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ADL COURSES
Course Features
Unlimited Tutor and Administrative Support
You have direct contact with your tutor via the
Online Classroom for any course content related
queries. Alternatively, you can write, email or
phone the Academy. You can also contact your
tutor via the “Online Classroom”. If you have
any technical problems or concerns during
your studies with us, a member of our student
support team will be available to assist you
from: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm - London
time.
Please call on +44 (0) 1227 789 649, or email us
at: [email protected] Accessible Course Materials
Practical and Academic Tasks
When you enrol, you are not just purchasing a
set of notes or books but purchasing a learning
programme. You are given practical tasks
(set tasks) to complete (located at the end of
each lesson) as well as academic assignments.
These will efficiently prepare you for real life
professional situations, e.g. demonstrating in a
job interview that you have practical skills and
subject knowledge, will set you above the
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competition. We encourage students to
network, observe and do things in the real world
in many ways.
The learning formats that are available are:
Online (Online Study Zone, Online Classroom),
Correspondence (paper form) and USB (receive
your course on a preloaded USB stick).
Flexibility
Our courses have no deadlines. If your
circumstances change, that’s not a problem. If
you want to delay the completion of
your course, just let us know. Everybody’s
circumstances are different. Assignments can
be submitted at your own convenience. All
tutors are required to mark assignments within
7 days, enabling you to move on to the next
assignment.
No Hidden Extras or Costs
There are no hidden costs. The published tuition
fees are all that you pay. All the necessary course
material and notes are included in the tuition
fees, with unlimited tutor access. The only
extras that may be required are for public exams
required to sit the RHS and ICB courses.
five years’ experience in the industries they teach
TAKE CONTROL
OF YOUR FUTURE
Our certificates, diplomas and higher advanced diplomas
are modular in design and can be studied from any location
either online or offline. This modular style of learning allows
you to benefit from Designing Your Own Qualification. A
very popular choice.
Our Tutors course you are studying, guiding your studies and Technologically Competent - Gone are the days
helping you plan and achieve your learning goals. of the blackboard and chalk. As most of our
ADL’s courses are taught by experts in their given students are proficient with IT, so must our tutors
fields. Our tutors are professional experts with a Our Tutors must be: be, in order to support them properly.
minimum of tertiary qualifications and at least
Encouraging - Able to motivate and keep a
about. We also require them to be actively involved student’s desire to learn and master the subject
within their disciplines to ensure that they are alive, even during the most challenging parts of a
kept up to date with the latest developments course.
and ideas reshaping their fields. On top of these
requirements, we select only those candidates who Helpful - When a student needs support, our tutor
demonstrate suitable aptitude to properly care is right there to help.
for their students. With an ADL Tutor, you can be
assured that you are progressing with a proficient, Patient - Mistakes are a natural part of the learning
competent professional who is fully committed to process. It can be difficult to grasp new
helping you achieve your very best. concepts and ideas so, we require our Tutors
to have the patience to help any student who “The beautiful thing about learning is that no-one
Your tutor is your main point of contact for any struggles with their subject. can take it away from you”
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