Free Courses

[pennyforthem]

Free Courses in:-

Finding your dream job
Succeeding in work
Emotional Intelligence
Call centre skills
Equality and diversity
First steps in IT
Next steps in IT
Web Intrepreneur
Wizzard on the web
Entrepreneurship
Money management
Healthy living
Sports coaching

All at www.creatingcareers.net

[BruceLee]

The money management course looks interesting. Thanks for this ;D

[thesulkycat]

i am currently doing the emotional intelligence course - highly recommended ( and i am a teacher by day and a night class tutor by night, so have some vague inkling of what makes a good course!)


:o

[bubbles]

what does it involve... sounds intresting!!

[angel]

Thanks for this. I just applied for the emotional intelligence course. ;D

[steeev]

the company running this seems to be the same as vision2learn, who were also offering free courses a while back, and on top of that they were also giving cashback for signing up via the various cashback sites, £3.50 through greasypalm for example, might be worth investigating, if they have a similar cashback scheme... or the old vision2learn one is valid for this company too.

[pennyforthem]

Oh ive already signed up for mine :-[

Never mind still got the courses free ;D

Thanks for the tip I will keep an eye out next time !

Getting paid to do free courses whatever next!

[abiwoolhouse]

Thanks for this, I have also applied for the Emotional Intelligence course - sounds great! ;D

(This is also a Vision2Learn course)

[misters]

Think this was posted before and it didn't cover Scotland, please correct me if i'm wrong.

[BoltonMinx]

I signed up with Vision2Learn in Sept for the Money Management course and Im still waiting for a study place :P

[ajm]

Think this was posted before and it didn't cover Scotland, please correct me if i'm wrong.


Just had a look through the FAQ, and you are right - no cover in Scotland :'(

[elvis_bloggs]

If I am correct, this course is not undertaken fully online, there is an end of course assessmemt which involves meeting someone in a college or school or the like, but hey, sounds good. :D ;) ;D

[16011996]

thanks for this, worth a look

[leezuk]

Just looked at this site and it has a clause in terms and conditions about fees relating to not finishing the course/attending a centre /fee for certificates etc - so hidden costs. Tried e-mailing them on their contact e-mails but none of them work - I am very suspicous - anyone have any more info?? I know there are other courses out there where they catch you out on these things.

[marco_79]

I live in Scotland and have applyed anyway what harm can it do. You can select Scotland from the drop down menu and it accepted my details. Says now I will be contacted by post. Just have to wait and see what happens.

[pennyforthem]

Well im not in Scotland and they dont do the courses here :(

Can always try another time and get the money from rpoints thanks Steeev ;D

[lpc]

the company running this seems to be the same as vision2learn, who were also offering free courses a while back, and on top of that they were also giving cashback for signing up via the various cashback sites, £3.50 !through greasypalm for example, might be worth investigating, if they have a similar cashback scheme... or the old vision2learn one is valid for this company too.

I've subscribed at greasypalm and then at a vision2learn course but I haven't seen the £3.50 getting added at my account balance in greasypalm. Is it common to take long time, or do I have to do the course first?

Cheers
Panagiotis

[meerustar]

I've been doing the Web Entrepreneur course now for a few months through V2L and it's quite good. I have a final examination at North Trafford College sometime at the end of January which I'm half dreading as I haven't done a 'sit down'n exam since I left school 16 years ago, lol.

(I'm an Open University Student but my exams there have mainly been online as my courses are computer based, so copped out of the 'sit down' exam for the last 3 years, lol)

The Web Entrepreneur course is recommended to those less confident on a computer to help you get the best from it. I found it quite easy as I have experience but a certificate is a certificate and looks good on the CV.

Good Luck all those applying.

[scally]

I've applied for several of their courses only to be told there's no college support available in my area, so i can't do any of them.

I'm not sure how many colleges are affiliated to this, but if they haven't got one near me then it can't be very widespread. So, take heart those of you in Scotland, you'e not the only ones missing out! :(

[lpc]

BTW, does anyone else knows any other way to get free training, such as other websites?

