• Question: Did you do level 3 computing and go university and how many years?

    Asked by deed520corm on 12 Jun 2025.
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      Charlie Boswell answered on 12 Jun 2025:

      I didn’t do level 3 computing, I taught myself programming. I got my degree through a degree apprenticeship. Degree apprenticeships take a bit longer than a normal Bachelors degree, mine took 5 years instead of 3.

      The idea is that you work while you study and your employer pays all of your university fees as well as your pay. I would work for 4 days a week and then get sent off to university one day each week to go to lectures. It’s hard work because after a busy week at work you still need to do all your coursework for university, but it’s good because there are lots of people at work who can help with your course and you get lots of experience that makes it easy to find a good job when you graduate.

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      Aurelia Brzezowska answered on 14 Jun 2025:

      I personally took A-levels (Computer Science, Physics and Maths) however I know some students who did take level 3 computing and also ended up at the same university as me. Most of the time all that matters to universities is UCAS points. My degree is 3 years with 1 year in industry (4 in total where 1 is me working!)

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      John Easton answered on 16 Jun 2025:

      No and Yes and six.
      I studied maths, physics and chemistry at A Level.
      Went to university to study Chemistry and then followed up the batchelor’s degree with a doctorate.

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      Maximillian Ward answered on 18 Jun 2025:

      I studied Computer Science at A-Level. Not my favourite thing, but I picked up Cyber Security at University and really enjoyed it and did very well because of this.
      My course was 3 year undergraduate degree.
      I chose not to do a placement year as I wanted to finish up and use my degree sooner – but I know people who did do placement years, which also worked out quite well for them.
      Equally I have worked and known a lot of people with postgraduate degrees in my field.
      How long you spend in education really varies by personal circumstances and interest.

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      Sally Kentfield answered on 22 Jun 2025:

      No computer GCSE or A Level were available at school. I studied computing full-time at a brick university for 2 years, then studied 3 years part-time with The Open University to computer undergrad degree, followed by 2 year part-time MSc with The Open University.

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