Our part time programme is designed to fit in with your busy life. Most of our part time students have significant work and family commitments. And, yes, it requires a bit of juggling and good time management, but it is possibleand the real-life context enhances learning and growth.
Our part time programme consists of a one-week residential summer school, five residential weekends and a study day spread out over the year, plus weekly evening classes during term time. In addition, you are expected to commit an agreed amount of time to your training parish. As a rule of thumb, we expect about 14 hours per week on average (for study and training in your local context), but we recognise that this needs to be handled flexibly. There is some flexibility with the timing and scheduling of placements, and your involvement in your training parish can be scheduled for times when you are less busy at work. You will do two placements during your time with ERMC.
Our summer school takes place in the All Nations Christian College near Ware, the residential weekends take place in the High Leigh Conference Centre near Hoddesdon, both in Hertfordshire. Weekends are from Friday evening to Sunday lunch. We study, worship and share fellowship together. The weekends are quite intense, but enjoyable and fomational.
For our undergraduate courses evening classes are held at our teaching centres in Cambridge, St Albans, Norwich and online. For graduate and post-graduate students most evening modules are offered online. You can download a sample course outline here.