MRes/research-oriented DISTANCE masters

[ssoenksen]

Hi all,

I studies social sciences but 7 years have passed since my M.A. After considering this for a long time, I'd like to approach a (late) PhD.

However, I feel quite outdated regarding the discipline and thus would like not to directly jump into a PhD but first "re-socialize" myself with a research-oriented Masters programme. Since I'm full-time working and also living abroad (in Asia), it will have to be a distance-learning approach.

Apart from the OpenUniversity and the German equivalent (FernUniversität), do you guys have any hints towards such programmes?  Would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Sebastian

[terefere]

What is your goal? Is it simply taking some classes to get the "back in school" feeling or is it to actually influence your chances of getting into a phd program?