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This is work in progress - updated from time to time.
The actual file behind the original version of this page is here of 25 February 2009 (Media:DL_providers_UK-r1-1.doc)
Universities and university colleges
Currently 61 institutions.
- University of Aberdeen: Information Technology - http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/08/19/231910/aberdeen-university-unveils-it-degree-completed-entirely.htm; Law - http://www.abdn.ac.uk/law/llm/; Science - http://abdn.ac.uk:8080/mediareleases/release.php?id=1438; and there are more
- Aberystwyth University: Department of Information Studies - http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/distance-learning/
- Bangor University: College of Education and Lifelong Learning: Lifelong Learning - http://www.bangor.ac.uk/ll/dl.php.en (Writing with Intent, Welsh for Adults); School of the Environment & Natural Resources (Forestry) - http://www.safs.bangor.ac.uk/courses/distancelearning/index.php
- Birkbeck University of London: general - http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/all_courses/distancelearning.html; Geographic Information Science - http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/pg/geography/TMSGGISC.html; School of Management and Organisational Psychology - http://www.bbk.ac.uk/manop/prospective-students/why/distance#distance
- University of Birmingham: International Development - http://www.idd.bham.ac.uk/degree/distance.shtml
- University of Bradford: MBA (30 students per year) - http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/management/external/progs.php?section=prog&text=dlmbaataglance&id=dlmba
- University of Bristol: Translation Studies - http://www.bris.ac.uk/sml/prosppost/matranslation/index_html
- University of Cambridge: Latin GCSE - http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2006061402
- Cardiff University: School of Medicine - http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/medic/degreeprogrammes/postgraduatetaught/distancelearning/index.html
- Cranfield University - http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/dcmt/shortcourses/distancelearning.jsp (short courses on Explosives etc)
- University of Derby - http://www.derby.ac.uk/online
- University of Dundee: general ("at the forefront of distance learning for some 30 years") - http://www.dundee.ac.uk/admissions/distlearning/courseprofiles/index.htm and http://www.dundee.ac.uk/admissions/distlearning/general/atoz.htm; History - http://www.dundee.ac.uk/history/distancelearning/; Nursing and Palliative Care - http://www.dundee.ac.uk/admissions/distlearning/deptprofiles/nurdlc.htm; Department of Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery - http://www.dundee.ac.uk/orthopaedics/dls/welcome.htm; Town & Regional Planning - http://www.dundee.ac.uk/planning/students/prospective/distance.htm
- Durham University: Durham Business School (MBA and degrees) - http://www.dur.ac.uk/dbs/degrees/mba/mba_dl/ and http://www.dur.ac.uk/dbs/degrees/distance-learning/
- University of East London - http://www.uel.ac.uk/uelconnect/distance_learning/ and http://www.uel.ac.uk/uelconnect/distance_learning/programmes.htm
- University of Edinburgh: general - http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/teaching/ and http://www.scholarships.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/internat/e-learning.htm (around 6 courses in Law and 12 in Medicine); Law - http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/teaching/llm/
- University of Exeter: Bioinformatics - http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/ZL598/MSc_Bioinformatics_by_Distance_Learning/; Education - http://education.exeter.ac.uk/dll/; Film Studies - http://www.sall.ex.ac.uk/languages/content/view/1862/429/
- University of Glasgow: Religious Education - http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/religiouseducation/courses/certificateinreligiouseducationbydistancelearningcredl/; Film Journalism - http://arts.moodle.gla.ac.uk/course/category.php?id=142
- Henley MBA - http://www.henley.reading.ac.uk/management/mba/mgmt-distancelearningmba.asp
- Heriot-Watt University: Brewing and Distilling by Distance Learning [sic] - http://www.postgraduate.hw.ac.uk/course/119/; Built Environment - http://www.sbe.hw.ac.uk/distancelearning/Introduction.htm?pane=2; Construction Project Management - http://www.postgraduate.hw.ac.uk/course/252/; Edinburgh Business School MBA - http://www.ebsglobal.net/; Petroleum Engineering - http://www.pet.hw.ac.uk/courses/distance/intro.htm
- Kingston University London - http://www.kingston.ac.uk/postgraduate/choose-kingston/flexible-study/distance-learning/
- Imperial College: MBA - http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/business-school/programmes/distance-learning-mba
