There are no compulsory live sessions, so there are no set times to be in a classroom with a group of people. All of our online courses are run asynchronously, which means that the Course Participants access the material at different times. A course may have people taking it from all over the world so synchronous sessions aren’t generally possible. In some courses your tutors may arrange one or two optional synchronous sessions once the course has started. These are voluntary and will be recorded and available exclusively for the participants to watch within the duration of the course.

No. Although our courses are asynchronous, they are cohort based, not self-access. We run them in lockstep with cohorts who go through the course step by step together, as such it is impossible to take someone on to a course after it has started.

The courses are part time, so you should expect to spend 5-10 hours per week working on the course material. It is best if you log on to the course every day, to contribute to the forums and complete the tasks set by the tutors, but when you choose to do this is up to you. Each week there is a portfolio task that will often require research or classroom practice.