[steeev]

BTW, does anyone else knows any other way to get free training, such as other websites?


there are loads of websites on the internet offering free training, picking an example at random, photoshop there are thousands of online tutorials teaching photoshop skills (photoshop is a computer program for manipulating digital images)

there are lots of tutorials for a wide range of other subjects online too.

to get started finding them just try typing the name of the subject you want to learn and the words "free" and "tutorial" into the google search engine (http://www.google.com) and you should get a list of sites.

[Iffy_Wallet]

I did mention this a while back: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html

but like a lot of things on the site, they "fall down the back of the sofa" and disappear - perhaps lost on the old site?

Free course information from Massachusetts
Institute of Technlogy

"a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and
self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT's mission to advance
knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is true
to MIT's values of excellence, innovation, and leadership"

Fairly radical ! M.I.T. is a highly respected organisation in the States.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alternatively, is this any good to you: http://www.intelligentedu.com/cat1.html
Our brand new Free Computer Training Search site is now online, containing over 100,000 free educational, training and tutorial web resources, all at your fingertips

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alternatively, (not free) but some can be cheap:
http://catalogue.learndirect.co.uk/courses/

[tonygch96]

Many thanks for the tip.
I have just signed up for H&S - Long Live the Freebies!

[ksh123]

I also signed up for the emotional intelligence course and, although I live in a city with half a dozen colleges and two universities I never got off the starting block owing to their being no coverage by tutors in my area! I was disappointed at the time.

[Galaxy36]

Thanks for this have just signed up for healthy living course. Would have liked to sign up for the Money Management course as that would have helped in my current role as Money Management Officer within a large credit union..

[belleooo]

I have applied for the Equality and Diversity course as it looks interesting. I've got exams for the Open University course I am currently doing next month so hoping I don't hear anything for a couple of months.:eek:

[Jo4]

Not available to Northern Ireland residents! :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

[lovelily]

I signed up a couple of months ago, in anticipation of a specific course being available. I recently received an email saying the course was now available, in my area, and I should register. I did so and was told to wait for the paper work/application form. I then received an email saying sorry, the course I wanted was not available in my area, but there are alternative courses. If I was willing to pay. I wonder how many of these courses are truly available.

[g'kar]

i signed up and got a place straight away!

[TraciJ2]

Hi peopel,

I've been with Vision 2 learn since last Spring and have completed the Health & Safety course with flying colours!! <big headed hehehe> I've now started the Next steps in IT which is brill and have just started Emotional Intelligence which sadly is stretching me brain-cells!! I put it down to being a full time eejit!!!!

www.vision2learn.co.uk (http://www.vision2learn.co.uk)

[MORPH3US]

Shame they don't have a list of colleges that can be used.

Anyone know if there is a college in Stafford / Stoke On Trent that I could use for their courses?!?!?

Can someone also tell me if there is a time limit on completing the course, and how much study is required?

M

[mosaic]

I think the vision to learn is a great opportunity. Especially for those past the age of apprenticeship opportunities.

I tried last year but I do not live in an area where the local colleges are working with vision to learn. They said to try later on but I have tried again and still no luck in this area.

I also think that a list of available colleges they work with is a good idea.

[sweet'sis']

i get this everytime i select to apply 4 a course

Sorry, there are currently no fundable places available in your funding area on the course you have chosen. Please choose one of the following options:

We also have a number of pay-as-you-go courses available that may interest you. Click here for details.


what does it mean?

[codger]

Heigh-ho.

"There are currently no fundable places in the area where you live."

That's it then. Back to my DIY course in Brain Surgery.

[sweet'sis']

any idea where r these courses available....

[haron91]

ive tried about 4 but nothing is available in my area!

[lady_noluck]

i get this everytime i select to apply 4 a course

Sorry, there are currently no fundable places available in your funding area on the course you have chosen. Please choose one of the following options:

We also have a number of pay-as-you-go courses available that may interest you. Click here for details.


what does it mean?

I always get the same thing, every time I try!!