- Institute of Education: MA in TESOL - http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=882&882_1=830&var2=MATESOLDL
- King's College London: Dentistry - http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/dentistry/pg/distance/
- University of Leeds - http://www.leeds.ac.uk/students/distance_learning.htm and http://tldynamic.leeds.ac.uk/pgprospectus/2005/get_odl.asp (17 courses); Disability Studies - http://www.sociology.leeds.ac.uk/prospective-students/postgraduate-taught/ma-disability-studies-distance/; Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/odl/
- University of Leicester: general: http://www.le.ac.uk/distancelearning/ and http://www.le.ac.uk/pgprospectus/courses/distance/distanceintro.html (more than 7000 students); Archaeology - http://www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/dl/dl_ma.html; Department of Criminology - http://www.le.ac.uk/criminology/courses/pg/dl/index.html; International Relations - http://www.le.ac.uk/politics/admissions/dl.html; Faculty of Law - http://www.le.ac.uk/law/pg/dlprogrammes.html; Department of Media and Communication - http://www.le.ac.uk/mc/dl/index.html; Museum Studies - http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/study/museumstudies(dl).html
- University of London External System - http://www.londonexternal.ac.uk/; International Management - http://www.londonexternal.ac.uk/prospective_students/postgraduate/holloway/int_manage/index.shtml
- London Metropolitan University: Polymer Centre - http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/depts/polymers/distance-learning-options/distance-learning-options_home.cfm
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/dl/
- Loughborough University - Renewable Energy - http://crestdl.lboro.ac.uk/outside/index.php; Water http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/education/distance.php#programmes
- University of Manchester: overall - http://www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taughtdegrees/courses/distancelearning/; Bioinformatics - http://www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taughtdegrees/courses/bysubject/course/?code=00847; Computer Science - http://intranet.cs.man.ac.uk/peve/msc/distance/programmesdl.html
- Middlesex University: Professional Practice - http://www.middlesex.ac.uk/PIPupload/PG/PG-Art%20and%20Design/MA%20Professional%20Practice/MA%20Professional%20Practice.html; and many more programmes
- Napier University - http://www.napier.ac.uk/nubs/WhatCanIStudy/Pages/ProspectiveParttime,.aspx
- Newcastle University: Marine Biology - http://www.ncl.ac.uk/marine/learning/delvedeeper/index.htm
- University of Northampton - http://www2.northampton.ac.uk/portal/page/portal/business/nbs-courses/distance-learning (12 programmes in Accounting & Finance, Business, Business Computing & IT. Human Resource Management, Management, and Marketing )
- Northumbria University - http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/brochure/courses/enq/distlearn/ and http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/studentaz/survival/distancelearning/
- University of Nottingham: Applied Ergonomics - http://www.virart.nott.ac.uk/apperg/; Applied Linguistics - http://pgstudy.nottingham.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/applied-linguistics-by-web-based-distance-learning-ma_146.aspx; English Studies - http://communications.nottingham.ac.uk/News/Article/Learning-online-Nottingham-launches-new-distance-learning-MA.html and http://pgstudy.nottingham.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/world-englishes-by-web-based-distance-learning-ma_237.aspx; Health Communication - http://pgstudy.nottingham.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/health-communication-by-web-based-distance-learning-ma_176.aspx
- Nottingham Trent University: general - http://www.ntu.ac.uk/prospective_students/courses/study_types/distance_learning/index.html; Law - http://www.ntu.ac.uk/apps/pss/courses/cf/60567-1/3/GDL_Law_(Distance_Learning).aspx
- Open University - http://www.open.ac.uk/new/distance-learning.shtml
- University of Oxford - http://onlinecourses.conted.ox.ac.uk/
- Oxford Brookes University (over 10% of students): general - http://www.brookes.ac.uk/studying/learning/flexible/distance; MBA - http://www.business.brookes.ac.uk/mba/dl/
- University of Portsmouth: general - http://www.port.ac.uk/courses/distanceonlinelearning/learningonlineanddistancelearning/; Criminal Justice - http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/icjs/distancelearningugprogs/
- Queen Mary University of London: Electronic Engineering - http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/study/msc/dl/; School of Law - http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/diplomas/distancelearning/
- Queen's University Belfast: Pharmacy - http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofPharmacy/dl/
