Welcome to the ABCC
ABCC is the only trade association in the UK dedicated to distance learning providers.
Our Member Colleges all sign and agree to abide by our Code of Ethics - click on the tab above to read the Code.
This Code is your assurance of the high standards of our Member Colleges.
New Member College
New Member College
A big welcome to our newest Member College, The Institute of Counselling
Click the link to find out more.
In doubt over how to choose your distance learning course provider?
Please click on the tab Buyer's Guide to Distance Learning at the top of this page.
ABCC is a corporate member of NIACE, The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
OUR MEMBER COLLEGES CAN PROVIDE -
Business courses, accountancy, bookkeeping, management and office skills
Computer skills for beginners and professionals, programming, web design, CAD, computer repair and maintenance
Building, construction, civil engineering, surveying, plumbing, electrical installation and other practical courses
Courses for GCSEs and A Levels, to add subjects to your CV or improve your grades, and for children and young people being educated otherwise than in school.
Creative writing, journalism, writing for the internet and blogging.
Alternative and complementary therapies, health and fitness, optics, psychology and counselling.
Courses for leisure and pleasure – languages, arts and crafts, hobbies and special interests
For information on the many courses we have available, click on Courses on the navigation bar at the top of this page.
ABCC
Certificates of Merit
The ABCC awards Certificates of Merit to students who have captured the imagination of their course providers.
Member Colleges may nominate any student they choose, but an appropriate candidate might be someone who has -
retrained to get back into employment
achieved an outstanding exam or course result
overcome personal difficulties to achieve his/her goal
Read more of our students' success stories in our Hall of Fame - just click on the link at the top of this page.
Shaf has overcome huge personal obstacles to complete our copywriting course with Merit.
He was a special needs student. He has struggled with blindness and mental health issues for the whole of his life, and did not find the course easy.
But he dogged worked through the teaching material and submitted work that any student would be proud of, and didn’t ask for any special allowances because of his disabilities.
HELP YOURSELF TO LEARNING!
Would you like to improve your employment prospects? Start up in business for yourself? Have you always wanted to speak another language? Take up a hobby or creative skill?
With our courses you can study when and where you like, make good use of your spare time or fit your studies into a busy life.
Many of our students have taken courses with great success whilst sailing around the world, living in remote and undeveloped parts of the world, in prison or hospital, or anywhere where it is more convenient to take control of their own programmes of study.
Now's the time to learn something new - to improve your existing portfolio of skills or to make a fresh start. Distance Learning is the ideal way to study, at your own pace and wherever you might be. Learning at home or learning in the workplace, you can take that step forward.
Click on the Courses tab and scroll down our lists of fascinating and rewarding subjects you can study at home with our Member Colleges.
All our Member colleges agree to our Code of Ethics, which guarantees you good service and good quality in distance learning.
Why not take a look at our Course of the Week - chosen at random from the thousands of exciting courses available? Just click on the link above.
He has now starting his own blog and is hoping to write a book about his life experiences. He tells us that our diploma will help to find him regular work and is really optimistic about his future.
He has shown considerable determination and talent in completing the course, and we have no hesitation in recommending him for an award.
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