[dethcreeper]

It's a good link but Scotland is out and so is Wales :(
Now you would think they would try to branch out a bit.
I have seen this offer before and tried to get them to include the rest of the country but didn't succeed

[Tetsuko]

I tried to apply for the business course because although I have all the experience I don't have anything on paper to prove it to an employer.

However, the site said they don't do that course in my area :( *cries*

They do Healthy Living, Health and Safety and Healthy Eating here woohoo *does little sarcastic jump for joy*

But I already have an H&S cert and I don't think the others will be as useful for my job prospects :D

[Tetsuko]

I did mention this a while back: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html



Wow, thanks for that link. I wish I had know about this when I did Chemistry at uni. It's an awesome site :T

[Karmacat]

Thanks for this thread - I'd not heard of vision2learn, but their wizard on the web course is exactly what I'm looking for.

[loucroft]

I signed up with Vision2Learn in Sept for the Money Management course and Im still waiting for a study place :P

Completed a course from this company a while back but just after (1 year ago) I applied to do another and never heard from them so I guess they're inundated with applications.

Lou

[iBlob]

Read all the messages here. Rather concerned. Does anyone know of a course on 'how to apply for a course - the successful way' ?

Don't really understand Emotional Intelligence.....thought these were mutually exclusive!

[missysx]

i have tried to register for 4 different courses on the vision to learn and they all say not available in my area :(

[melainab]

I cant get it in my area either, but will keep my eye on it as you never know!

[kernow]

If you know any adults from abroad now living in the UK, they may well be able to attend English classes (ESOL) either free or at reasonable cost. They should enquire at their local council "Adult Learning Centre". Similarly classes are often run for any of us who want to brush up on our English, Numeracy and sometimes computer knowledge. I`m an ESOL tutor myself.

[THE-BREWERY]

What a complete waist of time there are no free courses just wants your money I tried several !!! It is a con just to get you to the web site!!
THE BREWERY

[Debbie]

Hi

As a mum of 3 I wanted to do something for "me" and i am part way through a FREE Vision2 Learn online course "web entrepeneur", when i tried about a year ago there were no places available in my area so its worth keep trying.

I am finding it a useful way to get back into studying and although the beginning of the course if basic it does boost your confidence to send in assignments and get good feedback and passes from your online tutor.
I am now starting the second unit of the course about web design which is the part of the course i was most interested in and i'm sure i will learn lots.

Debbie

[beaniemolly]

I signed up for one of their IT NVQ courses & was doing it through the Walsall College, I signed up in August last year and then I heard nothing else. Then in October I had a phone call asking why I hadn't logged on & started. I said because I haven't heard anything etc.. and this was just the beginning. I completed the coursework in 3 weeks as I already know IT and just wanted the piece of paper. They then kept me hanging on until Jan this year & said I had to go in for an assessment (The assessment was 3 multiple choice questions that a 10yr old could answer and I had to do a round trip from stafford at 4pm in an afternoon!!!). Then another 4 weeks later I had to go in for another assessment, I did this again. Then another 3/4 weeks later I had to go & do another one!!!
To cut a long story short the college did not know what they were doing with the course and despite finishing the coursework in October last year I still have not got anywhere near a qualification from them.

[LittleVoice]

Hi

As a mum of 3 I wanted to do something for "me" and i am part way through a FREE Vision2 Learn online course "web entrepeneur", when i tried about a year ago there were no places available in my area so its worth keep trying.

I am finding it a useful way to get back into studying and although the beginning of the course if basic it does boost your confidence to send in assignments and get good feedback and passes from your online tutor.
I am now starting the second unit of the course about web design which is the part of the course i was most interested in and i'm sure i will learn lots.

Debbie

I did this course a while back.

The second part is probably more interesting as most people know how to send emails and the like (what's included in the first part).

The third part which is about using your knowledge as an entrepreneur on the web (and thus gives the course its title) is actually unsupported as far as teacher input is concerned. You are actually on your own with the learning material. However, the paper qualification is given for parts 1 and 2, so you don't actually have to do anything on the third part.

I trust you will continue to enjoy working on the course and get your certificates in due course. (You do get more than one because of the different parts.)

