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Flexible study and support The Postgraduate Laws Programme is flexible: you are not required to attend tutorials (although it is strongly advised that you do), complete assignments or come to London. As examinations are held twice a year in over 180 countries, you can sit them locally wherever you are based, and whenever you are ready. Flexible admissions You can apply to join the programme at any time of year and start whenever you receive your study materials. You do not need a law degree to apply: students with a good non-law degree can start on the Postgraduate Diploma and progress to the LLM. Students without an honours degree can start on the Postgraduate Certificate. For entry requirements please see page 14. Flexible study period You have between one and five years to complete the LLM and the Postgraduate Diploma; and from six months to five years for the Postgraduate Certificate. Flexible assessment Exams are held twice a year in May and October and can be taken locally. Each module is assessed by a 45-minute unseen written exam with a choice of questions. There is no oral exam or dissertation. Exams are set and marked in London. If you fail a module you only need to resit the failed module, not the entire course. Flexible payment You do not have to pay in full when you start your first course, unless you wish to. Most students choose the payas-you-go option, spreading the cost by paying for each new module in turn. How many times can I repeat exams? You may repeat an exam for the same module only once. If you fail it a second time, your registration with the University of London for the Postgraduate Laws Programme will cease. But of course you may decide not to sit a failed module for a second time and start afresh with a new module How much time will I need? It is up to you how you schedule your studies, depending on your work and personal commitments. However, it is recommended that you will need to dedicate around 120 hours for each module. How many modules should I study at one time? Most students choose to study one course (all four modules) twice a year. In this way, you can complete the entire LLM within two years. Number of modules examined There is no requirement to be examined at any particular exam session. You can choose when to be examined on any module, so long as you complete your study within the period of registration. Is CPD available? The University offers credit bearing individual modules from the programme that can be taken on a stand-alone basis. You may take up to four individual modules. Please see our website for details. Accreditation of prior learning (APL) APL requests may only be made based upon a Postgraduate Certificate in Law or Postgraduate Diploma in Law 8 Postgraduate programmes in Laws
awarded by a College or Institute of the University of London and not on the basis of any other qualification(s). Applicants for the Postgraduate Certificate may request APL for no more than one module, applicants for the Postgraduate Diploma for no more than three, and applicants for the LLM for no more than five Study support and materials To improve and aid your study experience, extensive study materials are provided, including: • A comprehensive Skills Guide • Textbook(s) provided for each course and Readers for most modules. • Study guides (print and online). Written and edited for distance learning purposes, sometimes by the author of the textbook provided. • Annual Recent Developments keep you up to date with the law in your area. • Past examination papers and Examiners’ commentaries are available on our eCampus. • Postgraduate Laws Programme Handbook containing information and advice that is specific to your studies as a Postgraduate Laws student. • Regulations containing full details of syllabuses, programme structures and assessment. The eCampus You also have access to an online eCampus containing: • The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) with online videocasts of presentations from the leading academic of each course; plus a forum for online tutorials with the academic tutor of each course; plus reading materials • Extensive Online Library resources. • More than 10 legal databases including Lexis/Nexis® and Westlaw® and other databases of business, management, economics and scholarly materials. • Dedicated discussion forum for each course. To view the full range of Online Library resources, please visit: external.shl.lon.ac.uk To use the eCampus, you will need: • a computer with regular internet access • a web browser – any recent version of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Chrome • Javascript • cookies enabled • Adobe Acrobat so that you can download study resources in pdf format. Additional educational support Whilst the majority of our students study independently, some may choose to access additional tuition support at an independent teaching institution. Please check our website for the current list of institutions at: apps. londoninternational.ac.uk/ onlinesearch/institutions/ The Directory of Institutions also provides details of those teaching institutions that have formally commenced the process for becoming recognised. Advisers Certain organisations have been appointed as Advisers to the University of London International Programmes for the Postgraduate Laws Programme. Advisers can provide you with information about the programme. A full list can be found on the course web pages: bit.ly/LLM_Advisers londoninternational.ac.uk/<strong>llm</strong> 9
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