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Course Information

You will be enrolling on quality education courses that are recognised and accredited by Professional Bodies in the UK and Internationally. Once you have completed your course, you receive a recognised qualification and your Professionally Recognised Diploma, which we assure, will increase your career potential.

Being a truly global College, we cater for students all over the World. We encourage and welcome International students to join our learning community. All of our courses are specifically designed to be delivered via Distance Education and Home Study. The question papers for your course can be completed from the comfort of your own home. There will be no need for you to attend any physical location like a test centre or our campus. So whatever your specialty and wherever your location, you are bound to find the perfect course.







This Diploma course is an online course. With online study you have access to your entire course from the start of your studies. You can access your course materials, and submit all of your question papers to your personal tutor, online from anywhere in the World using your unique student account.

Requirements for Entry

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

Study Hours for Courses

These are only approximate figures and is dependent upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to your tutor. You should allow at least 1 - 2 hours of study to complete each question paper.

The approximate amount of time required to complete the courses is as follows:

Conservation Diploma: 112 hrs
Stable Management Diploma: 135 hrs
Ecology Diploma: 105 hrs
Environmental Management Diploma : 84 hrs

What's Included

    * All study materials
    * Study Guide
    * Full Tutor and Admin support
    * The course fee includes the ASET registration and certification fee (valued at        up to 30.00 GBP).

After each lesson there will be a question paper, which needs to be completed and submitted to your personal tutor for marking. This method of continual assessment ensures that your personal tutor can consistently monitor your progress and provide you with assistance throughout the duration of the course.

Tutor Support

With this course you will have unlimited access to your own personal tutor who specialises in their field of study. It is your personal tutor's role to ensure that you receive constructive feedback and to deal with any queries you may have. You are more than welcome to telephone, fax or email your personal tutor.

You will also have access to a dedicated and friendly team of administrators and course advisors who offer sound and professional guidance and advice when you need it. This ensures that you will never feel neglected and that you will always succeed!

Qualifications

On completion of your course, you will receive two qualifications:

Qualification 1:  Diploma

Diploma entitling you to use the letters SAC Dip after your name.

Qualification 2: Level 3  Award

This Course leads to an NCFE Level 3 Award Certificate for successful learners. That means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (in which case GCSE's are at levels 1 and 2 and A Levels are at level 3). In accrediting the programme at level 3, NCFE attests that its learning outcomes are at an equivalent level to a level 3 national qualification.

This award has been designed to meet specific learners' or employers' requirements. Accreditation by NCFE is a guarantee of quality. It means that this learning programme has been scrutinised and approved by an independent panel of experienced educational professionals and is quality audited biannually by NCFE.

What is NCFE

NCFE is the UK's longest established awarding body, recognised as a highly professional and responsive organisation, committed to maintaining excellent customer service and a friendly approach.

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland.

Accreditation by NCFE is a guarantee of quality. It means that a learning programme has been scrutinised and approved by an independent panel of experienced educational professionals and is quality audited biannually by NCFE. Learners successfully completing NCFE accredited programmes receive an externally accredited and nationally recognised NCFE certificate.

For more information on this award, click here

Other Benefits

To help you broaden your skills, update your expertise in a particular field or get a competitive edge on that job you're after, we have also included all the resources below absolutely FREE for you to use when you register for your course! Click title below for more details.

Study Guide

This section is designed to help you with your study. It will help you to work more efficiently, manage your study time, improve your presentation of work, increase your ability to remember facts and concepts, and get the most out of your chosen course.

Improving Learning Skills Course

Studying is more than gathering information and reproducing it in assessment tasks such as essays and examinations. Studying involves knowing how to approach a problem, analysing the problem, identifying what you already know, deciding how to gather more information, and much more. This section will help you gain and improve your skills in studying.

Studying is an active process. Open learning materials enable adult learners to take responsibility for their own learning. This course has been prepared as an open learning resource for people who wish to undertake a learning programme that involves them preparing for a period of studying. It is designed either to form part of any course of study or may be used as a freestanding guide by students.

You can use this course, as an active learner, to identify:

    * what you know already
    * what you need to know
    * what interests you
    * how to use your knowledge to enhance your critical awareness.

This course will enable you to improve your study skills and it is designed for students, practitioners and other people involved in learning and/or being assessed.

Syllabus

    * Introduction and Objectives
    * Learning to Learn
    * Setting Aside Time for Study
    * Concentration
    * Effective Reading
    * Effective Note-taking
    * Preparing to Write
    * Planning and Writing the Assignment
    * Assessment
    * Basic Research
    * Introduction to Computers
    * Spreadsheets and Excel
    * Using Databases and Access
    * Word Processing with MS Word

 
Cost of course: FREE to students


Job Interview Skills

Getting the job you want is not about following rules or giving the 'right' interview answer. It is about presenting yourself in the most authentic way that takes care of you and the interviewers at the same time. So many people throw their chances away: they do not take enough care and interview preparation time so that the whole process is enjoyable, stimulating and informative for both parties. This section aims to show you how.

The Effective Learner Course

This section will consider the importance of study skills and how we can identify and enhance our current skill set. We will then take a closer look at different learning styles and how knowledge of our own preferences in this area can make our learning more effective. Finally we will look at some basic time management techniques to enable you to plan and organise your studies and stay motivated.

Free Online Videos

Online videos are available for many of our courses to support your studies!

Tutor Support

Our friendly tutors are ready to help with any queries you may have. You need never feel stranded or cut off from help!

Web Help

Just started using the Internet? Don't be put off! Our Web Help area will give you the ideal introduction to using the Web!

Games

A collection of games to sharpen your concentration or just take time out from studying.

Library

A collection of reference materials, links to e-journals, and reading lists compiled by our tutors

Forum

Looking for a second opinion? The forum is the place for students to share their thoughts and information with each other

News Zone

Regularly updated links to the latest news items!

FREE Videos

This course comes with a series of FREE online videos. The normal price per series is 50.00 GBP , however, enrol on this course through us and you will have FREE and unlimited access to the series for one year.


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