Some pictures from in and around Moor Hall

Method of study

The MSc is delivered via what is known as an executive mode.  This model recognises that business people are very busy and cannot usually afford the time to do a traditional part-time programme which typically might take one day every week.  Instead the face-to-face contact time is compressed into just two weekends.

It is very important to realise that much of the learning goes on outside these two weekends, and involves students in extensive study on their own and usually at home.  The ability to apply oneself to the discipline of this method of learning is an important part of study at Masters level.

However, pure distance learning can be very lonely and there are high drop-out rates.  This executive model is very much more successful, and when it is combined with the Webucate support system described below, results are at least as good as for full-time on-campus modes of study.  It is vital therefore that you have regular (preferably daily) access to the Web and email.

Almost all the group dynamic is 'inbox-driven', and whilst that at first sight may seem like a burden, evidence has shown over the past 4 years that group email is very valuable in motivating geographically distributed participants.  Group messages can still be viewed via your group's Webucate home page, and you will visit this dedicated area to download useful files and assignments.  Group members can also post useful links and resources that they discover themselves.

Webucate also provides a gallery of portraits of your fellow students and tutors, and a database of research interests.  It also provides direct access into the university's comprehensive on-line database of research journals.  The university has an excellent on-campus support system called Blackboard that is also populated with a huge wealth of resources, and it too can be accessed through Webucate.  The university is a member of the UK Libraries Plus scheme.  This allows you to visit other university libraries that may be closer to your home than the Glamorgan campus.

Finally Webucate provides an ideal method of keeping in touch as an alumni association ....... when you graduate !