gank
12:55 Sat Nov 25
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These responses are all very noble, but as an employer when a candidate has one degree and it's from cyberspace, straight into the bin it goes.
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gph
12:55 Sat Nov 25
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Quantum Mechanics is a lot easier with the help of the Messiah
http://www.welkinsky.com/Physics_references/Physics_references/Albert_Messiah_files/Quantum%20Mechanics%20Albert%20Messiah.pdf
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bruuuno
12:48 Sat Nov 25
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Mike Oxsaw 11:46 Fri Nov 24
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A familiar story, I'm currently doing exams, you know how it is,
and she ain't happy even though I made it clear where my priorities where when we first met
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Far Cough
12:44 Sat Nov 25
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Quantum mechanics is described in sub particle and composite particles, it's unavoidably linked
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Mike Oxsaw
12:43 Sat Nov 25
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Isn't quantum mechanics just sub-particle physics?
Either way the QM maths IS mind-blowingly complex however logical the theories appear.
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Far Cough
12:39 Sat Nov 25
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Dursley, thanks but particle physics is inextricably linked with quantum mechanics
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The Dursley Massive
11:49 Fri Nov 24
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Cough
If you’re ok with A-level maths then most particle physics will get ok. When you hit quantum mechanics the maths goes fucking mental.
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Mike Oxsaw
11:46 Fri Nov 24
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My 2nd is a BA in Computer Science from the OU (paid for, as was my first, by my employer - BT - which, basically means YOU, so cheers for that).
You do need dedication and perseverance though - I had to deal with an expanding family, a move/house renovation and big changes at work whilst studying.
My wife (as she was at the time) did NOT approve, even though I'd started before she met me, but her insistence on moving to the south coast afyer the birth of our second child gave me a 2 hour each way each day commute to London where I could study.
I'm still searching the shops for the classic OU lecturer TV uniform though - that's got to be a winner.
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The Kronic
8:31 Fri Nov 24
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There's tons of free courses from the OU if you can't be dealing with the costs of a degree.
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses/full-catalogue
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ludo21
8:24 Fri Nov 24
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I've got a law degree... very boring unless you want a career in law (obviously!), which I didn't.
History is the one to do and what I should have done.
I'm actually thinking of applying to do a one year, distance learning, 'Diploma in Local History' from Oxford University which should scratch my learning itch.
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isca hammer
8:22 Fri Nov 24
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Go for the BA (Honours) History...........i completed it in just under 5 years in 2007.
Pick the modules carefully.
I really enjoyed it and took my time, cost wise i tried a free module and then got a bursary for 2.5k ish due to my circumstances at the time........i was earning under 25k........or at least thats what the taxman was told.
After that it was about 2k ish a year i think, payed for it in instalments, so a weekend off the lash per month nearly covered it......(.most of the reading materials etc i got cheap off ebay/amazon).
Failing that i`m still doing plenty of free online courses through future learn.
https://www.futurelearn.com/
I`m now more full of shit than i ever have been.
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easthammer
8:00 Fri Nov 24
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Len
I was one of the early Graduates from the OU back in the 1970s. It changed my life. I won't say for the better because I don't know how the alternative would have worked out.
Started in my mid 20s. Completed a BA in four years part-time ( no exemptions) while working for Ford ( fortunately they paid for any units that were considered to be work related). Later completed Honours component.
Affected my limited Football career (Senior Amateur) couldn't fit it around serious football, young family and full-time work. You have to make sacrifices if you want to get qualified quickly. If you are not in a rush and do it purely out of interest there is less pressure.
The OU reading materials are first rate. Better than most other Unis.
The Degree carries credibility - doing it in your own time impresses employers.
Summer Schools are brilliant ( imo)
Weekend tutorials were alright.
TV and Radio programmes better than conventional lectures
Later in life when asked in a snobby intellectual meeting to say which University I went to I could say "I didn't .......it came to me"
I could also say I graduated from Cambridge with a straight face. I never added that it was in the Kelsey Kerridge Sports Hall :) I left the real Cambridge experience to my eldest daughter who was the first in our family to go a coventional Uni. She must have been reading over my shoulder when I paced the floor with her in the early hours trying to get her to sleep while catching up on required OU reading matter.
If you want it enough do it but it ain't a doddle
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The Kronic
7:23 Fri Nov 24
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I got a degree in social science with the OU and enjoyed it, especially bullying nerdy, right-on students at tutorials.
You need a lot of willpower though. And ganja for typing off key 4000 word essays.
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gph
6:42 Fri Nov 24
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Particle physics may be [well over] a thousand years old, but what happened between Demokritus and Dalton?
Very little.
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Leonard Hatred
6:10 Fri Nov 24
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SEVENTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS?
FMOB
They can whistle out their arse for that.
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Northern Sold
6:06 Fri Nov 24
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I remember when West Ham fans would sniff glue and then vandalise a tube train... now they go on Open University courses... gotta love Modern day football fans
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joe royal
6:05 Fri Nov 24
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17k FOMB.
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Darby_
5:57 Fri Nov 24
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Law is pretty dry. Unless you enjoy studying for the sake of it, I’d be surprised if you enjoyed it.
Psychology is pretty interesting.
Language apps are good if you’ve got a smartphone. Something like Duolingo is almost like playing a game.
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ohgodno
5:57 Fri Nov 24
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Far Cough 5:41 Fri Nov 24
If you just want to be able to understand it, what it means, the history of it development and it relationship to the rest of physics then you'd be surprised how far you can get with no maths at all. It's a thousand year old branch of physics it's been pretty well described in words up to it's bleeding edge.
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Gavros
5:48 Fri Nov 24
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i remember as a teenager being up horribly late and desperately trying to knock one out to i think it was a learn yourself french programme.
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bruuuno
5:47 Fri Nov 24
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I got a law degree as a mature student and my advice is: don't study law
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