seems similar to courses out there already.  slipping on my LSO hat, i dont see how one can learn everything  you need to in a 3 day course, but thats just my opinion.

taking off my LSO hat, you mention a hands on practical exam, i didnt see that on the site, looks like there are hands on labs but didnt see if for the final test.  it also says that 50% is the passing rate.  getting 25 out of 50 questions correct, it a little below the level i would expect of a good security professional.

i also dont see much value, in the current security world, of getting their certification, you can argue all day which cert is better or worse than others, but if you want to help your customers out, you would prepare them for a cert that can help them in the job markert.  so testing the CEH at the end of the day would probably get someone more mileage for the 1300 pounds...

the prices seem reasonable if you live in the UK and are close to where they offer the course.

lastly, i have never heard of the University of Glamorgan, gonna guess that its in the UK so might not have much value to me in the U.S. for credits towards a masters from a university here.  your mileage may vary.

hope that helps.

Thanks for the comments. Something to think about. I see what you mean about the pass mark for the exam, i misread it as for the assignments.

Glamorgan Uni is in walse so as you say not much use to anyone outside the UK.

I think that Don is right about keeping the certs and training seperate it makes it easier to become a more recognised thing if you can do the course/exam anywhere as apposed to being tied to one place. They are also less likley to go under as well.

I agree the 3 days is a bit short and would be very intense but then that is not always a bad thing, especially if you already have some knowledge...but then why pay the full 1300 for it. ...
I think that i might still consider it, as you say Don, for the knowledge and as a pathway to a Masters/
post Grad cert rather than for a technical cert. I have been looking to do a Masters for some time and this could prove an interesting way to do it. I will see what other options are available as most courses i have seen tend to go off into the management systems and higher end of computing.

See how it goes but thanks again for the comments.