Life as a weekend student to boost your qualifications

Do you fancy student life but just at the weekend? That’s what being offered by an increasing number of universities, although the weekends will be concentrating on lectures and seminars rather than pubs and parties. Finding that evening classes can be too much for people after a full day’s work, courses in management or marketing are being offered across a number of weekends. They can be a flexible way of gaining new qualifications or extending skills. They can also be a way of gaining a graduate or post-graduate qualification without the hefty £9,000 fee for full-time tuition fees. Leeds Metropolitan University has just started offering a range of courses, including an MSc in Accounting, that usually involve six weekends over the course of a year. Detailed in the article on the Independent website, other places include Winchester University and Imperial College.  For more including current students’ views, read the article at http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/something-different-for-the-weekend-the-rise-of-saturday-and-sunday-courses-7660331.html