Glossary of terms used about courses at TILL
The following table explains some of the terms associated with courses and studying:
| Access to Learning Fund | A pot of money from the Government, administered by the University, intended particularly to support part-time students. For more information on it, visit the Student Services Information Desk website. |
| Certificate | A two year part-time programme, equivalent to Level One of university study |
| Credit | All of our modules are 10 or 20 credits. As a rule of thumb, for a 10 credit module you can expect 24 contact hours (as seminars, tutorials, or lectures), and an assessment task that is 2000 words long. These figures are doubled for 20 credit modules. |
| Degree | A six year part-time programme, giving you either a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree. |
| Foundation Degree | A four year part-time programme, covering Levels One and Two of university study. At present, we run one Foundation Degree in Working with Communities. |
| Foundation Programme | A two year part-time programme, at Level Zero of university study. The course is designed to help adult learners returning to study, and most students go on to part- or full-time courses here and at other universities. |
| Level | At TILL we talk about Levels rather than years, as part-time study means that you spend two years per Level. So Level One is equivalent to the first year of a full-time degree, and so on. Level Zero is broadly equivalent to A Level study. |
| Student Finance England | What used to be known as the Local Education Authority or Local Authority, responsible for determining funding for students in higher education. |
| Module | A single unit of study, such as 'Shakespeare in Context', or 'Effective Web Page Design'. A module usually lasts 12 or 24 weeks. |
| Named award | Another name for all of the awards we run, including Certificates, Foundation Degrees, Honours Degrees (eg. BA and BSc). |
| Programme | A unified course of study, eg. Foundation Programme; Degree in Natural and Human Environments. |
| TILL | The Institute for Lifelong Learning |