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A_Phoenix_of_Tangerine

Roger_Rampant wrote: »

Government grants? Also a small amount of revenue from advertising. Online businesses have very low overheads, and the government chucks money at training institutions. I was paid more in grants to do my CCNA ccourse with the OU than what I actually paid to the OU in the first place!

What does CCNA stand for, please?

Silk

A_Phoenix_of_Tangerine wrote: »

What does CCNA stand for, please?

It stands for Cisco Certified Network Associate

Networks etc

morestuff

Horlock wrote: »

Perhaps a course like nursing might be more relevant?

Would YOU be happy knowing that the nurse treating you got a D in GCSE science?

kittycat204

i have heard the course is "free" but to claim your certificate you have to pay money. if that helps anybody.

nikkilala_2

That's exactly how they make their money, through the certificates and advertising.On the course I'm doing they recommend particular hosts and web companies so obviously they get paid for that as well. I'm doing a course purely because I need to learn stuff and am not bothered about the certificates and so far I've found it really good. The one I'm doing comes in short 10 minute videos so I'm doing it at my own pace and can revert back to things really easily. Not too sure how the qualifications would stand up in the job market but it's perfect for me.

charlie-chan

Jewelleryfan wrote: »

Thanks for this! I'm due to start a health and social care course through the open university in October so I might do a few of these to get my brain working lol
The smaller ones are only 1-2 hours and you can apparently download the PDF certificate when you complete it.

You could also look at these Jewelleryfan - http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/. These are short courses for free too.

I am very interested in doing the Adobe Photoshop training course so I will check that out.

In_the_red

charlie-chan wrote: »

You could also look at these Jewelleryfan - ]. These are short courses for free too.

I am very interested in doing the Adobe Photoshop training course so I will check that out.

Hi I am very interested in doing some free courses in the 'Childhood & Youth' topics but I was wondering, do you know if it will effect me as I start a course in February and i know when going through the financial support application they ask if you are a first time learner at the Open uni. I wouldn't want a short course to affect my application as the degree is obviously main priority. Thanks in advance.

blondynurse

morestuff wrote: »

Would YOU be happy knowing that the nurse treating you got a D in GCSE science?

i am shocked at that statement too, nurses are trained at university level nowadays, and certainly wouldn't be eligable for enterence with a "d" grade.
Also having a family member who is a doctor has absolutely nothing to do someone getting on in this career at enterence to the course, people have to take you on your merits
sorry as a nurse i got abit upset with your comment

EndlessStruggle

I have done Microsoft office training on Alison, not sure about certificated courses but I just print of my learner record. Also doing a free ITQ through VIsion2Learn, would recommend them

Horlock

blondynurse wrote: »

i am shocked at that statement too, nurses are trained at university level nowadays, and certainly wouldn't be eligable for enterence with a "d" grade.
Also having a family member who is a doctor has absolutely nothing to do someone getting on in this career at enterence to the course, people have to take you on your merits
sorry as a nurse i got abit upset with your comment

No offence meant. My wife is a nurse she took triple science at GCSE and got two D's and an E. She also has a degree in Health Science and a 2-1 BN Degree in nursing (and got that while pregnant - probably the only reason she didn't get a 1st class).

Personally I have no objection to being treated by a nurse with no GCSE's. I see the other qualifications of a nurse as far more important - interpersonal skills and care.

I certainly didn't mean that nurses can't be straight A students I simply suggested that someone who wanted a connection with the medical world who did not have a proven academic record might want to consider nursing.

Doctor's need to understand how chemicals interact within the body - which is extremely academic. As such an excellent doctor may have no personality whatsoever but must be extremely academic. This does not mean that I'm implying that all doctor's have no personality.

Nurse's need to interact with people - administer drugs - explain what the doctors very often fail to communicate, dress wounds. They don't need to understand the chemical processes (assuming they are not prescribing drugs - but a prescribing nurse isn't a standard nurse and requires additional study). This does not mean that I'm implying that nurse's can't understand chemicals - only that their ability to bears no impact on whether they are a good or a bad nurse.


I apologise for taking this thread off topic, but did feel it important that people didn't misinterpret my advice. My advice was directed at the person who wrote the original question and I stand by my original advice in that context. To someone wanting to study prior to university enterance in the US they would be better studying the US SAT examinations (which are readily available in this country- although they do cost) than one of these free courses. That does not mean that one of these free courses will be of no use to them. Perhaps the course will be excellent.

In the same way this post is addressing the issue of offending a nurse. It is not meant as an attempt to offend Doctor's. I apologize in advance if it could be construed that way.