Distance Learning - Earn your degree online.

Let’s take a break from interviews and consider another important part of the quest for the ideal job – training and qualifications.  

More and more young people are heading off to university these days. In the UK the number has risen from 13% in the 80s to 41.5% now. And, as we all know, most of them leave university with enormous debts.

So, if you missed out on education the first time round and now have financial commitments, or if you are leaving school in the next year or two, want to earn a degree, but without the debt, what are the options?

One way forward is online or distance learning. Distance learning is not a new phenomenon – correspondence courses have been around for a very long time and the Open University started in 1969 – but the internet has opened up new possibilities.

In some cases, you can get a degree from a traditional university and in others, you sign up for a course at a virtual university.

Beware of fake degrees!  Many so-called virtual universities will offer you a degree based on your life experience. Other companies will offer degrees allegedly from real universities.  Sophisticated technology enables these organisations to produce paperwork which looks genuine and to back it up with more fake evidence. However, employers are catching on. So hold on to your money – or spend it getting a real qualification. You can study for a degree online for the price some of these organisations charge and then you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that you really did earn your degree, as well as the knowledge needed for your chosen profession.

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions:waller@coolercareers.com

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