Doing engineering at Open University or Brick University?

The problem is they won’t let me out on day release. I’m 30. I really don’t have the time to wait until another year or so. I have hit a wall in my career. I need a degree to get into management.

It's an accredited course, and can be used for chartership.

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That’s not what I mean, I understand that and I want to get to that level, but the electronics side, although I have a lot of experience in industrial electrical systems, I have little to none on component level. So I’m just worried what relevance it would have for my field of work. Is there any other distance learning mediums for engineering degrees? Cheers

Having prior experience in electricals (or electronics) isn't really the point though... but if you don't have an interest in (or use of) electronics then yup this isn't the right course. You don't need experience in a subject to study it for a degree. Most students have done zero engineering at all before starting their courses.

Edit to add: if your reason for doing the course is to gain formal qualifications towards chartership, and/or managerial promotion, then the OU route is still valid. It will formalise the practical learning and skills you already have. It won't make you forget the invaluable 10 years of actual experience under your belt

Sorry but I don't know of a MEng Electrical Engineering via distance learning.

Thankyou very much, cleared a lot up for me. Appreciate your time.
Kind Regards

The problem is they won’t let me out on day release. I’m 30. I really don’t have the time to wait until another year or so. I have hit a wall in my career. I need a degree to get into management.

Having prior experience in electricals (or electronics) isn't really the point though... but if you don't have an interest in (or use of) electronics then yup this isn't the right course. You don't need experience in a subject to study it for a degree. Most students have done zero engineering at all before starting their courses.

Edit to add: if your reason for doing the course is to gain formal qualifications towards chartership, and/or managerial promotion, then the OU route is still valid. It will formalise the practical learning and skills you already have. It won't make you forget the invaluable 10 years of actual experience under your belt

Sorry but I don't know of a MEng Electrical Engineering via distance learning.

No problem. Also it's worth noting that the OU route is likely to take twice as long as a brick university. Something else to factor in The pragmatic route is to persuade your employer that day release benefits them as much as you...

Another point is if you just need a degree for "management" and it doesn't have to be engineering, then maybe an MBA is worth considering. Although it's a postgrad many business schools don't have an undergraduate requirement. They are available as distance courses but they aren't cheap...

Thankyou very much, cleared a lot up for me. Appreciate your time.
Kind Regards

Yes I have a meeting with my manager tomorrow, I will try and convince him about going on day release as that’s his decision not the guys above him. There is no chance they will support me financially, but I don’t mind. See how tomorrow goes, if not I actually work in an energy recycling facility so I was thinking that I could specialise in energy and sustainability. We will see. It’s an option. We will see.

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