Enrolling onto a home learning course has a lot of benefits. Professional qualifications can enhance your CV and make it pleasing to employers. However, deciding whether to register for a course offered in a home learning college is often an arduous task as you will have to consider a number of factors. One of these important factors is cost.
With a long list of home learning colleges available online, it is essential that you carefully check what your prospective course fees include. Otherwise, you may find yourself paying a lot more than you budgeted for initially. The following is a list of the things that you should check before finally registering for a course online.
Professional membership
If your course requires you to register to an awarding body such as AAT Level 2 in accounting or any AAT course, then you should find out whether you need to pay this on top of the course fee. Membership to professional bodies gives you a lot of benefits – it allows you to take the certification exam at the end of the course, grants you access to networking events and relevant training materials. Membership fees can cost up to £200 per year depending on the professional body.
Exam fees
You usually have to pay for the cost of your exams and some courses have several assessments. Be sure to double check and clarify with the college how many exams you need to take and how much each exam costs as these can be heavy on the pocket. If in case the exam fees are shouldered by the college, then you have to be extra careful as this usually applies to first sitting only so any re-sits will be at your expense.
Course books and required software
Some courses will include resource textbooks free of charge but others will charge for it. If your course covers broad range of topics, then expect the course to mount up. Software such as those related to accounting can be costly so again, be sure to check whether you have to pay for it or not.
Tutor support
Traditional, class-based classes will automatically be part of your tuition. If you opt for the home learning route, then you will have to be clear if there is a limit to the number of sessions of tutor support and whether it expires after a certain period.
It is important that you consider all these at the point of enrolment to prevent any unpleasant experience down the line.
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