[mascherano]

What a complete waist of time there are no free courses just wants your money I tried several !!! It is a con just to get you to the web site!!
THE BREWERY

maybe you should try a course on spelling

[muppet707]

I completed the Vision2Learn 'Next Steps in IT' course in April 2006, but I am still waiting for the certificate!! Having contacted the college (Newbury), I was told that they were waiting for my coursework to be validated by the external examiner, but it should be done within a couple of months. That was back in January!!! I have since tried to contact the college and Vision2Learn at least 5 times to find out what is going on, but I have had no response.
If you want to take a course to learn how to do something then they are very good, if however you want to take the course to gain a certificate to add another string to your bow when you apply for jobs, as I did, then I think you would be better off looking elsewhere, even if it means paying for the course.

[dawney101]

i had the same problem as you but in april 2005 but i finished the course in 9 days instead of the usual 8-9 months. i did recieve the certificate but not until january 2006 which is far too slow for the hard work i put in.

[leeegglestone]

vision2learn are a joke. for some reason, my tutor stopped responding to my messages half way through my course and i heard nothing for Months on end

: - (

this week I emailed Admin vision2learn instead of the college tutors, so response there either

[Sheryl76]

Courses only available free if you live in England, not available if you live in Wales.

[stevey2005]

I attempted to apply and unfortunality the funding for the courses are not available in my area :confused:

[Edna_Bucket]

the company running this seems to be the same as vision2learn, who were also offering free courses a while back, and on top of that they were also giving cashback for signing up via the various cashback sites, £3.50 through greasypalm for example, might be worth investigating, if they have a similar cashback scheme... or the old vision2learn one is valid for this company too.

I don't know about Greasypalm, but they are certainly a partner at RPoints! There you get 375 points (£3.75) once you have completed your 6 week free course (that might explain why people are asking when it gets credited?)

If you go to their Easy Points page:

http://www.rpoints.com/e10/

and scroll down, they are about 9 from the bottom.

[tryin2elp]

i tried this last month and apparantly there were no tutors in my area
which is silly since the address they give is is my area

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

[tryin2elp]

Courses only available free if you live in England, not available if you live in Wales.


i am in england:mad:

[Tetsuko]

I had someone come and speak to me about doing a home study course. It was with skillsoft or skillstrain (something like that) Not sure how I applied but I had been looking for the MCSE couse online and I must have clicked on or enquired about their courses online somewhere.

They were awful. I had expressed an interest in doing my MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) course . I got a phone call from the company and they arranged for a sales person to come and see me.

I was really excited until the sales guy turned up at my home and didn't appear to know anything about the MCSE course whatsoever. He tried to tell me that an MCSE course was just an extension of Word, Excel etc and wouldn't be suitable for me with my level of education/training.

He then tried to convince me that I would be much better off doing a Sage qualification. And then waffled on for aaages in sales-speak about what advantages this would give me in the workplace and that every business in the country needed their books kept in order :confused:,totally ignoring the reason (and product) I had invited him into my home for in the first place.

I was almost expecting him to say "do you think as a woman you might be better off staying in the kitchen and making me some pie" and then try to sell me a nice shiny set of double glazing to go with my Sage course :mad:.

In retrospect I should have asked him if he was stupid and didn't know what an MCSE course actually was or was he implying that I was stupid and believed his b****x and either way I wanted him out of my house.

Instead I sat and seethed and couldn't wait for him to leave or my boyfriend to come home, whichever happened first. My boyfriend said I should have made a complaint to the company but lucky for the dodgy salesman I couldn't remember the actual name of the company involved and had no paperwork with it on.

I've put in an application to do Business Information Systems at Uni instead if I don't get the job I've just been interviewed for. This experience has put me right off applying to companies offering courses online :( But very, very relieved that there had been no money involved.

[Nicolefury]

So has anybody actually:

1) Finished one of these courses
2) Received the certificate?

I'm quite tempted to do one, maybe even in just Health and Safety to put it on my CV.

[Lemmy Caution]

So has anybody actually:

1) Finished one of these courses
2) Received the certificate?

I'm quite tempted to do one, maybe even in just Health and Safety to put it on my CV.Err! After reading all the posts from disappointed MSErs I wonder why you are still so tempted.

