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DistanceLearningCentre.com taught me the fundamental skills of writing an essay and how to structure them - Jennifer Perrin

Now

I now attend Liverpool John Moore's university, studying Midwifery and I'm in my 3rd year. I find my biggest challenge even now, is to remind myself to get confident with basic knowledge first, and to brush up on some light reading in between shifts to maintain my knowledge. And to always go back to basics when writing essays.

Studying my Diploma with DistanceLearningCentre.com gave me a fabulous baseline of Anatomy and Physiology and taught me the fundamental skills of writing an essay and how to structure them. I am looking forward to starting my career as a qualified Midwife once I have completed this final year of study. (Nov 2021)

Then

In my day to day life, I'm a full time mum to my 2 year old daughter with a part time job at a local coffee shop. When I enrolled onto my Diploma I was terrified and when my tutor gave me my first assignment I can honestly say I thought I had made such a mistake, as I hadn't looked at a unit of biology or study skills since before leaving school many years ago.

Before I knew it, it all became second nature to balance family life, work and study time. By doing this, it gave me a thrill having time for me not just as 'mum' but being Jenny again too. I found because I actually wanted to learn, I had a drive to research my units in more detail than I would have considered at school level, or even at college.

DistanceLearningCentre.com has given me an insight to what to expect at University level, I can now demonstrate at interviews how I am capable of being organised and dedicated to my chosen role as a Midwife. Although I applied for September 2018, The University of Manchester have already offered me an interview. Having DistanceLearningCentre.com on my applications has most definitely strengthened my application and I personally feel it makes me stand out from other applicants. I would recommend DistanceLearningCentre.com without hesitation. Worth every single penny and every ounce of hard work you are willing to put in. (Jun 2017)

I would warmly advise Distancelearningcentre.com to students who have had gaps in education - Sarmite Silina

Now

Since completing my Diploma with DistanceLearningCentre.com, I successfully obtained a place to study Adult Nursing at Salford University and I am now in my final year. The biggest challenge was coping with a health problem. I broke my wrist on the dominant hand in the first year of my studies, but I managed to get through by using a voice recorder to get the assessments done. Then in the year when this COVID pandemic started, I was taken off the placement, which I was excited to practice.

I found my studies exciting anyway and I am looking forward to graduating in September. I think that I would not have been able to progress with my studies successfully if I had not taken the Science Diploma with DistanceLearningcentre.com. I found it useful because I did not know how to write essays correctly, but I learned it along the way. At the university this can save your time, as you already have developed the skill. I would warmly advise Distancelearningcentre,com to students who have had gaps in education. (Nov 2021)

Then

I found DistanceLearningCentre.com online when I was looking for the opportunity to find the access course to the higher education. I wanted to get qualified in the sphere I enjoyed working. They offered a comfortable way of learning in my free time so I got to know the ways, intensity and scope of the learning in a process which was very different from my studies in my own language.

I want to say great thanks to my tutor who always had the advice and explanation at the right time and place. I consider him the best ever tutor in my whole life education experience. I cried with every re-submission, but I gained confidence in what I did and gained successfully an offer to join the university course.

I want to thank the administration staff for always giving quick answers on my questions and problems solved at the right time. I highly value the standards at which the centre works and warmly recommend it to those who are eager to learn and reach their goals. (Nov 2018)

I think my advice to other students thinking about re-training or furthering their studies is to just take the plunge and do it! - Helen Scott

Now

I'm at Greenwich University in the final year of my Midwifery degree.

I think the biggest challenge to studying is balance amity life, with hospital placement and academic work. The DistanceLearningCentre.com definitely helped with getting me back into studying and I was able to fit it around family life quite comfortably. I think my advice to other students thinking about re-training or furthering their studies is to just take the plunge and do it! (Nov 2021)

Then - Fab5 Award Nominee

The most rewarding thing about studying with DistanceLearningCentre.com is that I now feel confident to take up my place at University and study for a career I have wanted to train in for years.

I hadn't been in education for ten years and this was the first distance learning course I had attempted and I was worried about feeling on my own but I needn't have worried! The tutors have been a huge support and have always been available for all my questions; their care and commitment to my success has given me confidence.

