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Opportunities to Study for a University of London Degree (part-time) by Open and Distance Learning

Rolling applications are being invited from British Telecom employees and from members of the Communication Workers Union for the next intakes of students to study for a degree in Computer Science by Open and Distance Learning.

This opportunity arises from the well-established partnership between British Telecom, the Communication Workers Union and Queen Mary, University of London to provide foundation and degree-level qualifications to BT employees studying part-time from home, from their workplace and at residential courses run at Alvescot Lodge and the Elstead Hotel, the CWU's Education and Training Centres.

We invite applications from anyone with the prerequisite skills who is keen to broaden and develop their existing knowledge and skills in the design, development and application of computer technologies.

Successful students will graduate with a full Honours degree in Computer Science in an estimated 3.5 - 4.5 years. No specific formal qualifications are required for admission, but suitability for the programme will in part be assessed from evidence of prior learning and experience, and ability to demonstrate commitment to a long-term programme of part-time study, from the workplace and from home.

CWU applicants will normally be expected to have completed the accredited CWU computing courses (or their equivalent); whilst BT applicants should give evidence of equivalent qualifications or experience.

Applications are especially encouraged from those who are not able to undertake full-time degree-level studies, through family or work-related commitments or personal circumstances; those for whom traditional access routes into study at degree-level have been limited; and those who are under-represented in technological subject areas: women, disabled employees and members of educationally disadvantaged ethnic minority groups. It is not necessary to be office-based, nor is this opportunity restricted to specific occupational grades within BT business units.All applicants are required to submit their application forms online using a web-browser.Follow the link to www.odl.qmul.ac.uk/applications/new/ for information on how to apply.

Any enquiries on the above should be addressed to: Trish Lavelle, Head of Education & Training, CWU Education & Training Centre, Alvescot Lodge, Alvescot, Bampton, Oxon OX18 2PY. Telephone: 01993 843373 Fax: 01993 840960, e-mail maxine-cwueducation@btinternet.com