Open Colleges has been delivering quality education for 90 years, with more than 700,000 Australian students studying with Open Colleges since its inception in 1921.
What has allowed Open Colleges such longevity is not only the variety of courses on offer – everything from accounting and finance, to journalism or health and fitness – it's the ability to offer online learning and correspondence courses that give freedom to students through a range of their 100-plus distance education courses.
These courses are recognised nation-wide, as Open Colleges is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) with the NSW Vocational Education & Training Accreditation Board. This means that courses have the ability to greatly increase students' job prospects and employability.
The benefits of these distance education courses, and what sets Open Colleges apart from some other education institutions and facilities, is the flexible learning structure of the courses.
Whether a student is working towards a nationally recognised certificate, diploma, degree, or even undertaking a short course, they can work it around social, family and work commitments using Open Colleges’s online Student Portal or by studying via correspondence.
In each instance the course work is delivered directly to the student (either by email or mail) and assignments are submitted in the same manner. This method cuts out all the time consuming face-to-face aspects of other courses and profoundly increases the study options for people in rural or isolated areas.
While studying online is increasingly more common, Open Colleges offers students access to an online library to provide the best possible learning experience. The library, which is called GALE, is the world’s leading reference imprint and is used in 100% of academic libraries in Australia. All students doing online courses can access the extensive GALE database via the Cengage Student Portal.
The affordability of the courses offered by OPen Colleges is also a major draw card for potential students. With a student age demographic that ranges from 16 years of age to 60 there are a variety of payment options designed to fit all students. Best of all, with many courses students are eligible for a discount of up to 10% when course fees are paid in full up front.
Open Colleges currently has 30,000 enrolled students working towards a more informed future.