Open University ROI costs

ntlbell

Hi,

I'm looking to do a degree in psych with the OU looking at the cost of the course it shows £610 for one 60 point module pounds for the UK

when you click republic of Ireland it states £1280 for one 60 point module does anyone know if it's 1280 euro or do they just charge more if you're no tin the uk? or did someone forget to add the euro sign

claire h

Fees for UK residents are subsidised by their government; it is indeed far more expensive for Irish and other EU students wanting to do OU courses. Not just a case of someone mixing up their currency signs unfortunately!

Moonbeam

You can claim tax relief on the fees @20% too which makes it slightly less steep.

_Whimsical_

I recently enquired about an OU course and found that they will accept tesco tokens towards the price of all undergraduate courses. Not only that but you will get 4 times the value for your tesco tokens if you swap them for an OU voucher. Last year as part of a Tesco promotion I bought a laptop there for 600euro. I recieved E300 back in tokens. This 300euro translates into a E1200 voucher towards an OU course. It might be worth watching tesco promotions like 33% back in tokens on electrical purchases like TVs etc seeing as sometimes you need to buy these things anyway.Even a E10 token will get you a E40 voucher toward a course so just grocery shopping there might help.

shoegirl

I'm on my 3rd year of study with the OU and I cannot praise them enough. The course quality is very good compared to similar courses in Ireland and the teaching staff are very committed.

It does seem steep but the costs have come down a lot since sterling started to drop. Plus remember the tax break. The flexibility is really good I find.

d-redser

chilly wrote: »

I recently enquired about an OU course and found that they will accept tesco tokens towards the price of all undergraduate courses. Not only that but you will get 4 times the value for your tesco tokens if you swap them for an OU voucher. Last year as part of a Tesco promotion I bought a laptop there for 600euro. I recieved E300 back in tokens. This 300euro translates into a E1200 voucher towards an OU course. It might be worth watching tesco promotions like 33% back in tokens on electrical purchases like TVs etc seeing as sometimes you need to buy these things anyway.Even a E10 token will get you a E40 voucher toward a course so just grocery shopping there might help.

Tesco tokens towards college courses? I never heard this before..

What type of tokens are you talking about???

_Whimsical_

d-redser wrote: »

Tesco tokens towards college courses? I never heard this before..

What type of tokens are you talking about???

I'm talking about the loyalty points you earn in Tesco under their clubcard scheme when you shop there. Most people spend their points on groceries etc in store but you can also use them to buy vouchers for various shops and services including the OU. You earn 4 times the monetary value of your points if you use them on these clubcard deals.
http://www.tesco.ie/clubcarddeals/
The details on the OU offer are listed under the link "Learning" on the main page of that site.

sue97

Could you not just use a Belfast address as its distance learning and pay the lesser fees.

Also do eu members not qualify for same prices as UK'ers?

BuffyBot

sue97 wrote: »

Also do eu members not qualify for same prices as UK'ers?

I think the British Government's view is that part-time students, not resident in the UK don't qualify for that kind of treatment (unlike a part-time student who lives and pays tax in the UK).

shoegirl

ntlbell wrote: »

Hi,

I'm looking to do a degree in psych with the OU looking at the cost of the course it shows £610 for one 60 point module pounds for the UK

when you click republic of Ireland it states £1280 for one 60 point module does anyone know if it's 1280 euro or do they just charge more if you're no tin the uk? or did someone forget to add the euro sign

No they didn't forget the euro sign, its 1280 pounds sterling if you're living in the republic. They subsidise UK students and thats why it is more expensive from here. Having said that that the exchange rate is a little more favourable right now.

Out of interest the UK government is planning to cut out the subsidy for anybody who has previous 3rd level qualifications so its likely to become a 2 tier system even for them.