[Nicolefury]

Well to be fair, I've gone through whats available to me and it's not great. The emotion one is the only one that looks vaguely interesting, but I'd rather not sign up and take somebody elses place.

[PHickman]

And again... one month later for anyone...

Has anyone...
1) Finished one of these courses
2) Received the certificate
3) Received cashback from any site

Thanks.

[Spendaholic Chick]

Just went onto the vision2learn site to see if my application was still there - it was, and shows I've been registered since 2004 to go on the EI course! Bit of a waste of time, if you ask me! I've just tried registering fora few different courses, and surprise surprise, no availability in my area!

[LittleVoice]

So has anybody actually:

1) Finished one of these courses
2) Received the certificate?

I'm quite tempted to do one, maybe even in just Health and Safety to put it on my CV.

I did Web Entrepreneur course and received the certificate - Level 2 Certificate in Telematics (nothing actually to do with being an entrepreneur, the entrepreneurial part of the courses doesn't have tutor support and is not assessed for the Telematics qualification)

[Wiggynut]

I've been trying to apply for a course through Vision2Learn for 9 months! I give up now.
The first time my application was successful but the college which is on the other side of London was being refurbished so they're was a delay... then they cancelled the course - 3 months down the pan!
I applied again for a slightly different course - but they said I'm over qualified despite the application form not having anything on it about qualifications!
And now it always says there are no courses in my area... I would have thought London would be choc full of them!!
I wouldn't pay £30 through this company to do one of their other courses (they didn't have these at the beginning of the year) as they have not been very helpful and you have to send them about 6 emails before they even bother replying to one of them.
they then had the cheek to send me an email asking me to refer them on to my friends... how can I give a referral on a course if I can't get on one of them... let alone their 'customer services' - ie Lack off!
I did think this was a really good thing but as usual something sounds good then it means it wont be!
Might have to do one of the starter courses with the OU but it's not on the subject I want to do - I need an easy, entry into study type of thing - warm up the old brain!

[juno]

I completed the Health And Safety course at the start of 2006. I don't think the course material was that great, but my tutor was excellent. It took ages and a lot of chasing to get my certificate, but it's silver and sparkly. And no one's ever heard of the qualification anyway.

[sillyvixen]

i wanted to do healthy eating, would you credit it, not available in my area!! is this course internet and telephone based why should my area count. It was the only course i had an interest in but can only get the emotional thingy one
no point of free course if i am not interested.. i can always try another time i suppose.

[LittleVoice]

i wanted to do healthy eating, would you credit it, not available in my area!! is this course internet and telephone based why should my area count. It was the only course i had an interest in but can only get the emotional thingy one
no point of free course if i am not interested.. i can always try another time i suppose.

Though the course material is accessed via the internet and you submit coursework by an email system, the tutors are based at colleges and you would be allocated to one in your general area. And for a number of courses you do have to attend the college to take a supervised assessment.

The area is also important because of where the funders want to concentrate their money.

[Tetsuko]

I was told I had a place being run through Lowestoft college. When I heard nothing back I contacted the college but they had never heard Vision2learn and I was asked to forward all the correspondence I had had from Vision2Learn on to the college.

Then I got another email from Vision2Learn telling me that my course had coincidently been moved to a different college.

Then I got a phone call to check my eligibility for the course. I was told that yes I was eligible and that all it would all be going ahead soon.

Then a week or so after the phone call I get another email saying that I don't qualify afterall after almost three months of waiting to do this IT online course. However I do qualify for some namby pamby course that will be of no use to my job prospects whatsoever :confused:

They seem like a total scam to me. I won't be bothering to apply again. I certainly won't be recommending them to anyone :mad:

They can stick their courses where the sun doesn't shine now anyway. I've just been offered a place on a real course :D

[black-saturn]

I'm in Lowestoft and it says there are no courses available in my area on Vision2Learn so it can't be run by them.

