Semester-paced, not self-paced
Content is released against the academic calendar and assignments have real deadlines. You study at the hours that suit you, on a timetable that keeps a whole cohort together — which is what makes the degree a degree.
How it works
A semester, run remotely
Everything below happens on the academic calendar. Online means you choose the hours, not that the deadlines move.
Course material as modules and units
Every course arrives as modules broken into study units, each with its reading, activities and self-assessment. You always know what the next hour of study is, and how much of the course is behind you.
Live facilitation, not just recordings
Scheduled sessions with a facilitator each week, plus the recording afterwards for the week you cannot make it. Questions get answered by the person marking your work.
Assessment through the semester
Tutor-marked assignments carry continuous assessment and are submitted online. Your standing is visible as you go rather than arriving all at once at the end.
Examinations supervised in person
Final examinations are sat under supervision at a published venue. That is the regulator's requirement in this market, and it is what makes the qualification the same qualification.
One student record, one transcript
Registration, results, GPA, CGPA and your transcript run on the same machinery as the campus programmes. Nothing on the certificate says you studied at a distance.
A week in the semester
What the rhythm actually is
Material is released
Each week’s study units unlock on the schedule your department published for the semester. Nothing is held back arbitrarily, and nothing arrives before you can use it.
You work through it when you can
Units are written to be read and worked offline once downloaded, so an unreliable connection costs you a download rather than a week.
A facilitator takes a live session
One scheduled session per course per week, recorded. The person taking it is the person who marks your assignments.
Assignments close on their deadline
Tutor-marked assignments are submitted online and carry your continuous assessment. Completing them is also what counts as attendance — there is no roll-call to miss.
In person
Examinations are supervised in person
Teaching and continuous assessment run online. Final examinations are sat under supervision at a venue the institution publishes with the academic calendar.
And then the examination
The examination carries the larger share of the mark and is sat in person under supervision. Everything before it is designed so you arrive knowing what you are walking into.
Study support