- Robert Gordon University - http://www.study2u.com/distance-online-learning-uk/robert-gordon-university/ (28 courses)
- Roehampton University London - http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/childrens-literature-distance-learning/
- Rose Bruford College: general - http://www.bruford.ac.uk/Students/DistanceFees.aspx and http://www.bruford.ac.uk/Students/DistanceLearningCourses.aspx; Opera Studies - http://www.bruford.ac.uk/Students/CourseDetails.aspx?CourseID=11; Theatre Studies - http://www.bruford.ac.uk/Students/CourseDetails.aspx?CourseID=12 ("there is no comparable programme by distance learning elsewhere in the world")
- Royal Veterinary College - http://www.rvc.ac.uk/Postgraduate/Distance/Index.cfm
- Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (UHI): Access to Gaelic - http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/en/cursaichean/inntrigidh/index.php
- School of Oriental and African Studies - http://www.soas.ac.uk/cedep/provide/index.html
- University of Sheffield: Department of East Asian Studies - http://www.shef.ac.uk/seas/dlc; Department of Music - http://www.shef.ac.uk/music/prospective_pg/distance; Department of Probability and Statistics - http://www.shef.ac.uk/pas/prospectivepg/masters/distance
- University of St Andrews: general - http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/admissions/pg/Choosingyourdegree/DistanceLearning/ (5 courses); Divinity - http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity/admissions/pg/distance/; Psychology - http://psy.st-andrews.ac.uk/teaching/open_learning.shtml
- St Mary's University College Twickenham London: general info - http://portal.smuc.ac.uk/offcampus_students.html?&no_cache=1
- Staffordshire University: general - http://www.staffs.ac.uk/study_here/courses/distance_learning/; Advice Studies - http://www.staffs.ac.uk/study_here/courses/advice-studies-distance-learning-tcm429979.jsp; Law - http://www.staffs.ac.uk/study_here/courses/llm-distance-learning-tcm4213466.jsp; Sciences - http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/sciences/distlearn/index.php
- University of Stirling - http://www.external.stir.ac.uk/postgrad/flexible-learning/online-learning/index.php (9 courses)
- University of Sunderland - http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/study/distancelearning/
- University of Ulster Campus One - http://campusone.ulster.ac.uk/
- University College London: Speech Therapy - http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/courses/class/returntopractice.php
- University of Warwick MBA - http://www.wbs.ac.uk/students/mba/learn/dl.cfm
- University of the West of Scotland: Health, Nursing & Midwifery - http://www.paisley.ac.uk/schoolsdepts/hnm/dl/index.asp.
- University of Worcester - http://www.worc.ac.uk/ils/942.htm (general information only)
- University of York: general - http://www.york.ac.uk/graduatestudy/distance/ and http://www.york.ac.uk/graduatestudy/distance/distance_learning_courses.htm (11 courses); Mathematical Finance - http://maths.york.ac.uk/www/OnlineMSCMathFin
Companies acting for universities, consortia, professional bodies etc
- Astronomy by Distance Learning (LJMU, UCLAN and MU) - http://www.astronomy.ac.uk/
- ICMA Centre - http://www.icmacentre.ac.uk/executive_education/msc_distance_learning_programmes
- ISLI - http://www.sli-institute.ac.uk/education/distance-learning/index.php
- Kaplan Open Learning, an affiliate college of University of Essex - http://www.kaplanopenlearning.org.uk/distance-learning.html and http://www.study2u.com/distance-online-learning-uk/kaplan-online-learning/ (7 courses)
- Laureate for University of Liverpool - http://www.study2u.com/distance-online-learning-uk/university-of-liverpool/ (14 courses)
- RDI with 10 HEI partners - http://www.rdi.co.uk/
- Royal College of General Practitioners - http://www.rcgp.org.uk/practising_as_a_gp/distance_learning.aspx
- UNIGIS International - http://unigis.hud.ac.uk/
Colleges
January 2013: Sadly, almost none of the URLs below work now.
Currently 36 institutions.
- Barony College - http://www.barony.ac.uk/Courses/Default.aspx?pid=103
- Barry College (LearnDirect centre only) - http://www.barry.ac.uk/courseareadetails.asp?area=28
- Blackburn College (East Lancashire Institute of Higher Education): press release - http://www.blackburn.ac.uk/DistanceLearningDegree.html
- Bishop Burton College: Foundation Degree in Animal Assisted Therapy- http://www.bishopb-college.ac.uk/index.php?module=courses&navId=153&courseId=615&mode=
- Bournemouth and Poole College - http://www.bpc.ac.uk/employers/grow_distance.php and http://www.bournemouthandpoole-cfe.ac.uk/faculties/accesscommunityeducation/distancelearning/ ("We are currently able to offer distance learning packages to employers where there are 6 or more candidates enrolling.")
