Our distance learning LLB in Legal Practice is a law degree with a difference. Uniquely, it’s a qualifying law degree that also provides all the academic qualifications for the status of Chartered Legal Executive Lawyer. Our LLB in Legal Practice can help you prepare for postgraduate solicitor or barrister training too. Developed jointly by Manchester Law School and CILEx Law School, this LLB is taught via supported distance learning so you can study from wherever you are.

Combining essential legal knowledge with practical legal skills, this distance learning LLB will train you to apply legal theory to practical law with confidence. The main aim is to make you even more employable than traditional law graduates. You will also be better off financially; competitive fees, a four-year programme and the potential to earn while you learn all mean you can avoid significant student debt with this distance learning degree.

Entry Requirements

You must have a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice gained through the successful completion of the LPC or BCV/ BPTC qualification.

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Educational Business Management is a rapidly developing profession and this programme has been developed in response open to those in business management, administration and leadership roles working within, or supporting, the education sector. It aims to develop business managers for education who will be capable of leadership and management and contribute to the strategic development of educational organisations.

The course is delivered as a part time distance learning route over two years upwards at advanced entry through a blended learning model that includes online learning, electronic communication and face-to-face sessions delivered a Cheshire (2 days per unit, typically once a term). Assessment is typically by written assignments and dissertation, which can be focused around individual priorities and work-based projects.

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff points/Grades required
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180 credits at Levels 4 and 5. Applicants who have completed a certificate or diploma in school business management may claim 90 credits for each of these awards

Further information for international students at
http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/international/your-country/

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This course is unique in the UK as the only distance-learning Exercise and Sport Science degree course. It is also thought to be the first course in the country to benefit from having custom-made iBooks. The programme has been designed to offer a flexible rate of study and to meet the needs of those in full-time employment, sports performers, coaches or exercise professionals.
All students will receive iPads which they will use to download interactive iBooks in physiology, biomechanics, psychology and practical skills which have been specially created by staff from the department. The iBooks contain a blend of text, images, interactive tasks, video lectures and videos. You will be encouraged to consider how to combine knowledge from these disciplines to enhance sports performance, health and well-being. The course has a strong applied focus and will draw upon your experiences of exercise and sport to form a context for your learning.
After an initial compulsory attendance at the induction, the course is taught mainly via distance learning. At both Certificate and Diploma levels, there is one mandatory five-day residential at the Cheshire campus. At BSc level, there are two mandatory residential trips.

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff points/Grades required
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Applicants will be considered individually on the basis of their ability to complete the course successfully. Many applicants will typically be in employment as professional or voluntary coaches, in the fitness industry or Armed Forces, or at an elite level of sport.

IELTS score required for international students : 6.0

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Hosting a suite of ambitious degree programmes and short courses, a vibrant series of public reading events, a leading creative learning network, and a biennial festival of children’s literature, the Manchester Writing School at MMU is a thriving centre of creative excellence, working under the direction of Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.

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All MA students complete a full-length book on specialist Novel, Poetry or Writing for Children routes.

The most successful programme of its kind in the UK today with more than 40 students and graduates publishing first books in the past five years.

Regular events, podcasts and question and answer sessions with guest writers at MMU and major Manchester arts venues.

Strong links to the publishing industry with regular visits from major agents, editors and publishers.

Entry Requirements

Students with an undergraduate UK honours degree (or international equivalent) in any humanities discipline may apply. Non-standard applications will be considered. All applicants are asked to submit a portfolio of creative and critical writing, and references.
The portfolio should consist of a sample of your own creative work and a sample of critical writing. For the creative sample, applicants to the Novel route should submit a 2,000 word extract from a novel or short story; applicants to the Poetry route should submit upto 15 poems. For the critical sample, all applicants are asked to write a 500 word book review to a publishable standard, showing evidence of close reading and explaining what it is about the book(s) you find useful as a writer; the selected book(s) should be relevant to the specialist MA route to which you are applying to (e.g. Novel OR Poetry). Both the creative and critical samples should be double-spaced. As our MA focuses on the imaginative novel and poetry writing, please do not submit any non-literary journalism or blog extracts, script-writing or life-writing. Students with an undergraduate honours degree in any humanities discipline may apply.

Non-standard applications will be considered, subject to submission of satisfactory portfolio and references.

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Our Emergency Medicine programme offers professional development and an academic qualification for nurses and physicians in emergency contexts. Four distinct study routes are available and all have been designed entirely by physiciancs and nurses experienced in emergency care. Teaching is online and based around a virtual hospital with problem-based learning and online discussions with colleagues and fellow students.

Features & benefits of the course
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Validate your professional training.

This course will enable you to develop education or major incident management focuses.

Wide choice of units available.

Tailored to meet specific career requirements

Provides three pathways to reflect different career focuses
is delivered predominantly on-line

Entry Requirements

Applicants must be a registered nurse or medical practitioner (depending on the route chosen) who is practising or has recently practised in the area of urgent or emergency care. You may also be required to take part in a telephone interview.

Further information for international students at

http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/international/your-country/

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