Designed to fit around your life
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Study around your life
No fixed timetable and no commute. Log in on a lunch break, in the evening or at the weekend, and work at whatever pace suits you.
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A qualification that counts
Every course leads to a nationally recognised qualification from an established awarding body, not a certificate of attendance.
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A real tutor, not just a website
You submit your work to a tutor who reads it and writes back within five working days, and who you can reach by email or phone during office hours.
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Funded for eligible adults
For most adults aged 19 and over living in England, the Adult Skills Fund covers the tuition, the materials and the assessment.
This qualification will help you to develop your understanding of how to promote a business in a digital age and to develop your understanding of how to use different digital and online techniques to attract customers and increase brand visibility and sales.
This qualification has been designed alongside industry professionals to ensure that the topics are relevant, up-to-date and practical. This course is Ideal for those wanting to improve digital promotion in a real business situation, or as a foundation for further learning in subjects such as marketing, business, ICT or media.
This is an on-line, distance learning course which is accessed via your Internet-connected computer. You can enrol at any time, and it is flexible as you can log on and study when it suits you. Tutor support is available by telephone and email.
The online course contains all the learning content needed to meet the assessment requirements of the course.
To achieve this qualification, you need to complete all 8 units within 24 weeks.
- Digital promotion for business [Y/507/4155]
- Understanding search engine optimisation for business [D/507/4156]
- Coordinating the use of digital media for business [H/507/4157]
- Producing digital promotional content for business [M/507/4159]
- Data protection and digital media for business [K/507/4161]
- Measuring the effectiveness of digital promotional activity for business [H/507/4160]
- Understanding social media [M/507/4162]
- Online reputation management [M/615/8542]
The online course contains all the learning content needed to meet the assessment requirements of the course.
What studying online actually looks like
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Everything happens online
The course runs on our online learning platform. There is no need to attend college at any point, though you are welcome to if you would rather work here.
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You submit work as you go
Each unit ends in questions you answer and send to your tutor through the platform. There is no exam hall and no fixed deadline to sit anything.
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Your tutor writes back
You get full written feedback on every assessment within five working days, and your tutor is available by email or phone during office hours if you get stuck.
Who can study these courses?
Funding eligibility
Funding is set nationally. To study one of these courses at no cost you need to be:
- Aged 19 or over
- Currently living in England
- Resident in the UK or EU for the last three years, for reasons other than study
- Not currently on an apprenticeship
Withdrawals
Your Tutor will provide support and guidance throughout your qualification. In return, we expect learners to demonstrate commitment and engagement in completing the qualification within the academic year.
If no work is submitted for a period of four consecutive weeks, and no mitigating circumstances have been communicated, we will assume that you wish to withdraw from the course. Where mitigating circumstances apply, you must inform your Tutor as soon as possible by telephone or email so that appropriate support and arrangements can be considered.
Please note that, should you be withdrawn from the programme, an administration withdrawal fee of £249 will be payable. This fee covers administrative costs only and is not a charge for tuition.
Four steps from here to qualified
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Find the course
Browse by subject or search for what you need. Every course page lists the units, how long it takes and who it suits.
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Apply online
Fill in the form. It takes a few minutes and you do not need anything to hand.
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We check you are eligible
We confirm the funding, set up your account on the learning platform and introduce you to your tutor.
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Study at your own pace
Work through the units in your own time, send your assessments to your tutor, and finish with a qualification.