This online College (Oxford Distance Learning) tells prospective students they can receive learning materials either by electronic copy or hardcopy. You pay £40 for opting for a hardcopy. However, when you opt for the electronic copy and you open the file once, you cannot open the file again. You cannot also print the file. This is after paying fees of more than £400. It leaves you with no option, but to request for a hardcopy and cough out a further £40 pounds. These people at oxford distance learning are really thieves. When you complain about not being able to open the electronic version of their course material they just tell you to try again after spending time and units on the phone to explain your frustration. I registered for a course and opted for both the electronic course material and payment by instalment. After paying the first instalment and not being able to open the file, I complained to them but to no avail. I refused to pay the rest of the course fees till they rectified the situation with my course materials but they simply suspended my account and forwarded it to debt collectors. That is for a service that was never delivered and and the most appaling customer service I have ever experienced. Stay off Oxford Distance Learning (also Oxford College)!!!! They are crooks!!!

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Lisa M. Oxford College offers a student the ability to access their courses online for as long as they are registered. This is usually a two year period. They also offer the student the ability to print out each page of their course once which is useful if the student is going to be in an area where they have no access to the internet. Oxford College has never charged a student for materials. Whether ODL has, I don't know, but Oxford College never has so I think you may be mixed up a bit with who you are doing your course with?

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it's not the website, its more the way they work, very poor service, I would ot recommend after I did a Diploma, means nothing

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Lisa M. Oxford College is an accredited college, the same as the UK government colleges. Please refer to the Edexcel and EDI logos that are displayed on their website. If somebody has told you that your Diploma is not worth anything, you would be smart to let them have a look through the Oxford College website, or if you call the College, I'm sure the student services staff will be able to explain how this works so that you are happer with your acheivement. Best of luck.

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Have been looking for some distance education forever as my schedule is so busy and I don't have time to attend courses.

Found this site www.oxfordcollege.ac and started right away! Materials and customer services excellent.

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Lisa M. The student services staff are happy to help at any time, - please write to contact@oxfordcollege.ac or call them on 01865 595 263

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I just wanted to say how delighted I am to have found this excellent website. I enrolled on 3 courses and the support was excellent. If you are looking for distance learning courses this is the only place to go!

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Lisa M. The student services staff are happy to help at any time, - please write to contact@oxfordcollege.ac or call them on 01865 595 263

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