Pearson Comp Sci qualification any good?

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Daughter thinking of doing Comp Sci with Pearsons. I don’t know much about them, hence the question. Is their qualification accepted in the marketplace?
 
Spacerat said:
Daughter thinking of doing Comp Sci with Pearsons. I don’t know much about them, hence the question. Is their qualification accepted in the marketplace?
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There are probably better places to study, along with having it recognised more widely.
Try a varsity with a good IT name behind it.
 
Check thir registration and accreditation of the degree.

If that's in order then it's all good.
 
rietrot said:
Check thir registration and accreditation of the degree.

If that's in order then it's all good.
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That's sadly not always sufficient. Almost all of these courses will be accredited by something. Perhaps the Oxford <something> of Education, which is run from the back of a fish and chips shop in Oxford, and doesn't have anything to do with the university. Or it has a real NQF rating, SAQA, HEQC, ITA, CHE, etc. and you still have to wonder who got themselves a big scoop of gravy for giving the same accreditation to a course that teaches a tiny fraction of the syllabus in other universities, with poorly qualified lecturers to boot.
 
cguy said:
That's sadly not always sufficient. Almost all of these courses will be accredited by something. Perhaps the Oxford of Education, which is run from the back of a fish and chips shop in Oxford, and doesn't have anything to do with the university. Or it has a real NQF rating, SAQA, HEQC, ITA, CHE, etc. and you still have to wonder who got themselves a big scoop of gravy for giving the same accreditation to a course that teaches a tiny fraction of the syllabus in other universities, with poorly qualified lecturers to boot.
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Well it's a start to see if it is at least semi legit.

Then after that you can consider how prestigious of a institution it is. And even compare the syllablus.
 
Pearson is not where you want to study, can even be regarded as worse than nothing as just the name can remove you from consideration.

Had someone apply from there a few months ago, their coding test was so bad they didn't manage to qualify for an interview, the test was designed of you can write a for loop you'd have a good chance of qualifying as you expect a university grad to not be great at code to begin with and be able to teach it based on logic they've learnt. Pearson did not teach that.
 
I studied BSc IT at CTI Durbanville Campus from 2014 -2016, and had no problem with them. If your daughter puts in the effort required for good marks, then she will have no problem with finding a job.
 
SuperMario said:
I studied BSc IT at CTI Durbanville Campus from 2014 -2016, and had no problem with them. If your daughter puts in the effort required for good marks, then she will have no problem with finding a job.
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That's more a case of you managed in spite of CTI rather than CTI.
Their reputation is deservedly bad.
 
I also initially studied at CTI (and then studied further elsewhere after a few years).
I don't think its the best choice compared to a proper uni but its not as bad as myBB makes out. Out of my cohort, the dumbasses that studied there did not do so well after, and those that were not dumbasses have actually done really well. Go figure.
 
Isn't there an institution that offers classes/lectures for the unisa bsc comp sci degree? That way you still get a decent degree from unisa.
 
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