University of Leicester Msc in Management...

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  1. preisma

    preisma New Member

    Hi,

    Does anyone have any recent experience with the Msc in Management offered at a distance by the University of Leicester (link)? It appears to be reasonably priced and the university has a good reputation. I am primarily interested in the level of interactivity, workload (hours/week assuming a three year graduation timeline), exam approach (proctored?) and overall quality of the program.

    Thanks,

    Matt

    BS Information System Management, University of San Francisco
    MS Information Systems, University of San Francisco
    Msc Information Technology, University of Liverpool
     
  2. Woho

    Woho New Member

    They are quite responsive if you drop them a mail. I asked them a few similar questions (regarding their MBA but I guess it is quite similar to the MSCs) and this is what I found out:

    - There are four start dates per year, February, May, August and November.
    - If you do not reside in the UK we will arrange for you to sit your exams locally, there is a nominal fee of £150 per examination sitting.
    - There are two exams ( Design and Operations, Business Ethics in a Global Context) all others are assignments.
    - "We would recommend around 12 to 15 hours a week study time and each module in stages 1 to 2 take 12 weeks to complete. "

    It looks quite reasonable to me but I really shy away from their 2 1/2 year time-line. Top Universities in the UK, Cambridge and Oxford, are able to "bake" their MBAs in just about 1 year so just because the Leicester MSC/MBA can be done part time shouldn't mean it takes over twice as long.
     
  3. preisma

    preisma New Member

    Thanks for your comments, did you get any feel for the level of interactivity of the program? One of the main things I really enjoyed with the Liverpool Msc I attended was the very high level of interactivity (downside was the 25 hours workload a week).
     
  4. MikeP

    MikeP New Member

    Hi,

    I contacted University of Leicester admission and I've exchanged several emails with my contact agent. They very responsive and efficient. You should try on your side. On my part I was interested in the MSc Finance. They are encouraging the interactivity between the students and they have a team of supervisors that is responding to questions of student. I had a 'guest' access to their 'blackboard', the site they use as support for the program. This is very well built. The program itself though is not requiring much of interactivity, but it is up to you to make your studies more interactive. They give you all the tools necessary to make it interactive. That is depending on the students. For their team of supervisors, the agent told me that they are very efficient,but the Master itself is really individual. Of course, She will not tell me that the University is bad and unresponsive.. but based on my exchanges with them, they seem really decent. I think it is worth it. They have good price and it is a rising university. Their program is nicely built, you have 2 exams for your whole MSc program, with written papers for each courses and a 10,000 words dissertation in the end. You can' easely do it in 2-3 years. It is about 3 hours/weekday of studies. They also have possibility of arrangements for the method of payments which is a good point for them.
     
  5. Woho

    Woho New Member

    Just as a quick question: Is there any specific reason why you are going for a third Master Degree? Are you sure a DBA /PhD wouldn't help you more?
     
  6. andypicken2

    andypicken2 New Member

    leciester is ok -

    in my opinion however, i'd go with london external (cheap and good reputation) or somewhere like warwick
     
  7. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

    Hi Andypicken,
    I note you have made several posts recently and I appreciate you spending effort to provide responses. However your responses would have more validity if you posted your academic acheivements with your signature. Just a suggestion.
    Regards
    Ian
     
  8. preisma

    preisma New Member

    Good question, I thought about it but I don't think I have the patience for a doctorate. Also I have no intention to teach. I noticed that many of the programs that I have looked at, i.e. DSU, would take a long time and be fairly expensive.

    I am mostly interested in adding some more business know how, from a quality institution, to my portfolio as cheaply as possible. Another reason why I am considering going back to school is that after having studied part time for over ten years while working full time I am kind of bored without it.....:)
     

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