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If you're a full-time worker you could be one of many who are using their spare time to hit the books and further their education. Whatever your reasons for wanting to study while working - whether it be to improve your chances of promotion, to get started on an entirely new career, or just to enhance a hobby you have – it always has its benefits.
Just the fact you’re studying brings a certain amount of kudos – employers look favourably on people dedicated enough to combine work and study. Plus, new skills and knowledge could bring, not only bring better financial benefits, but also greater personal satisfaction as well.
Campus studying vs distance learning
More often than not it does require a large amount of dedication, particularly if you decide to go back to taking classes. For all the mutual support your fellow students may give you as you all struggle through the demands of both work and study together, taking a course at a school or university will require many sacrifices on your part.
But there is a way to ease the demands of studying while working.
Taking a distance-learning course with Cengage Education could ease all the above hassles. Our courses are self-paced, meaning that YOU are in control of how you schedule your studies. This means you don’t have to fit your life around timetables, you timetable your studies around your life.
Taking classes - the problems- The biggest sacrifice you make is time. Courses at college usually have fixed timetables that need you to fit work (and the rest of your life) around your classes. This may often require taking time off – something that will obviously have a negative impact financially.
- But it could also have a negative impact on your career as it stands. Bosses might not be impressed with your taking time off, while tiredness from the efforts of balancing work and study may have an effect on your performance at work.
- The simple act of travelling to classes is time you could be studying, unless you have the ability to do so on a train or bus.
- On a personal level there are sacrifices to be made in your time with family, friends, and any hobbies you may have.
| Distance learning - the solutions- There’s no need to take time off work to attend a class. Instead you can give your full attention to your job while gaining a qualification to improve your career at the same time. It’s the best of both worlds – you can show your dedication to your career both at work and outside it.
- The more reasonable demands of a Cengage Education distance-learning course means you’re less tired and can perform more effectively. Also, you save the time you would spend travelling to classes.
- In fact you can do your studies where you like – at home, at work, on a laptop. There’s no need to be cramming while travelling on a bus!
- The flexibility of Cengage Education courses also means a great deal for your personal life. They enable you to split your time more fairly between work, your studies and your family, friends and hobbies. There’s not so much need to say no to things.
And there are other advantages to our distance-learning courses:- Their self-paced nature allows you to start as slowly (or as quickly!) as you like and then continue to work at a speed that suits you.
- We have affordable methods of payment to suit all situations. This benefit is enhanced yet further by the fact you can still earn a full-time wage while studying.
- Deadline stress is relieved somewhat by not having any deadlines.
- But even if you are finding it hard, the support of fellow students and tutors is not lost by not being on a campus - you can find your peers and mentors online in our forums.
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