Right now, learning has a bad rep. This is in part due to a few myths about learning (that it’s too hard, or only for young people, or too expensive), but it’s also partially because people no longer think of learning as powerful. This hasn’t always been the case. King Solomon, known to Judaism, Christianity
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While we are all looking forward to the break that the holiday season gives us, if you have a study goal to meet before 2018 ends, then you might need a helping hand achieving those goals. Don't fear, ADL is here to help you! Make a Schedule Planning your study has two benefits. It helps
We can all remember learning facts for school exams. Sometimes we were less than enthusiastic, and memorising information often became a huge struggle – but adult learning takes a different approach. Learning new facts and skills, then putting that newfound knowledge into practice, has many advantages which bring success and help us to become better
We have all experienced the following: sitting down to read some coursework only to discover that our minds have wandered away while our eyes have travelled down the page. It is not that we do not wish to learn, but there are many distractions when we read. Or perhaps we are tired, hungry or uncomfortable
While the news of an imminent child is usually cause for great joy it can be, unless you have a fantastically supportive family or personal means, a serious impact on your professional life. Someone is going to have to care for the new infant in the vulnerable early years of life. This means that, for
One of those things you notice being an ex-pat in a foreign country is all those odd customs that another land has. For instance, this week in England we’re having another royal occasion, to be specific, a royal funeral. Who died you ask? Why Richard the Third. Yes, that Richard the Third. The hunchback, drooling,
In the 21st century, English isn't just another language to enjoy on ones holidays – it's the indispensible language of the global community. Businesses and Academic insitutions around the world all communicate to one another through the medium of the english language. For trade, learning, art and pleasure it has no equal today. That's
As with any great enterprise your greatest obstacle to study success is none other than yourself. Everybody likes to procrastinate and take it easy for a little bit and it’s true that life is to be enjoyed but it you want to make a success of your distance learning course sooner or later you have to
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ADL Success Stories – Dairy Cattle Farming with Annabella Baker
Education opens doors to success windows of opportunity and in at least one case, gates to new possibilities. Such is the case with ADL success story Annabella Baker. Originally from Italy, but now living in the UK, Annabella faced a tragedy all too familiar to many when she lost her airline job during the Covid
Horticulture – Learn the Basics: Three Problems for New Gardeners
Gardens are hard work.  Behind every immaculate lawn and carefully tended flowerbed is a never-ending struggle between nature and gardener. Of course simply leaving the garden to its own devices isn’t really an option; Untended, plants will grow freely for the whole of spring and summer and even into autumn. Worse yet, an uncared for
Henry Hoover’s Broken Plug
Some stories of educational achievement soar into the heavens. Of individuals who through hard work and toil overcame the challenges in their life to achieve. Certainly, at ADL we’ve seen and helped many individuals achieve their dreams through completing a course which helped them get a place at university or begin a new career. This,
King Charles and the Grey Goo
If you’ve been in the UK over the past weekend you might have noticed you had a day off on Monday (or looked on enviously as other people had a day off). The coronation of a new monarch in Charles the Third means a new era. One that the Monarch is especially keen does not
Could You Be a Personal Trainer?
If you’re looking for a side business or career that combines a love for fitness and a mentoring role. personal training might be for you Personal training is at it’s heart all about being able to help people live healthier, happier lives. By combining physical exercise with essential lifestyle changes like diet they help their