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Behind every distance learning
course, there's a great postman
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Almost exactly one year ago, in "Stay close, but keep your distance? No paradox really ...", this Kat
posted a short piece about the advantages and attractions of the distance learning programmes in copyright law run by his friends at King's College London. It struck him then that the course on offer was a jolly good one, and he said so. Since then, this Kat has gratified to discover that his opinion of this Diploma/Masters course is shared by others. The organisers report that the 2013/4 iteration of these King's courses was rated under the Higher Education Academy's
PTES (Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey) and received an overall satisfaction rating from its students of no less than 100%. Ignoring the fact that this perfect score is almost as good as the IPKat's own popularity ratings, the 100% stands well above the average PTES rating of 83% for the 24 leading universities in the
Russell Group.
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| Well, someone thinks so ... |
If you missed the fun last year, the King's crew of leading copyright practitioners and academics, unchanged, is back in harness and ready to teach the 2015/2016 version of the course. It's called "UK, EU & US Copyright Law" and it leads to either a Postgraduate Diploma or a Masters Degree (MA) from King's itself. The faculty includes some very special people and, while Mary Poppins is not among them, they do seem to have put together a practically perfect way of teaching copyright to people who want to make the effort to learn. Incidentally, King's College is not that far from the Prince Edward Theatre in London's West End, where the
stage version of Mary Poppins ran, hugely successfully, for three years.
The programme spans some 8 months, starting on 1 October 2015 and ending with an examination at King’s in May 2016. While the relevant course materials are delivered straight to your doorstep, there are also prospects for combining face-to-face contact with a bit of socialising via three entirely optional London-based weekend seminars. If you want to take a closer look at the package on offer, and/or register for it, just click
here.
Merpel adds: while the King's courses are clearly a popular one with those who register for them, it would be good to know whether distance courses of this nature merely satisfy the interest or curiosity of those who register for them or whether they confer any benefit or advantage on those who gain a Diploma or Masters' degree at the end of their studies. And do prospective employers appreciate them? It would be great to hear from anyone who has done a postgraduate distance learning course in in any area of IP, whether this one or any other one, as to how helpful they found the experience. Likewise, if you are in the business of employing people who may have them. Comments, please!
