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Flexible Courses for Ambitious Adults
Get technical qualifications employers trust. Our online-first delivery means you can balance learning with commitments like work and family. All courses are eligible for 100% Student Finance funding.
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Leadership & Management (Pearson BTEC HNC Level 4)
Starting in April 2025, this flexibly-delivered programme gives you the skills needed to earn more in managerial roles. Limited places available.
"HTQs offer higher returns relative to degrees"
Our Mission
“Our mission is to help people get ahead in their lives and careers, by equipping them with the knowledge and skills that employers want.”
Rod Bristow - CEO and Founder
What We Do
We give individuals from every walk of life the opportunity to improve their prospects, empowering them to boost, change or restart their careers.
We do this by providing flexible, online-first access to Technical Qualifications that employers trust.
These courses are taught by the excellent public colleges with which we partner, and you enrol. They lead to better jobs and higher pay.
Why We’re Different
Taught by Trusted Colleges
We’re partnered with UK-leading college groups, who teach courses through our cutting-edge online platform. Every module is packed with career-changing insights.
Flexible, Online-First Delivery
Our courses fit around busy lives - and commitments like jobs and family. You can learn online at a time to suit you, with optional in-person support - and your own Success Coach.
Qualifications Employers Trust
Our learners earn Technical Qualifications that employers value. These can be done as a one-off. Or you can “stack” them, moving from HNC, to HTQ – and then to a full degree.
Supported, Accessible, Funded
We support you every step of the way. From application advisors to your own personal Success Coach. 100% Student Finance funding is available for all courses.
Stackable Qualifications
Our courses are Technical Qualifications, designed to boost your career - and earnings - by equipping you with skills employers want.
They work as standalone courses. But they are also ‘stackable’. So, if you start with Level 4 (HNC), you can continue to Level 5 (HND). At that stage you would earn a Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ).
If you take your studies all the way to Level 6, you'll be awarded a full Degree.
Institutional Support
"At Trafford and Stockport College Group, we believe there is a critical need to provide study options for working people who need new or enhanced skills to meet the needs of employers and open up new career opportunities for themselves. We also believe that College Online, in partnership with trusted colleges, can help meet this need."
“As a founding partner, HRUC is delighted to collaborate with College Online to support adult learners in accessing high-quality online courses, meeting the needs of learners and aspirations of employers.”
"Widening access to higher technical skills is an important goal for New City College and we look forward to working with College Online to further this shared mission."
"The college sector has a central role to play in helping to close the growing skills gap. We look forward to working in partnership with College Online to enable busy adults to learn the higher technical skills they need for a fulfilling career."
"We look forward to partnering College Online to help close the skills gap and support working adults who wish to acquire valuable skills but need the flexible delivery system offered. HTQs are valuable qualifications from which our learners will benefit."
"We are excited to be part of college online. We know that colleges are anchor institutions in their communities for technical skills. College online will provide greater flexibility for busy adults who want to develop their skills and careers for a sustainable future."
"This initiative from College Online enables The Bedford College Group to work alongside some of the best further education colleges in the UK to provide top quality learning and higher skills provision to those who might otherwise be unable to access those opportunities due to their job and family commitments."
