Distance Learning, elearning, online courses

Distance Learning is a more individual and flexible way of learning. Distance learning is a mechanism to study courses that you would normally study at College or work without the inconvenience of travel or time off. Our Distance Learning allows you to study at your own pace, wherever you decide (normally at your own home) and in a way that best suits you.

Distance Learning courses are available in a variety of forms that you choose to best suit your needs or circumstances. Our Distance Learning courses are available as a Correspondence Course (Paper based), e-learning (interactive CD-ROM or DVD) and are available to study online by logging on to our purpose built Distance Learning VLE (Virtual Learning Environment).
Distance Learning - Less expensive

Distance Learning is much cheaper than its traditional counterparts. Distance Learning does not incur the overheads Colleges or traditional training companies do which are generally recognised to be in excess of 50% of the cost of any particular course (building, heating, payroll, cafeteria costs etc). Distance Learning also does not suffer form excessive provision (teaching, room and materials) costs reckoned to account for 20% of the cost of a course.

Distance Learning, therefore, means much better value for money. You only pay for the education you receive and are not footing the rest of the 70% of costs the traditional organisations will add. Distance Learning therefore has an inherent advantage in that it is much cheaper to provide without affecting the quality of the knowledge or qualification being gained.
Distance Learning - Quality & Accreditation

Distance Learning courses are available at all levels up to and including Masters. Distance Learning courses undergo as many if not more quality checks as their traditional counterparts in Colleges. Indeed our courses are in use at many Colleges around the World.

The knowledge gained from our courses is our main focus. We provide accreditation and certification where required but not everybody needs or wants it. The old adage of passing your driving test doesn't mean your a good driver is our course design mandate.
The course topics include Adventure & Eco-tourism, Business, Environmental, Farming, General, Health, Hospitality, Horticulture, Information Technology, leisure & fitness, management, marketing, nursery & propagation, pet care, psychology, photography, science, tourism, training/teaching and writing & Journalism.
Distance learning in all of its forms is the fastest growing phenomenon in education Globally. Increasingly, qualifications are seen as less important as the learning involved to obtain them decreases. In the last twenty years this devaluation of the qualification "currency" has seen a dramatic rise in the number of unemployed graduates.
This extrinsic factor that has taken shape in the business world is compounded by the intrinsic failure to recognise changing business requirements by the red brick educational sector. Instead they are geared up to pass as many people as possible for as much as they can get away with charging.
Moreover, there is almost a monopoly culture with price fixing and bullying tactics common place. The funding they receive from either Government, alumni, donations and other sources create an invisible barrier to offering what the business world requires and what the student can afford.
Whilst the traditional education sector is content to languish in its artificial bubble, until it bursts, commercial distance learning companies are driven by the market and customer demands. No-one will buy a course that will not increase their employability, with the exception of the hobbyist & academics, and customers will not make a purchase unless they get value for money.
it. The old adage of passing your driving test doesn't mean your a good driver is our course design mandate.