Students up and down the country have received their A level results today. News programmes will be filled with talk of teenagers' results and colleges and sixth forms will be celebrating their students' achievements. NEC is no exception, but the difference with NEC learners is they can be any age and often missed out on education the first time round... Read more
It's A level results day and right now you’re probably really anxious about opening that brown envelope or email. The nerves and doubts are perfectly normal, but sometimes it's all too easy to get consumed by the fear of failure, so at NEC we wanted to offer some help and advice to help you prepare for the big day... Read more
In this week’s blog, NEC Marketing and Communications Officer Kirsty Inman reflects on the benefits of vocational courses based on her own experience of studying a BTEC National Certificate in Travel and Tourism... Read more
We’ve seen several high-profile changes within UK politics in the past few weeks. The current political climate here has caused more people than ever to choose to study A level Government and Politics this year, so in our blog this week we're shining a light on the subject by answering your questions about it... Read more
Last week, key stage 1 children embarked on a series of four national curriculum tests covering arithmetic, reasoning and SPaG. This week, it’s the turn of the country’s year 6s. GCSE, IGCSE, AS and A level exams also start this month and continue well into next... Read more
In this blog we explore what NEC is working on to help our learners to achieve the practical endorsement. We have now formed a partnership with the Open Science Laboratory at the Open University giving us an innovative solution to the challenges of preparing for A level practical endorsement at a distance... Read more
It’s the time of the year when students across the country are poring over books, trying to ensure they are prepared for their upcoming exams. You might be worried about the fact that the exams are just around the corner, but don’t panic: these tips from our Student Support Team will ensure your revision starts out on the right foot... Read more
With a multitude of subjects to choose at A level, how do you decide which is right for you? In our blog this week we explore five of the reasons you might want to choose Business or Economics A levels as the next step on your learning journey. We’ll also take a look at how studying them with NEC works... Read more
AQA, one of the UK’s largest awarding organisations of qualifications, has made a welcome announcement following the recent Ofqual consultation over whether there should be a resit opportunity for A level subjects that changed in September 2015... Read more
Sciences at A level are NEC’s most popular subjects and one question we are asked on a regular basis is ‘is it possible to study a science by distance learning?’... Read more
