Leo Fellmann wrote:
> Daniel Jones wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> Well, now I'm studying at the Open University. Science. Go me. Or
>> something.
>
> Which science?
All. It's the Science Foundation course(S103).
I'll know a lot of it but my knowledge of some sciences, most notably
biology and chemistry, is actually pretty poor. It's non-existent for
geology and the like. It'll serve as a refresher course for physics and
stuff; I haven't done science for years, except for a Planets short
course I did a couple of years back.
>> It looks like the Government/OU are going to pay for it(most of it),
>> though. Everyone earning under £25K or so now gets an award(assuming
>> they apply) - a certain amount towards the fees and another amount
>> towards miscellaneous expenses like buying a computer and getting
>> internet access and stuff.
>
> Sounds sensible. I thought anyone wanting any money off the UK state
> nowadays for education was told to go and get a loan; is this the lone
> hold-out?
That's just it; it's not a hold-out. It's brand-new.
There's no way the OU could afford to do something like this themselves,
so I can only assume this must be some Government initiative.
It looks like Tony Blair has done something right. Something is wrong
in the Universe. :)
>> I /was/ going to do their CCNA course too but now I'm not so sure.
>> The phrase 'You will need to set up your firewall to allow ‘pop-ups’
>> from the Cisco and OU sites.' had me wondering.
>>
>> What kind of academic computer scientist type person would think you
>> block pop-ups with a ****ing FIREWALL?
>
> None that I know. Mind you, what sort of academic computer scientist is
> involved with with CCNAs? :)
Well this one you can count as a 30-pointer towards an OU degree.
(You need 360 IIRC for a degree)
'tis weird though. The course is on networking and they say something
as dumb as that.
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Dan
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