The distance learning experts

Study from anywhere at your own pace and join our family of over 90,000 students. With more than 600 courses and qualifications to choose from, see how home learning can work for you too...

Payment plans available

With payment plans available, you can start your journey today, spreading the course fee over 36 months with monthly payments from £11.62. Eligibility criteria applies. Provided by etika.

Study at your own pace

You’ll study whenever you want, at your own pace. There are no strict deadlines (you’ll have up to a year and most of our courses require 80 hours of study – that’s around 1 hour and a half a week).

Full tutor support

Learning from home doesn’t mean that you are on your own – you have full support from a tutor. Our tutors help you every step of the way, you can contact them as regularly as you want.

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Course categories

Accounting

46 Courses available

Animal Care

24 Courses available

Beauty Therapy

29 Courses available

Child Care

30 Courses available

Counselling

16 Courses available

Teaching Assistant

23 Courses available

Accounting Anatomy & Physiology Animal Care Aromatherapy Art & Creative Beauty Therapy Bookkeeping Business Child Care Computers & IT Counselling Criminology Environment Event Management Fitness & Sports Gardening & Horticulture Health & Safety Health & Social Care History Human Resources Interior Design Languages Law & Politics Make up Management & Leadership Marketing & PR Massage Mathematics & Economics Nail Technician Nutrition & Diet Philosophy & Religion Project Management Property Psychology Reflexology Sage Science Teaching Assistant Travel & Tourism Writing & Media

A Level Courses

Whether you want to land your dream place at University or simply study a subject in more depth, we have a wide range of different subjects to choose from.

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