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Dappa D
13-03-09, 01:26 PM
hello :-)
Looking at doing A Levels.....From home
Been looking at the various companies that provide such course's, yet everytime I find one who I think id be happy learning with, I do a google review search and its mostly poor reviews.
So apart from J2uk, (as his distance learning is pretty specialist to a given career), has anyone here taken A levels via distance learning and have any recommendations on who to go with?
Thanks for any input
Dappa
MiniMatt
13-03-09, 01:36 PM
Local colleges tend to do evening classes - one night a week and rest at home etc. Not quite distance learning but best of both worlds and generally pretty heavily subsidised. Depends on the college but I believe most of them do "normal" A-Levels as well as the more far out ones (A-Level in Macaroni Pictures anyone?)
Dappa D
13-03-09, 01:53 PM
Id not mind doing evening classes at all, neither of my local colleges offer this tho, city of bristol and filton. spoke to them both on the telephone with no luck :-(
Bris-Rob
13-03-09, 03:12 PM
what about uwe dappa?
Dappa D
13-03-09, 03:20 PM
only do diplomas and degrees mate from what i can see on their website
Bris-Rob
13-03-09, 03:25 PM
aaaa thats turd, what you looking to study? ill have a look around im sure some one must do some courses
Dappa D
13-03-09, 03:27 PM
A level Economics first and foremost.....
not sure about the second one yet...possibly environmental studies A level
Bris-Rob
13-03-09, 03:40 PM
Have you tried http://www.weston.ac.uk/ and http://www.citybathcoll.ac.uk/ had a quick look but its all tailored for fulltimers! Can see your problem
Dappa D
13-03-09, 03:48 PM
have now thanks mate...no luck....id love to do it with a college but from i can see im gonna have to do it with a distance learning provider...not ideal as they all seem to be pretty useless for support..but...as long as i pass then i can then go ahead and get a degree with a proper university so it would have served its purpose
i did Open University couple of years ago and found them good and helpful. Tutorials were held monthly but I never managed to get to any. Had one point of contact by email who was fantastic and replied quickly
Dappa D
13-03-09, 04:24 PM
i did Open University couple of years ago and found them good and helpful. Tutorials were held monthly but I never managed to get to any. Had one point of contact by email who was fantastic and replied quickly
+1 for the open university have heard they are good and may do a degree with them, but they dont offer A levels which i need first
In my experience doing A Levels by distance learning is rarely successful.
If you want to do them to get into Uni then look at Access courses at your local colleges. This is now the most common route for Uni entry for post 19 students
Good luck
what about this? http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?C01DD202
not a level but maybe a good start - saying that its very expensive. I got mine free as I was getting tax credits
Dappa D
13-03-09, 04:38 PM
thanks kitkat looks interesting...just off home so will have a proper look later..looks good tho :-)
_drummer_
13-03-09, 04:47 PM
I had a quick look & found quite a few, like:
[/URL]http://www.distance-learning-centre.co.uk/products/92/ECONOMICS_A_LEVEL_COURSE.htm (http://www.nec.ac.uk/colleges/product?usca_p=t&product_id=112&category_id=3801)
[URL]https://store.oxfordcollege.ac/product_info.php?products_id=168
http://www.nec.ac.uk/courses/product?product_id=64&category_id=3305
etc
harder to find recommendations though, & they seem to be thrice the price of fulltime if you have to pay. I did my microsoft *shudder* course by distance learning & that was alright
A level Economics first and foremost.....
not sure about the second one yet...possibly environmental studies A level
Killer, i have just finished Construction Economics it was hard at first, but got interesting once you get your head round it.
