NEC has been working with our partners to provide a series of free webinars on our YouTube channel for anyone interested in studying a course with us, finding out more about a particular subject or career choice, wanting to know about support for their children’s learning, or looking to prepare for exams or university. One […]
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Missing out on a September college start sparked new opportunities for aspiring doctor
Ubayd gained high grades in all ten of his GCSEs and was accepted into Luton Sixth Form College. However, due to family circumstances, he was abroad when the academic year began and so missed out on the first few months of his scheduled A levels. Do you need to wait until September to enrol? No! […]
NEC In Conversation: Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards
It’s not every day that you get the chance to speak to a national treasure! Eddie the Eagle studied with the National Extension College (NEC) in the late 1990s, completing several GCSEs and A levels before heading to De Montfort University. NEC’s Joe Bell spoke to Michael ‘Eddie the Eagle’ Edwards about his journey to […]
Three must-read books for art history students
A few years ago, we launched our interactive A level History of Art course. Since then we have seen students of all ages from all over the world enrolling to further their passion for art history and gain a qualification not often available in mainstream schooling. Whether you are studying at A level with NEC, […]
Vita gained an offer from the University of Oxford after gaining an A level online with NEC
Motivated by her desire to study chemistry at undergraduate level, Vita realised that she would need to take A level Maths, particularly if she wanted to apply to a top university such as the University of Oxford or Imperial College London. Despite enjoying her time at school and leaving with 11 GCSEs and the International […]
Try something new this year!
Throughout NEC’s history, many retired people have chosen to spend some of their new-found leisure time studying a subject that they’ve always been passionate about. This was the case for Jane. Jane wasn’t new to distance learning having used short online courses in her attempt to learn Korean, inspired by her Korean daughter-in-law. However, enrolling […]
Online A levels with NEC leads to BSc Political Science at University of Amsterdam
Mina started the International Baccalaureate but found that it didn’t afford her a lot of subject choice. Fitting the study schedule around her social media job, not to mention having some free time, was difficult and she felt the subject choices limited her options for university. Mina wanted to be more independent and study subjects […]
Lesley retired and moved to Italy where she took her love of art history online
Lesley took early retirement in April 2020 and moved to Italy. Prior to that she had worked as an engineer for about 30 years in the UK and Azerbaijan. With a passion for art history and having completed a course in Art Appreciation with the Art Institute, Lesley was searching for A level History of […]
NEC’s top courses for classics connoisseurs
The crowdfunded return of Time Team proves support for our interest in hidden histories. Although there has always been an interest in ancient history, the 2011 publication of The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller and Mary Beard’s international bestseller SPQR in 2015 solidified an uptick of literature retelling the mythology of ancient Greece and […]
The STEM home educator’s guide to navigating Biology Week and World Space Week
STEM educational weeks are only marginally better than buses: you wait for one and then suddenly it’s both Biology Week and World Space Week jostling for space in a seven-day overlap. If you’re anxiously scratching your head and wondering how best to combine these two extracurricular programmes in your child’s busy homeschooling timetable, you’ve come […]