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The same reading list must be lawful for Edinburgh campus and tuition-free online—licences, not slogans.
Online or on campus
Off-campus licences fail in the small print: alumni, partner students, and ‘UK only’ IP ranges that exclude a student on a Scottish island. This PGCert starts with those clauses. You will audit a reading list, propose lawful substitutes, and brief a dean when a module cannot be dual pathway without a purchase. Identity-checked assessment still needs a library. Faculty mark whether you can explain that to a budget holder without hiding behind a discovery-layer screenshot. The award is not CILIP chartership and not Jisc employment. Capstones are parity audits for a named dual-pathway programme. University of Brigant will fail a parity audit that assumes a campus walk-in right equals remote access. You will name UK-only IP ranges, alumni exclusions, and modules that cannot honestly run online without purchase. Faculty mark whether student-facing guidance matches the click path. No publisher, Jisc, or CILIP logos. Storm weeks and phone-only access belong in the dossier because they are how dual-pathway students actually read. If the set chapter is unlawful off-campus, the module is not dual pathway until the reading list changes. That is the whole point. PGCert Library Parity and Off-Campus Licences is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 9 months, and the credit total is 15. Students move from Walk-In, Remote, and Authentication Reality through Walk-In, Remote, and Authentication Reality; UK-Only, Site, and Alumni Clauses; Auditing a Dual-Pathway List; Comms that Match the Click Path; Scottish HE Library Practice Literacy, and finish on Scottish HE Library Practice Literacy. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Audit a reading list for campus/online licence parity Explain vendor clauses to academics without theatre Specify lawful substitutes and purchase cases Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Fifteen credits, nine months: licence literacy, reading-list operations, student communication, and a supervised parity audit. Dual pathway. No publisher logos.
Study online
Online tuition is free. Online examinations are free. There is no exam fee for online study.
On-campus study
Prefer to learn at our Edinburgh campus? Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged. The published campus price is on each programme page.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB921 | Walk-In, Remote, and Authentication Reality Walk-In, Remote, and Authentication Reality (UOB921) is a 3-credit course on PGCert Library Parity and Off-Campus Licences, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Walk-In, Remote, and Authentication Reality as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| UOB922 | UK-Only, Site, and Alumni Clauses UK-Only, Site, and Alumni Clauses (UOB922) is a 3-credit course on PGCert Library Parity and Off-Campus Licences, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using UK-Only, Site, and Alumni Clauses as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB925 | Auditing a Dual-Pathway List Auditing a Dual-Pathway List (UOB925) is a 3-credit course on PGCert Library Parity and Off-Campus Licences, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Auditing a Dual-Pathway List as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB929 | Comms that Match the Click Path Comms that Match the Click Path (UOB929) is a 3-credit course on PGCert Library Parity and Off-Campus Licences, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Comms that Match the Click Path as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| UOB933 | Scottish HE Library Practice Literacy Scottish HE Library Practice Literacy (UOB933) is a 3-credit course on PGCert Library Parity and Off-Campus Licences, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result, using Scottish HE Library Practice Literacy as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.
| 3 · 30 h |
Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 9 months. Teaching language: English (dual pathway: Edinburgh campus or tuition-free online; one academic standard). Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Brigant. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. University of Brigant publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
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