R help - Jan 2005 - Postgraduate distance learning courses for MSc in Statistics?

Does anybody has experience with postgraduate distance learning courses 
resulting in a MSc in Statistics? I am thinking about such a course to 
learn more about statistics and get a certification to be able to work 
as statistician. I would prefer a course in England or in the USA. A 
coworker told me about a course at the Sheffield Hallam University. Are 
there well known courses? Any idea how to find a good one? Are there 
any courses with some emphasis on computational statistics?

I am currently working in a medical research group in Germany managing 
studies and being responsible for data management and basic, 
explorative data analysis. I studied medicine and I am not that bad in 
programming.

Thanks in advance for any comments and suggestions.

Sorry for posting something only distantly related to R but I hope 
there some people reading this mailing list who could help me. 
Moreover, R is one of the reasons why I got interested in statistics.

Tilo