- Bridgwater College: general - http://www.bridgwater.ac.uk/sec3.php?sec3ID=200&secID=3; Computing: http://www.bridgwater.ac.uk/sec4.php?sec4ID=577&secID=4 and http://www.bridgwater.ac.uk/sec4.php?sec4ID=579&secID=4 (HNC and HND top-up)
- Chelmsford College - http://www.chelmsford-college.ac.uk/pages/thecollege/distancelearning.asp (Dementia Care, Safe Handling of Medicines, Control of Infection & Contamination, and Cleaning & Support Services)
- City of Bath College: Highways Open Tech - http://www.citybathcoll.ac.uk/adult-learners/courses1/highways-open-tech.html
- City College Norwich - http://www.ccn.ac.uk/ccn3/ptime/flexible.htm
- City of Sunderland College - http://www.citysun.ac.uk/website/adult/fe/distancelearning.aspx
- Coleg Sir Gâr Virtual College - http://www.virtualcollege.ac.uk/ and http://www.virtualcollege.ac.uk/?m=2 ("Over 3500 students have been involved in on-line learning with us in the last six years", many courses available)
- Craven College - http://www.craven-college.ac.uk/courses/distance-learning/ (A Levels, GCSEs, Horticulture, Languages, Business and Management, and Travel and Tourism)
- The Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education - http://www.grimsby.ac.uk/category/305.html and http://www.grimsby.ac.uk/category/208.html
- James Watt College: general entries - http://www.jameswatt.ac.uk/courses/modes.asp and http://www.jameswatt.ac.uk/section/default.asp?p=136&s=3; list of courses - http://www.jameswatt.ac.uk/courses/openlearning-atoz.asp (15 courses)
- Kendal College - http://www.kendal.ac.uk/business/distancelearning.php ("variety of cost-effective distance learning packages" - Customer Relations, Food Hygiene and Safety, Occupational Health and Safety, Safe Handling of Medicines, Infection Control, NCFE Certificate in Dementia Awareness, and NCFE Certificate in Equality and Diversity)
- Leeds Thomas Danby College - http://www.leedsthomasdanby.ac.uk/courses/online.cfm (appears to be LearnDirect centre only)
- Lincoln College: general entry - http://www.lincolncollege.ac.uk/main/1999-distance
- Moray College - http://www.moray.ac.uk/moray-college/about/distance-learning.php; CMI Diploma & Executive Diploma in Management - http://www.moray.ac.uk/moray-college/what/course-detail.php?course=21; Whisky Course - http://www.moray.ac.uk/moray-college/what/course-detail.php?course=303
- Motherwell College - http://www.motherwell.ac.uk/distance_learning/index.aspx; Computer Aided Draughting and Design (CADD) - http://www.motherwell.ac.uk/distance_learning/CADD_Distance_Learning.aspx; Computing courses - http://www.motherwell.ac.uk/distance_learning/Computing_Distance_Learning.aspx
- NCC Home Learning (consortium of FE colleges) - http://www.ncchomelearning.co.uk/About-Us
- Newbury College - http://www.newbury-college.ac.uk/employers/courses/distance-learning/ (level 2 (GCSE level) and level 3 (A Level))
- Newcastle College ("one of the UK's largest and most successful providers of flexible distance learning and e-learning programmes"): general - http://www.flexible-elearning.com/; e-NVQ - http://www.flexible-elearning.com/docs/Envq%20Brochure.pdf
- Otley College - http://www.otleycollege.ac.uk/distance-learning/index.html and http://www.otleycollege.ac.uk/distance-learning/distance-learning-courses.html (22 courses
- Oxford and Cherwell Valley College - http://www.ocvc.ac.uk/distance-learning ("over 1400 learners this year")
- Perth College: general: http://www.perth.ac.uk/learningoptions/distancelearningcourses/Pages/default.aspx; Highers courses - http://www.perth.ac.uk/learningoptions/distancelearningcourses/Pages/HighersCourses.aspx. (English, History, French, Intermediate 2 Mathematics)
- Royal Forest of Dean College - http://www.rfdc.ac.uk/choosing-subcat.asp?pg=34; GCSE and AS level English online - http://www.rfdc.ac.uk/sitefiles/Online%20English.pdf
- St John's Nottingham - http://www.stjohns-nottm.ac.uk/show/18
- The Sheffield College: Skills for Business - http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/index.cfm?pid=a2fa9ed7-01a3-4ed1-8413-9d622a65f01f (Care Sector, and Administrative and Legal); LETTOL (Learning To Teach Online) - http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/index.cfm?ParentID=dd22687d-39f7-412e-9a00-c9bb33e12b45
- Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology - http://www.shrewsbury.ac.uk/?_id=304 (GCSEs, A levels, Computing & Professional Courses)
- Stockport College - http://www.stockport.ac.uk/adult_community/distance_learning.html (Safe Handling of Medicines, Infection Control, Equality and Diversity) ("These courses are offered in partnership with the Health and Social Care curriculum area and they link into the CoVE - Care for the Elderly")
