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Can anyone recommend a distance learning company?
oddbunny
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Hi all,
I want to train to be a web designer on a small level, cottage industry style and am looking to find a correspondence course.
I can see there a loads of companies offering courses but it's hard to work out which company is reputable. Learn Direct look good but I don't want to be swayed just because they advertise on telly!
I wondered if anyone had used distance learning companies and how you got on with them?
Thanks everyone!
I want to train to be a web designer on a small level, cottage industry style and am looking to find a correspondence course.
I can see there a loads of companies offering courses but it's hard to work out which company is reputable. Learn Direct look good but I don't want to be swayed just because they advertise on telly!
I wondered if anyone had used distance learning companies and how you got on with them?
Thanks everyone!
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Learn Direct is just an umberella portal for other providers, it is not a provider in itself. It is (or was) government funded to signpost people for post 16 distance learning.0
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Hello there. I have did a bit of research...and you Distance Education.org has a variety of courses and universities !!
You can also see people ranking the courses and the Unis0 -
If i was wanting to do long distance learning id look at the OU0
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Thanks for that - althought unfortunately these are American universities but I appreciate you taking the time to reply
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Hi all,
I want to train to be a web designer on a small level, cottage industry style and am looking to find a correspondence course.
I can see there a loads of companies offering courses but it's hard to work out which company is reputable. Learn Direct look good but I don't want to be swayed just because they advertise on telly!
I wondered if anyone had used distance learning companies and how you got on with them?
Thanks everyone!
A good starting point would be to visit alison they have lots of courses which you can study for free, there is advertising displayed and if you want a cert at end you will have to pay a small fee but you probably do not need a cert in any case. A friend of mine found a web design course there and found it helpful, I studied an excel course and bought a cert for about £12 I think.0 -
I Would recomend open university courses online learning, How i got started in It and Website devolopment/E commeracial and languages. Never looked back now got myself plenty of businesses now and doing well from it
Cheers"MSE Money saving challenges..8/12/13 3,500 saved so far :j" p.s if i been helpfully please leave me a thank you but seek official advice at all times from a pro0
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