Distance learning postgraduate degrees are becoming increasingly flexible in UK universities.
Analysis of The Knowledge Partnership (TKP)’s Courses 360 database shows that the number of online learning postgraduate courses has been increasing for many years.
There appears to be a move towards more flexibility, with 51 per cent of distance courses recorded in the 2023-24 database having two or more start dates – up from 42 per cent in 2022-23.
Just 48 per cent are recorded as having a single start date in autumn 2023, compared with 57 per cent a year previously.
