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Dappa D 13-03-09 04:24 PM

Re: who;s done distance learnig/recommend me...
 
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Originally Posted by kitkat (Post 1820837)
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

Messie 13-03-09 04:28 PM

Re: who;s done distance learnig/recommend me...
 
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

kitkat 13-03-09 04:29 PM

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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

Re: who;s done distance learnig/recommend me...
 
thanks kitkat looks interesting...just off home so will have a proper look later..looks good tho :-)

_drummer_ 13-03-09 04:47 PM

Re: who;s done distance learnig/recommend me...
 
I had a quick look & found quite a few, like:
http://www.distance-learning-centre....VEL_COURSE.htm
https://store.oxfordcollege.ac/produ...roducts_id=168
http://www.nec.ac.uk/courses/product...tegory_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

Mej 13-03-09 05:14 PM

Re: who;s done distance learnig/recommend me...
 
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Originally Posted by Dappa D (Post 1820728)
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.

anna 13-03-09 05:56 PM

Re: who;s done distance learnig/recommend me...
 
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Originally Posted by Dappa D (Post 1820843)
+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:

Mej 13-03-09 06:02 PM

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http://www.icslearn.co.uk/gcse-A-lev...vel-economics/

Dappa D 13-03-09 07:14 PM

Re: who;s done distance learnig/recommend me...
 
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Originally Posted by anna (Post 1820961)
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

Re: who;s done distance learnig/recommend me...
 
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Originally Posted by _drummer_ (Post 1820882)
I had a quick look & found quite a few, like:
http://www.distance-learning-centre....VEL_COURSE.htm
https://store.oxfordcollege.ac/produ...roducts_id=168
http://www.nec.ac.uk/courses/product...tegory_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.


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