- Thanet College - http://www.thanet.ac.uk/courseintroductionpage.asp?pageid=48
- Wakefield College ("online/distance learning") - http://www.wakcoll.ac.uk/CourseInformation/BrowseByLeafletCategory.asp?lck=13 (14 courses)
- Walford and North Shropshire College - http://www.wnsc.ac.uk/index.php?id=1243 (NCFE and ASET for Care Sector; AAT: Foundation, Intermediate & Technician Levels)
- Warwickshire College: Equi Study - http://www.warkscol.ac.uk/college_centres/moreton_morrell/equine/distance_learning/index.htm and http://www.warkscol.ac.uk/cms/content/public/website/EquiStudyProspectus.pdf; general page - http://www.warkscol.ac.uk/courses/distance_learning/index.htm
- Worcester College of Technology: general reference - http://www.wortech.ac.uk/StudyCentres/help+for+distance+learners/
- The College Ystrad Mynach - http://www.ystrad-mynach.ac.uk/distance-learning.aspx ("a range of GCSEs and A Levels available through Distance Learning", Law, Mathematics, Psychology, Sociology)
Independent providers
- Brighton School of Business and Management - http://www.brightonsbm.com/
- Distance Learning Centre - http://www.distance-learning-centre.co.uk/
- Distance Learning Partnership - http://www.distancelearningpartnership.co.uk/index.php
- ElearnUK - http://www.elearnuk.co.uk/
- ICS - see http://www.icslearn.co.uk/
- ILEX Tutorial College - http://www.ilex-tutorial.ac.uk/ ("over 5,000 students studying by distance learning at any one time", "the first private training provider to achieve recognition by Skills for Justice under the government-sponsored Skillsmark quality scheme."); Law Level 3 units - http://www.ilex-tutorial.ac.uk/content.aspx?pageid=214
- Informa Distance Learning - http://www.informadistancelearning.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=dl/home
- International Christian College - http://www.icc.ac.uk/content/distance-learning
- The London College UCK - http://www.lcuck.ac.uk/distance_learning.html and http://www.lcuck.ac.uk/fees_and_finance.html
- Maryvale Institute - http://www.maryvale.ac.uk/index.php?id=144
- National Extension College - http://www.nec.ac.uk
- Open College of the Arts - http://www.oca-uk.com
- Oxford College - http://www.oxfordcollege.ac/
- Stonebridge Associated Colleges - http://www.stonebridge.uk.com/ (around 600 courses)
- Oxford Open Learning - http://www.ool.co.uk/
- UK Open Learning - http://www.uk-open-learning.com/default.asp
Non-UK providers active in the UK
- Hibernia College: general - http://www.hiberniacollege.net/; iTeach - http://www.hiberniacollege.net/SchoolofEducation/iTeach/tabid/133/Default.aspx
Sources of advice to students
(Note that all of these indexes are very incomplete and out of date at present.)
- HERO - http://www.hero.ac.uk/uk/studying/deciding_where_to_go_and_what_to_study/modes_of_study/distance_learning.cfm
- ICDL - http://www-icdl.open.ac.uk/courses/
- UCAS - http://www.ucas.ac.uk/students/beforeyouapply/faqs/choosingcourses/distancelearning
Interesting papers and reports
- Berg, Gary, "Early Patterns of Faculty Compensation for Developing and Teaching Distance Learning Courses", JALN Volume 4, Issue 1 - June 2000, http://www.learninglab.org.uk/papers/berg.pdf
- Broadhurst, Jake, "Update on online distance learning at the. University of Edinburgh", October 2007, http://www.elearn.malts.ed.ac.uk/distance/forum_oct07/JBODLforum.ppt
- DCSF/DIUS, "Table 4: Evening & Open and Distance Learning enrolments by subject, qualification aim, type of provision, age and gender: Adult Education - Volumes, England", from SFR: Adult Education Enrolments in England - November 2001 Issue No 12/2002, http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000343/tab004.shtml
- HEFCW, Part 2: Undergraduate Enrolments on Non-degree Courses [Wales], http://www.hefcw.ac.uk/FinanceAssurance_Docs/AV0405_Part_2.pdf
- HMIE, Angus College inspection report, 2005, http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/inspection/AngusCollegeFull.html.
- OBHE, Higher Education by Distance: Opportunities and Challenges at National and International Levels, by Brian Denman, February 2009 (available to OBHE subscribers or for sale), abstract at http://www.obhe.ac.uk/documents/view_details?id=730
- QAA, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Academic review: subject review, April 2003, SR228/2002: Bradford College, Computing Engineering, http://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/subjectlevel/sr228_02_textonly.htm (includes commentary on distance learning in the Metallurgy HND)