+1 for the open university have heard they are good and may do a degree with them, but they dont offer A levels which i need first
Wow I´m surprised to hear that I did my GCSE´s with them but that was quite a while ago now.:rolleyes:
http://www.icslearn.co.uk/gcse-A-level/a-level/a-level-economics/
Dappa D
13-03-09, 07:14 PM
Wow I´m surprised to hear that I did my GCSE´s with them but that was quite a while ago now.:rolleyes:
really? good to know ill give them a call rather than going by whats on their website as would be more than happy doing it with them
Dappa D
13-03-09, 07:23 PM
I had a quick look & found quite a few, like:
http://www.distance-learning-centre.co.uk/products/92/ECONOMICS_A_LEVEL_COURSE.htm
https://store.oxfordcollege.ac/product_info.php?products_id=168
http://www.nec.ac.uk/courses/product?product_id=64&category_id=3305
etc
harder to find recommendations though, & they seem to be thrice the price of fulltime if you have to pay. I did my microsoft *shudder* course by distance learning & that was alright
thanks drummer - looked at these before...the oxford college one has a website ending in ".ac"....much like the uk education institutions that are ".ac.uk", not sure which country ends in .ac but to me it seems like they are trying to mislead you from the start....
distance learning centre - had good reviews - good price and everything as i wanted - i just dont have the entry requirements - i wrote to them explaining i was a muture student who had incorporated and ran a successful company, and that i would be willing to do any literacy and numeracy tests theyd like me to do in order for them to assess if i was suitable - but without the required a-c GSCE's its a no go.
NEC - look ok on the website - but its the review here http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews52282.html that are putting me off.
Dappa D
13-03-09, 07:27 PM
http://www.icslearn.co.uk/gcse-A-level/a-level/a-level-economics/
these are the front runners at the mo mate, mainly as they are accredited to (distance learning centre governing body type people - cant remember what they are called off the top of my head!)
if i do go with A levels rather tha access course then its looking more and more like id be going with ics
J, as a side note, I spoke with my uncle, he also did a diploma of some sort with the same estate management place you are - he rates them highly and said they are world renowned for their courses!:D
.ac refers to a UK academic institution. the Oxford College is one of those.
I'd be wary of icslearn.co.uk. I looked at their website and they say they should be ready for the new A levels early in 2009. We've been teaching them since 2008 because the others are not available after June 2009.
Studying at home is really suitable for many people but make no mistake is very hard indeed, specially if you've been away from studying for a while.
Have a look at Uni prep courses with the Open University. havn't checked the details for a while but they used to do courses that prepared you for joining a degree programme.
these are the front runners at the mo mate, mainly as they are accredited to (distance learning centre governing body type people - cant remember what they are called off the top of my head!)
if i do go with A levels rather tha access course then its looking more and more like id be going with ics
J, as a side note, I spoke with my uncle, he also did a diploma of some sort with the same estate management place you are - he rates them highly and said they are world renowned for their courses!:D
Good stuff, yeah my old man did his distance learning though them and that was about 40 years ago, they are good at what they do. Its tough, but if it wasn't everyone would be doing it. :D
Dappa D
14-03-09, 10:06 AM
.ac refers to a UK academic institution. the Oxford College is one of those.
I'd be wary of icslearn.co.uk. I looked at their website and they say they should be ready for the new A levels early in 2009. We've been teaching them since 2008 because the others are not available after June 2009.
Studying at home is really suitable for many people but make no mistake is very hard indeed, specially if you've been away from studying for a while.
Have a look at Uni prep courses with the Open University. havn't checked the details for a while but they used to do courses that prepared you for joining a degree programme.
Hi messie, have had a good look now at the what kitkat found and that looks good so may well take that route or something similar with the open university.
with regard to .ac, i thought it was only.ac.uk that were acedemic institutions not when its .ac on its own, as i have seen no other colleges/uni's or schools with just .ac, they are all .ac.uk...I also found this qoute (on a reveiw site so admittedly could be from anyone!)
<H3>General Comments
This 'college' uses a domain name with the extension .ac. We all know that domains with a .ac should be academic institutions, but did you know that .ac on it's own is the domain for the Ascension Islands, and available to anyone? This 'college' uses this domain extension to mislead. Avoid at all costs.
</H3>so its all a bit confusing!
thanks for the heads up with ics, good to know, I'm going to speak with the royal town planning institute, environment agency and a government sponsered careers advisor next week and see if they can advise on the best route to where id like to get to, as there are so many options its not easy knowing which direction to go in!
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