[clarej1985]

I tried to do a vision2learn course about 2 months ago (the emotional intelligence one) and was told i have too many GCSE's to qualify for a free place :-(

[moneysavingmumofone]

None in my area :(

[mick_uk]

If I am correct, this course is not undertaken fully online, there is an end of course assessmemt which involves meeting someone in a college or school or the like, but hey, sounds good. :D ;) ;D


i took both first steps in it and web entrepenur courses last year and passesd both and all was done from home, no visits to college and no meeting from any persons.
yes the assessments are at the end of eachpart of the course but all done online via an online tutor.
good luck to all that enrol its well worth the effort:beer:

[mick_uk]

And again... one month later for anyone...

Has anyone...
1) Finished one of these courses
2) Received the certificate
3) Received cashback from any site

Thanks.
i have recieved both my certificates from vision2learn

[black-saturn]

I tried to do a vision2learn course about 2 months ago (the emotional intelligence one) and was told i have too many GCSE's to qualify for a free place :-(
Oh dear, not much hope for me then.

[LittleVoice]

i took . . . web entrepenur course

Did you do the third part - the entrepreneurial section? Or were you, like me, only interested in the web page development side of things?

[mick_uk]

Did you do the third part - the entrepreneurial section? Or were you, like me, only interested in the web page development side of things?
the third part was of no intrest to me after having my unit2 act 5 being passed and then failed four times, i just got bored with doing the same assessment over and over and lost my temper with the tutor and told her to clarify the wording to a human type of understanding:rotfl: :rotfl:

[horace251]

I've been through all their courses they mention and all except an IT one they claim there is no college support in my area also [Lincolnshire] shame cause there was one or two I fancied doing.......

[horace251]

I've been through all their courses they mention and all except an IT one they claim there is no college support in my area also [Lincolnshire] shame cause there was one or two I fancied doing.......
forgot to mention Bracing Skegness area Lincolnshire

[workingmum]

these course are good i have done most of the computer courses just signed for the last clait level 2. I have just passed my web developer course.

[josoap]

Ach i don't believe it vision 2 learn doesn't do NI does anyone know of free courses that i can do:mad:

[Cerenia]

Mine was going through fine, then got told there was a delay due to a surge in applications, so told them to cancel it, because we were changing managers and I wasn't sure we'd be able to spare the time for me to do a course :(

[JustaGuy]

I've pretty much given up applying for online courses. I was particularly disappointed with Vision 2 Learn, they just email every few months to say they have places when they don't.

Newcastle college do a really good running course, I did it a couple of years ago after finding it thrrough tis forum
http://www.great2run.org/

I'd urge everyone to read read this blog about self-education, I found it quite exciting
http://selfmadescholar.com/b/
It has lots of links to resources and tips for learning

This next link is also one of my favourites
http://education.jimmyr.com/

[cwp500]

I've applied for several of their courses only to be told there's no college support available in my area, so i can't do any of them.

I'm not sure how many colleges are affiliated to this, but if they haven't got one near me then it can't be very widespread. So, take heart those of you in Scotland, you'e not the only ones missing out! :(


yeah, me too.

it all sounds very much "sorry we dont have the one you want in your area but we would be quite happy to take money from you if you want to do something less relevant or interesting".

No good feedback on these or from these people so far.

[black-saturn]

I am on a Vision2Learn course in health and safety at the moment. My employer (yes I have a job outside the home now) wanted me to do it and it was free so I said why not. Seems to be quite easy.

[lannyloo]

I am on a Vision2Learn course in health and safety at the moment. My employer (yes I have a job outside the home now) wanted me to do it and it was free so I said why not. Seems to be quite easy.

I completed the Health and Safety one a few years ago, it was really good, totally enjoyed it.

The good thing about Vision2Learn is you can work at your own pace, i had the H&S one completed within 3 weeks.

[cwp500]

I've applied for several of their courses only to be told there's no college support available in my area, so i can't do any of them.

I'm not sure how many colleges are affiliated to this, but if they haven't got one near me then it can't be very widespread. So, take heart those of you in Scotland, you'e not the only ones missing out! :(

never had a positive response from these people yet. there are no guidelines on their site as to how funding is distributed throughout the country and no timetable of likely funded courses.

very disappointing, personally wont bother with vision to learn ever again.:mad:

[deannatrois]

I have tried several courses (all IT) and the emotional intelligence course, but the website says there are no free places on any of them. Shame cause the courses do look good and ideal for a mum with no child care lol.

