Acknowledgements
This free course was written by Eric Addae-Kyeremeh and Payam Rezaie.
Some of the content in this session has been redeveloped from the following resources:
Open University, ‘Preparing for postgraduate study’
Open University, ‘Skills for OU study: time management’
Rezaie, P. (2015) ‘Part-time distance learning and studying for a Master’s’, presented at the London Postgraduate Study Fair (Senate House, 29 January 2015), organised by FindAMasters.com and FindAPhD.com
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Boxes 1 and 2: extracts from: The Quality Assurance for Higher Education (QAA) (2015a) ‘Master’s Degree Characteristics Statement’ [Online]. Available at http://www.qaa.ac.uk/ en/ Publications/ Documents/ Masters-Degree-Characteristics-15.pdf www.qaa.ac.uk
Activity 3 Extract 1: from The Quality Assurance for Higher Education (QAA) (2014) ‘UK Quality Code for Higher Education Part A: Setting and Maintaining Academic Standards; the Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications of UK Degree-Awarding Bodies’ [Online]. Available at http://www.qaa.ac.uk/ en/ Publications/ Documents/ qualifications-frameworks.pdf www.qaa.ac.uk
Activity 3 Extract 2: from The Quality Assurance for Higher Education ( QAA) (2014) ‘UK Quality Code for Higher Education Part A: Setting and Maintaining Academic Standards; the Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications of UK Degree-Awarding Bodies’ [Online]. Available at http://www.qaa.ac.uk/ en/ Publications/ Documents/ qualifications-frameworks.pdf www.qaa.ac.uk
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Tables
Table 1: based on The Quality Assurance for Higher Education QAA (2015b) ‘Qualifications can cross boundaries: a guide to comparing qualifications in the UK and Ireland’ [Online]. Available at http://www.qaa.ac.uk/ en/ publications/ documents/ qualifications-can-cross-boundaries.pdf www.qaa.ac.uk
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