Welcome part-time students

Choose to study how you want and when you want...

You could start with a short course or a course chosen from the collection of subjects in the University Foundation Award scheme. These subjects are taught at one hundred different centres throughout the region, and classes normally take place in the evening.The award allows progression to the first year of certain degree programmes.

Then, of course, there are undergraduate or postgraduate degree programmes taken over a longer period of time than their fulltime equivalents – commonly twice as long – because part-time students take fewer modules simultaneously. Depending on the programme, fixed sessions (such as lectures or tutorials) may take place during the daytime, in the evenings, or at weekends.

Some programmes are specifically offered only part-time, and not all degree programmes are available in a part-time version – though availability is growing. Further details are available from departments. See the contact given under each programme in the ‘Courses’ section.