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How a distance learning degree can save you money


We’re all well aware of the typical student stereotypes.

When they’re not living on a diet of cheap noodles and cheaper alcohol, they can usually be found pleading with their bank to extend their overdraft or writing begging letters to their rich parents.

Rather than finding a job to sustain a lager-fuelled lifestyle, some cash-strapped students may even resort to extreme measures – medical testing or nude modelling, for instance – to fill their wallets.

Kerching!

Whilst these hackneyed stereotypes still exist in universities across the land, a growing number of students are actually respectable professionals looking to climb the next rung on the career ladder.

However, you won’t find many of these learners tied to lampposts after a raucous night out in the union, or attempting to reason with an angry landlord about the state of their rented flat.

Why? Because they’re saving cash and gaining a vocational advantage thanks to distance learning.

Distance learning is cheaper than studying on campus

For full-time professionals, the opportunity to enhance their skills and obtain a university degree simply wouldn’t be possible without the inherent flexibility of online learning.

Indeed, in the last decade, online degrees have enjoyed an educational explosion, as technological advances – and its relative inexpensiveness – increase the appeal of this didactic path.

Compared to studying at a bricks and mortar institution, distance learning is cheaper, with student loans available to students in the UK or the EU.

Additionally, given that your studies fit around your other commitments, rather than vice versa, you can earn while you learn to avoid penny-pinching as you attain your degree.

What’s more, whether you’re interested in business development courses or an MBA in Finance, the money you’ll save not travelling to and from campus every day will prove extremely useful.

Choose from a wide range of courses

Although it’s easy to dismiss distance learning as a flash in the pan, the statistics suggest otherwise.

According to figures reported in The Independent, out of 37 per cent of British adults who’ve taken some form of study since the age of 25, a whopping 25 per cent studied by distance learning.

When you consider the wide range of course on offer, it’s little wonder, as students can achieve a diploma or an MA, depending on how much time they want to dedicate to further education.

Typically, student will pick up their course materials via a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), with course tutors on hand via email or Skype to support them through particularly taxing situations.

Although distance learning may not replace traditional campus study in the next few years, it’s clear to see the flexibility and cost effectiveness of distance learning is an increasingly viable option for all.

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