7th January 20 Why You Should Study Functional Skills with learndirect Are you thinking about taking a Functional Skills exam without any prior study? You may think that it will be a piece of cake. After all,...
22nd October 19 How Becoming a Mentor Can Boost Your Career From workplace schemes to life mentoring sessions, you’ve probably heard about mentoring in some context or another and the benefits mentees can...
11th October 19 Tackling Imposter Syndrome Have you ever been given a task at work and felt like you were not qualified to do it? Or that you’re not worthy of the promotion or...
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19th July 19 Functional Skills: Do You Know Your Timings? If you want to go to university, your end goal is likely to access a gated career that requires a certain level of training and education before...
14th June 19 How Functional Skills Can Help You Get Into University What do people who aspire to become a Nurse, Doctor, Lawyer or Psychologist all have in common? They all need a university degree to secure...
11th June 19 Changes to Functional Skills: What You Need to Know The Functional Skills standards changed on 1st September 2019. These changes were made in response to feedback from employers about the sort of...
7th January 19 FAQs: Counselling If you’re interested in pursuing a career in counselling then you’ve probably spent hours scrolling through internet pages, trying to find...
27th November 18 FAQ on Distance Learning: Your 5 Biggest Concerns Sorted Going back to studying can feel like a daunting prospect. Students all worry about the same things before they take that leap and do their dream...
26th November 18 Get a Pay Rise by Training Others: Become a Qualified NVQ Assessor Are you ready to become a certified assessor? You are at the top of your game, you have all the qualifications under your belt. You fancy a...
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20th November 18 8 Different Roles You Could Have in Health and Social Care Health and social care workers provide support and help to people of all ages with a range of difficulties and disabilities that impair their...
19th November 18 How To Succeed As a Counsellor A career as a counsellor is an extremely rewarding one, but, as with any other job, there are essential skills and attributes that you will need...
16th November 18 5 Ideas for Starting your Foot Health Business Are you thinking about becoming a foot healthcare practitioner? Time to think outside the box shoe. Doing an online course in foot health opens...
15th November 18 What Web Developers and Web Designers Actually Do Meet the superheroes of the tech world: web designers and web developers. Designers and developers are behind every website you visit, every...
