Transferring credit for brick uni

The answer is yes. The Open University gives you transferrable credits just like any other university. I studied my Masters degree with the Open University so I know this. After the first year you can receive a certificate of higher education in Education Studies. You can then use this to complete the final 2 years of your course at any university you choose.

Thank you so much for answering. Definitely put me at ease.

The answer is yes. The Open University gives you transferrable credits just like any other university. I studied my Masters degree with the Open University so I know this. After the first year you can receive a certificate of higher education in Education Studies. You can then use this to complete the final 2 years of your course at any university you choose.

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This is wrong. If you don't know the answer to someone's question, you really shouldn't answer.



Open University first year modules are generally not comparable with 'brick' university first year modules. It is highly unlikely that any university would let a student transfer into the second year of a degree with only OU first year modules. In order to transfer between universities, the university you're applying to must be confident that any modules you've already studied are compatible with their own and that you've studied exactly the same things as their own first year students. The problem is OU level 1 modules are designed for people without any qualifications, they introduce students to new subjects in a very broad way which makes it very unlikely that you will have the specific subject knowledge to enter the second year of a brick university Education Studies degree.

You probably will be able to transfer into the first year of the degree (in effect, using OU modules as an alternative to A levels). I suggest you contact whichever universities you're interested in applying to and ask them what they think.

According to your post history, you're still doing your A levels and you haven't even applied to the OU, so what exactly did you ask the admission tutors in your email? Unless you specifically said "I plan on doing these modules with the Open University, they are worth X number of credits at level 1" then nothing they said can be relied upon.

You explained that you had only done level 1 modules, and they were still happy to consider you for second year entry? I find that extremely hard to believe. Which universities told you this?

I didn't tell them I'm still doing Alevels. This was the copy of of my emails

'Hi, After my first year of education studies at The Open University would I be able to transfer the credits here to continue my second and third year? The two modules are: Learning and teaching in the primary years (E103) & Introduction to childhood studies and child psychology (E102).

I got offers when I applied to do that. I didn't end up going, but that was for personal reasons.

And I know other people on TSR who have.

I don't want to be obstinate, but I still think it very unlikely a university would accept OU transfer students with only level 1 modules. This was my experience and I must have spoken to about 25 universities, and I know many more people who had similar experiences. If this one university is prepared to accept you into second year then great, but I'm not convinced it is anywhere close to being common.



See above. Which people on TSR?

Darling, I applied to 5 and I don't have to justify myself to you. You're on my ignore list for a reason and it isn't because you're right.

But if you really want more proof you're wrong, look up gridiron gangster. I didn't learn how to spell his name but he did amazing things with OU modules. Because it is possible and the OU is not an inferior degree.

So an hour ago you knew it wasn't possible at all, and now you've decided that it was only possible because of work experience. Despite you not knowing what OU modules I'd done, what degree I was applying for, or even what work experience I had.

I love how you've realised your argument has fallen apart so have just moved on to insulting me.

So an hour ago you knew it wasn't possible at all, and now you've decided that it was only possible because of work experience. Despite you not knowing what OU modules I'd done, what degree I was applying for, or even what work experience I had.

I love how you've realised your argument has fallen apart so have just moved on to insulting me.

Don’t put words in my mouth. I didn't say it was absolutely impossible and there are no exceptions; I said it is "highly unlikely" that a university would accept an OU first year transfer, and that's true. My argument hasn't fallen apart.

Re work experience, I'm only quoting you - you said in another thread that you got into NTU with a 60 credit OU module and relevant work experience. Clearly that work experience was a factor in you getting in or you wouldn't have mentioned it.

As someone who has actually studied with Open University, I can say that they are a brilliant institution and I highly recommend them. I got a lot of support from my tutors and access to both good quality printed and online materials, just like any other university. The OU is a highly respected University and because you do more independent study with OU, employers highly value an OU degree, because it shows that the applicant can work independently and use their initiative.

As to your other comment Snufkin, I only answer threads that I know the answer to. It appears that other respondants to the OP agree with me. I may not be the best person in the world at arguing my opinion and providing evidence of this, but I am not a solicitor, I am just someone who wants to help others in the best way I can. I have studied with the OU and have helped 100s of students to get to university in my job, this is how I know I am right.

The OP is wanting to study a Level 4-6 qualification, which is the same level as what the brick unis offer. All BAs are divided into 3 stages, with a few exceptions such as sandwich courses and medicine etc. A first year BA Open University course is equivalent to a Level 4 qualification and the 120 credits which are received for this can be exchanged for a qualification called Certificate of Higher Education, Education Studies (Open). This qualification will enable to OP to enter the second year of the course at a different institution. The OP has said that the University they want to go to will accept this, so she has had confirmation.

Open University do offer introductory courses, but these are Pre-Degree courses. These are 60 credit modules which do not count towards a degree. The OU advise students who are not ready to study at degree level to study one of these introductory courses before embarking on a degree. The OP is studying a BA, not one of these courses.

All level 4 courses, in other words the first year of any degree at any institution, is designed to prepare students for more intensive university study at years 2 and 3 or Levels 5 and 6. The OU calls these levels Stage 1, 2 and 3. 1= Level 4, 2= Level 5 and 3= Level 6.

We're not debating whether the Open University is a good and respected university (I agree that it is), but whether level 1 modules are transferable to brick universities. I maintain that for the most part they aren't, you and Juno disagree - fair enough, you're wrong but you can believe what you like.

I am familiar with how many credits an Open University CertHE has (I have done one myself), and I know that it is a level 4 qualification. But the level of the qualification is not the issue; the reason why most universities won't accept OU level 1 modules for a transfer into the second year is because the content of first year OU modules nearly always doesn't match the content of brick universities' first year modules.

We're not debating whether the Open University is a good and respected university (I agree that it is), but whether level 1 modules are transferable to brick universities. I maintain that for the most part they aren't, you and Juno disagree - fair enough, you're wrong but you can believe what you like.

I am familiar with how many credits an Open University CertHE has (I have done one myself), and I know that it is a level 4 qualification. But the level of the qualification is not the issue; the reason why most universities won't accept OU level 1 modules for a transfer into the second year is because the content of first year OU modules nearly always doesn't match the content of brick universities' first year modules.