[cwp500]

what does it involve... sounds intresting!!

Hate to be a curmudgeonly so and so but Vison to Learn hasnt come up with the goods yet.

"Free" courses are rarely available, but they are only too happy to offer paid courses instead.

Lets hope they realise people have only so much patience and you cant con all of the people all of the time.

[leafy]

so does anyone knw for sure if the customer service skills course is free all the way throughout the course?

[LittleVoice]

never had a positive response from these people yet. there are no guidelines on their site as to how funding is distributed throughout the country and no timetable of likely funded courses.

very disappointing, personally wont bother with vision to learn ever again.:mad:

That is disappointing but if you have registered your interest in a course, they do write to you when they are recruiting in your area. I've known it take more than a year, but their records seem to be reasonable at keeping you informed of courses that are available.

It all depends on Government funding and on which colleges will work in partnership with them.

[harieta]

so does anyone knw for sure if the customer service skills course is free all the way throughout the course?
I just got myself a place for Customer Service with vision2learn, I've got my tutor assigned and I start next week. :j

[msaquib]

Hi,

I have started NVQ ITQ through Vision to Learn this February. I have not had any problems. It's due to finish in July now.

MS

[saver_sam]

Just tried to register for the money management course and got told there was no funding available for my area :( .

[sjp1966]

can you only take the one course?

[Gavski]

There Aee No Free Courses Available - I Have Tried To Sign Up To Them All And They All Say The Same - No Funding Available. Fyi - If Any Of You Have Any More Luck Please Let Me Know

[Sprout]

Newcastle College have free eNVQ courses (level two only) in Business Administration and Customer Service. They sometimes have other freebies too, it's worth asking...
learnyourway@ncl-coll.ac.uk

[itldus]

only in England!!!!!:mad:

[kaydiane]

Hi

Please can you advise the free courses that are available can you apply to do them if you are unemployed?

Id love to be able to do some of them from home on my PC and build my knowledge and skills to help me get a job!

If its the case where I cannot apply can anyone help me find some where that wont cost me and that I can do from home

cheers

[Sarah.A]

Usually for V2L courses you need to be employed so they can get funding, but there is no harm in applying.
If you are unemployed check out your local college. They usually tend to have free job related courses if you are unemployed. Eg. Interview techniques, CV writing and basic IT courses. I don't think you can do these from home, you probably have to attend college though.

[SavvyatSaving]

Just tried this link and unfortunately courses are not available in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales....although it does say that they are working with local library boards and colleges to try and get funding and support available in these countries so maybe worth keeping an eye on it??
After all they are offering courses for free!!!

[niksyg]

I did one of these courses - Healthy Eating - through vision2learn - all the same company and it was great! Tutor was really good and I found out todau I passed it - whoop!

[Welshwoofs]

Tried to sign up to the Healthy Living one and got the message that there's no funding at all in Wales:

The situation at the moment is that we do not yet have a college in Wales to support vision2learn learners. We are continuing to attempt to get a college or colleges in Wales to take learners living in Wales and access funding via ELWa. We will let you know as soon as we have a college that will enrol you.

[han694]

never in my area :mad: thanks anyway xx

[FlyingDutchman]

None in mine either... :(

Annoying because I could accept a course run in Central London and not specifically in my postcode area.

[Pssst]

the company running this seems to be the same as vision2learn, who were also offering free courses a while back, and on top of that they were also giving cashback for signing up via the various cashback sites, £3.50 through greasypalm for example, might be worth investigating, if they have a similar cashback scheme... or the old vision2learn one is valid for this company too.
I once did a course via vision2learn. They were absoulte crap at customer service and i got the impression that they are creaming money off central Government ,providing on line courses that a muppet could pass and which might not be all that valid in the real world.

But then what do i know?
Seem to me that a few bits of paper are worth far more these days..

[achtunglady]

No funding in North London