The Association’s next meeting 7th November – an overview of AI in education
November 1st, 2023We look forward to seeing all our Members, Associates and friends at our meeting on 7th November, at the Royal Asiatic Society as usual. After the usual meeting and greeting, exchange of news, views and updates, our guest speaker is Jon Allen of Graide, an AI-powered knowledge assessment platform that is gaining significant interest within […]
Happy Birthday Ideal Schools!
September 11th, 2023Ideal Schools celebrates 40 Years in business with a reception and dinner at the Voco Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow.
A-level results 2023
August 16th, 2023A Levels – retaking after studying by Distance Learning is a very real alternative to another year at school.
Welcome to our newest Member College – APeducation Online
May 5th, 2023A very hearty welcome to our newest Member College, APeducation.
APeducation Online is an award-winning skills development and consultancy institute based that provides training in professional development, vocational training and higher education qualifications.
https://adlc.org.uk/colleges/apeducation-online/
New style Association meetings
April 10th, 2023At our AGM at the end of last month, we made the following exciting decision New Style Association Meetings Apart from the AGM, Association meetings, which take place three or four times a year, are supposed to be meetings of the governing Council and are supposed to be quite formal – Apologies for Absence, Minutes […]
Annual General Meeting
March 26th, 2023Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 30th March, at the Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD.
News from Ukraine
February 22nd, 2023Our most recent Certificate of Excellence winner is Mariya Matviyenko, a student of Drawing and Painting with the London Art College. We feel we should make her story widely known – here is her tutor’s account. Based in Odessa, Ukraine, Mariya Matviyenko began her diploma course in Drawing & Painting in late December 2021. As […]
Awards for Students, Tutors and Teams
June 29th, 2022We have decided to rejig our Certificates, which recognise the achievements of our amazing students, tutors and College teams. When we first introduced this scheme we called it our Certificate of Merit – but somehow that seems an inadequate word to describe what we feel, so we have renamed it our Certificate of Excellence.
The Association’s AGM
March 31st, 2022The Association of Distance Learning colleges was very happy to hold its AGM yesterday in person, in our usual venue, the boardroom of the Royal Asiatic Society in London. This is a beautiful place, and we were delighted to be back to a real face-to-face meeting at last. Zoom is all very well, and has been […]
Congratulations to all our Member Colleges and their students
September 7th, 2021Our Certificate of Merit is usually awarded to individual students who have impressed us with their achievements in Distance Learning. But this month we have made the Award to one of our Member Colleges. Oxbridge students have done outstandingly well in GCSEs and A-levels this year, despite the very difficult circumstances, and we feel the […]
Oxbridge students triumph at GCSE and A Level
August 24th, 2021Oxbridge students attained an astonishing 97% pass rate across this year’s GCSE and A-level results. A great result for distance learning!
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
July 5th, 2021We are adding a clause to our Code of Ethics – To implement values of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace and in their relations with students, and to make sure that these values are reflected in their publicity and teaching materials and online resources.