has anyone any experience or dealings with doing a HNC as an Artisan?

any pointers would be most welcome ive heard of class 1 points being accepted but i would love to hear from the horses mouth as it were.

cheers

Got mine via Tiffy rout but Blackburn College are a good contact they can convert a lot of what you have already done as a class 1 (with perhaps some Spec Quals) by accreditation of prior learning.

Dave

What trade are you?

Just about to start with Blackburn College, they sorted through my quals as an RE Fitter and can do most of it distance learning. Even upgraded my course to HND with the addition of 6 more modules so I can make the most of my ELC.

If you want any more info on that route, PM me as i have all the contact details if you need.

Devilishdave is right in saying Blackburn Coll they are on the donegal.
To be fair you should have tried harder and got one for free, there was only one hoop to jump through and that was on the individual assault course!

Check your PMs.

I did mine as an Artisan VM(B). I started when I was up in the Hebrides (SNVQ route I think)...tutor used to visit for the civvy apprentices and I was able to join the scheme. I got posted to Abingdon and went to the local FE College (in Oxford), showed them what I'd done so far and I was exempted some of the modules. For the remainder I attended classes at night, did the projects and sat my exams at the end.....job done!!...they were very accomodating - I sat the final exams in a room on my own whilst on R&R from Bosnia!!

sorry i should have pointed out i an VM B

I was an Artisan VMA Staffy.
I did a HNC in Mechanical Engineering on day release at Teesside Uni opver 2 years. Paid the money and claimed back 85% through the education grant. I did 2 modules prior to attending with Blackburn College. The problem I had was as it was distance learning you didnt get any idea on what was required etc from Blackburn, for example on how long should the report be? also there is no access to the Uni library and you need that for some of the research.
The work was quite easy,the maths was a bit heavy at times but all in all if you are disciplined enough to hand in asignments on time and to put the work in it can be done. If you are in UK do day release, my unit thrived ion the fact that they had someone educating themselves "in their own time".
PM me if you need further info on Modules etc.

I completed my HNC/D at Blackburn. I found all the tutors very easy to contact if you were having dramas and there used to be a student forum website but I think that may have died a death. I would whole heartedly recommend anyone who did not manage to get "free" qualifications to improve upon their C&G quals before they bail out after 22.
I did so well with my engineering quals that the corp saw fit to make me an RQ where I could put it to good use! Not to worry though, in 1 (UK) Civ Div it definitely helped me gaining managerial level work when I left at the begining of this year.

Originally Posted by REMEROBBO

I was an Artisan VMA Staffy.
I did a HNC in Mechanical Engineering on day release at Teesside Uni opver 2 years. Paid the money and claimed back 85% through the education grant. I did 2 modules prior to attending with Blackburn College. The problem I had was as it was distance learning you didnt get any idea on what was required etc from Blackburn, for example on how long should the report be? also there is no access to the Uni library and you need that for some of the research.
The work was quite easy,the maths was a bit heavy at times but all in all if you are disciplined enough to hand in asignments on time and to put the work in it can be done. If you are in UK do day release, my unit thrived ion the fact that they had someone educating themselves "in their own time".
PM me if you need further info on Modules etc.

The army let you study on day release? So you were attending uni one day a week and the army didn't mind?