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womble
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Free online IT and web courses (UK residents) - 7/7/2006 10:54:25
Just picked up some info on free online courses for UK residents that's funded by the Learning & Skills Councils - amongst them are some web ones (lets just hope they've moved on from using frames and such like) and an "Essential IT Skills @ Work" one. The IT at work one leads to a Level 2 NVQ, and the webbie ones to a NCFE Certificate.
http://www.vision2learn.net/channels/index.asp
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jaybee
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RE: Free online IT and web courses (UK residents) - 7/7/2006 15:05:17
Well it might be. Your local College may have an agreement with them so give it a go, but don't rely on getting a course for free.
About 4 years ago the Govt brought in a load of funding for adult learners which meant you could get courses for free. Everyone leapt on it and training centres appeared overnight. I ran 7 of them for Newbury College.
Then the private providers began to see a way of making a quick buck and all sorts of places appeared offering courses but it turned out that many weren't qualified to teach. The way it was structured, they could claim big money just for people enrolling.
So the Govt clamped down and Learn Direct was set up which took most of the stuff on board but if you were qualified and could prove competence then you could continue, as most colleges did.
Now this is when companies such as vision2learn came a cropper, they weren't qualified, had no teaching staff, couldn't get the accreditations that allowed them to claim but, if they could partner with a College that did have all this.....
So they offer to track down the students and provide all the coursework, in return for the College doing the tutoring and assessing. Problem is the cash the Colleges get is not good. In the case I looked into, we'd have been subsidising them as it didn't cover lecturer's salaries.
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