
– Design your own diploma to suit your personal and professional needs, interests and aspirations
– Choose from a wide range of modules in any subject or focus your studies on one two specific subjects
– Be able to demonstrate your adaptability to study different subjects
– Easily change direction if your study interests change
– Count credit from university-level studies you’ve already completed elsewhere
For your Diploma of Higher Education Open you can:
– study a broad ranges of subjects; or
– specialise in one subject for half of your diploma and study a broad range of subjects for the other; or
– specialise in two subjects, dividing your time equally between both.
The Open University is unique. It is a public research institution that delivers 100% of its courses by online learning. It is the only university of its type in the UK
This course is at level 6 in the UK Qualifications Framework. Level 6 is higher level study often referred to as undergraduate level.
The Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS) is a way to talk about the time and effort a course requires. One credit (or CATS point) equals 10 hours of learning effort.
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