How far away is your nearest college? A 30-minute drive? An hour? And while you’re stuck in traffic staring at rain-lashed tail lights, cursing road works that will make you late for class - again, thousands of other students are cracking on with their studies. They can do that because they are studying...
Would you try to eat soup with a fork? No. Of course you wouldn’t. But many online learning providers do exactly that when they deliver their ICB and AAT online courses using a system called Moodle. And that's because it wasn't designed to work with the type of questions you'd...
The Dreaded Journal They can be the stuff of nightmares!
“Do you do videos?” A common question from both ICB and AAT students. We’ve already spoken about the carefully constructed educational experience offered by Training Link. And the cornerstone of this has always been our study books. Exclusive to us – and regularly improved after continuous feedback (both verbal and based...
This is the most vital part of your course package… but (bizarrely) nobody really talks about it. We touched on this in the webinar we ran with the AAT (available to watch here). But it’s worth stressing the point again - even for the hundred or so that stuck with...
When you’re doing a spot of DIY, it stands to reason that you’d have the right tools before starting the job; it makes the job easier, and you're able to complete it quicker, and with much less fuss, so why wouldn’t you adopt the same approach when deciding on which...
Question, do you know your debits from your credits? If I were to ask my (much) younger studying self that question, the honest answer would be no. However, I was very good at learning and memorising! But this creates a problem. You can only memorise what you have been given. So how can you...
Stress...We don’t want to worry you... but research has revealed Brits spend almost five years of their lives doing just that – worrying. An amazing 86% of us describe ourselves as worriers, fretting about everything from relationships, money, work and health to missing the bus or our alarm, according to herbal...
Rightly or wrongly, some students consider mock exams as being somewhat of an unnecessary or unfair task; if they have to do the real exam, why do a practice one as well? The fact is, mock exams are an extremely valuable tool for all students at all levels. A mock...