The pace and intensity of the study built up gradually and enabled me to get back into the way of studying and writing assignments. I had to fit my studies around family life and with two small boys to look after, I learned how to manage my time so that I could meet my targets, this is a skill I will take with me to University. My tutors were with me throughout the UCAS application and with their support, I was offered both my first and second choice places to study Midwifery.

If you had told me just over a year ago that I would be ordering my student midwife's uniform, I don't think I would have believed you, it seemed such an impossible goal to reach, but gradually, one step at a time, and with a lot of help that is exactly what I have just done. (Jun 2017)

Since completing my Diploma with DistanceLearningCentre.com I have been studying for my BSc Honours Nutritional Therapy degree at the University of West London (via distance learning) - Trudy Goulding

Now

Since completing my Diploma with DistanceLearningCentre.com I have been studying for my BSc Honours Nutritional Therapy degree at the University of West London (via distance learning). The biggest challenge that I have faced is time management, what with full-time work and other studies (in addition to my degree) that I am undertaking simultaneously via distance learning.

However, doing the DistanceLearningCentre.com course did help to prepare me for that, and was very useful because the Blackboard, Library and Turnitin environments are very similar.

In fact the DistanceLearningCentre course really helped in many ways to prepare me for continued distance learning university degree course in terms of how to work on my own, research, reference correctly, and use online resources. I have just started my second year out of 5 and passed my first three units with first class honours. (Nov 2021)

Then

It was the possibility of redundancy that first prompted me to reflect on whether I could somehow take the opportunity to change how I might spend the rest of my professional life. I realised that my career had not been the result of any great planning on my part, (let's be honest, zero planning) nor was it particularly aligned with my personal passions or values. I'd long been interested in nutrition and its relationship to disease but had not considered turning my passion into a profession, especially at this late stage in my professional life. However, a friend, who is also a life coach, assured me that it was never to late to do what you would have done with hindsight, even 30 years later! As Carl Bard said, "Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." And so my better-late-than-never goal was born - to become a Nutritional Therapist.

I changed jobs as I couldn't afford to stop working to study so I knew I had to find flexible online study resources. I figured I could slowly study my way out of my current professional life and into a new one. To get onto an accredited nutrition course, I had to first bridge the gap in my A-level science knowledge so I was delighted to find DistanceLearningCentre.com with its wide variety of accredited Access to HE science courses. Enrolling was a super easy process and there was a wide choice of course options that made it really easy to choose the combination of science units I needed for my specific higher education course. I really appreciated how the overall Access course was structured, first laying the foundations with the two study skills units and then easing into each new topic area with the non-graded introductory units. The materials provided a good balance between covering the key concepts and encouraging/requiring further research, thus driving self-directed learning development and increasing study self-confidence. My tutors were incredibly encouraging all the way through and because they were always there when I needed advice, I never felt stressed. The feedback after each assignment was extremely detailed and relevant and therefore helped identify any areas for improvement.

Thanks to DistanceLearningCentre.com, the quality of the course materials and my unfailingly supportive tutors I am one step closer to my goal. More importantly, I have learned a lot about what works for me in terms of self-directed learning and what doesn't, which is invaluable knowledge as I continue with my online studies. I'd thoroughly recommend anyone looking to venture down a new professional path to start their journey right here. (Nov 2018)

Gave me a very good grounding for the first year of my degree. In fact, on occasions, it was more advanced! - Darren Sargent

I wanted to get in touch with you after I finished my degree to give an update on where I am now. I completed an Access to Healthcare course with you, and I remember DistanceLearningCentre.com being brilliant and ensuring I finished the course on time. I went on to do Physiotherapy at Southampton University and have just graduated with a first class degree.

The last 18 months of learning was very hard and the final year of the degree was extremely difficult as I had a number of personal challenges, nevertheless I gained a lot of support from university staff. Next Monday I start my job as a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist in Newmarket with AHP Suffolk.

I wanted to say a great big thankyou to you as I know the access course gave me a very good grounding for the first year of my degree. In fact, on occasions, it was more advanced! DistanceLearningCentre.com's organisation of the course was spot on and my personal tutors' efficiency was faultless.