Woolf University - Educational Partnership & Institutions

[artem]

Regarding validation through RPL...to me students are students of Woolf, Woolf makes admission, they study at a way too independent college but they study Woolf program effectively. And while they technically study at platform of another institution, it is effectively Woolf material and could be to some extent under Woolf management technically (eg. in terms of student progress being tracked by Woolf, which might be translated to tests done by Woolf even if displayed on another platform - though that part I am not sure about, I could have misunderstood the details or whether it is a fact or just a possibility with their software).

As a student, you do not communicate with Woolf in any way. I never talked or wrote to any person from Woolf.
I signed an agreement with Neoversity, and I paid Neoversity. If I have any questions, I address them to Neoversity managers.
The study materials are the same as in other regular internet courses from GoIT. I know this because I attended some of them before. If any course is repeated in the master's program, all your grades are automatically transferred.
The only difference is that all activities have a time assigned to them, so to gain an academic credit for the course, you have to spend 125 hours studying and gain >60% in grades.
Even, there is no academic staff, no professors, no research. The lecturers are the same as in regular courses. They are professionals from the industry, not PhDs with academic backgrounds.
I don't know anything about other colleges in Wolf, but I can say that Neoversity is suitable if you need an easy Master's Diploma and want to gain practical knowledge. It is not a real academic institution in any case, the program is not even at the bachelor's level. It is like a regular bootcamp or an internet course. If you want a real studying, if you are interested in a real academic experience at master's level, then go to a regular university. 
I don't want to say that quality is law. No, you will learn a lot, and some teachers are great professionals with a lot of experience in the industry. But it is simply different from a real academic institution. Not much theory, only practice.
It is a great place to gain practical knowledge for your profession, earn a diploma, and secure a new job for the price of a courses at Coursera or EDX.

[Kalas]

for the price of a courses at Coursera or EDX.

Wait...what?!?!? Every Neoversity master's degree I looked at said the price was 5K euros. Are we both talking about the same kind of degrees from Neoversity?

[wow]

I have only quicky skimmed through couple of texts about them, universities they worked with in the past and how such cooperation went, etc. Recently Signum Magnum College (also accredited on Malta) ceased cooperation with them. Don't remember all sources but one of the main ones was https://www.fernstudium-infos.de/topic/2...utschland/

Hi Tomas, That thread is pretty long and contentious. I'm having a hard time locating the mention of SMC not working with Woolf anymore. However I can confirm they have their own accreditation: https://qualifications.mfhea.gov.mt/#/qu...earch=true

[Tomas]

I have only quicky skimmed through couple of texts about them, universities they worked with in the past and how such cooperation went, etc. Recently Signum Magnum College (also accredited on Malta) ceased cooperation with them. Don't remember all sources but one of the main ones was https://www.fernstudium-infos.de/topic/2...utschland/

Hi Tomas, That thread is pretty long and contentious. I'm having a hard time locating the mention of SMC not working with Woolf anymore. However I can confirm they have their own accreditation: https://qualifications.mfhea.gov.mt/#/qu...earch=true

It starts here I think: https://www.fernstudium-infos.de/topic/2...ent-202632
It was about SMC ceasing cooperation with SHW, not Woolf, sorry about not being more clear.
(Anyway I was not correct, there were more comments, from the one above it looks more like it was SHW that ceased offering SMC.)

[artem]

for the price of a courses at Coursera or EDX.

Wait...what?!?!? Every Neoversity master's degree I looked at said the price was 5K euros. Are we both talking about the same kind of degrees from Neoversity?

What's wrong? Courses from universities on Coursera or EDX cost 1500-3000 dollars. And here a whole degree for 5000.

Plus, this is the price from the Woolf website. Follow the announcements directly from Neoversity. They often have promotions and discounts. For example, they just announced a new AI program and a 50% discount on the first cohort.
They cannot keep their prices high because in Ukraine, the market they are targeting, education is free.

[wow]

I have only quicky skimmed through couple of texts about them, universities they worked with in the past and how such cooperation went, etc. Recently Signum Magnum College (also accredited on Malta) ceased cooperation with them. Don't remember all sources but one of the main ones was https://www.fernstudium-infos.de/topic/2...utschland/

Hi Tomas, That thread is pretty long and contentious. I'm having a hard time locating the mention of SMC not working with Woolf anymore. However I can confirm they have their own accreditation: https://qualifications.mfhea.gov.mt/#/qu...earch=true

It starts here I think: https://www.fernstudium-infos.de/topic/2...ent-202632
It was about SMC ceasing cooperation with SHW, not Woolf, sorry about not being more clear.
(Anyway I was not correct, there were more comments, from the one above it looks more like it was SHW that ceased offering SMC.)

Thank you for the clarification! SHW is totally new to me, but what I'm gathering from that thread is that it should not be my first choice

[Tomas]

Skimming through the list of Udacity courses at Woolf website (much wider than current selection on Udacity website), found a mention of masters in CS in Devops course description:
"DevOps Tools Part 1 is a comprehensive course designed for students pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Science with a specialisation in DevOps."
As they already mentioned they are working on other degrees, it seems MSc in CS with various specializations might be it.

[cacoleman1983]

They are offering the Masters in Artificial Intelligence through Udacity now for a huge discount of 55% off the monthly subscription fee. This allows someone to finish what is originally designed to take 19 months and roughly $5000 for just over $2000 in the same time frame. With the possibly of transferring 33% of coursework and finishing the program as fast as you want, you could complete the program spending just over $1000.

https://www.udacity.com/masters-artificial-intelligence

[bjcheung77]

Tempting to say the very least, there are a few Woolf University partners that I find interesting at the graduate level...