What are the "Three Wishes"?

We have a new kind of course available - The Three Wishes. You can join at any time, day or night, and begin learning straight away. All course notes and materials are available online, and there are learning activities for you to tackle. Each course has a support forum for you and other students. Best of all, you have the support of a genie - sorry, tutor - and you can ask up to three questions - the three wishes.

Why Three Wishes?

A Three Wishes course is a short course supported by a tutor. A Three Wishes course is ideal for you if:

• You want to learn something new, but don't have the time to take a longer course

• You want to try an online course to see what it's like

• You want to return to learning but you want to build your confidence

• You want to do more than 'look it up on the web'

Luckily, our tutors are friendly!

Tell me about the tutor

You will have a tutor for your three wishes course, and they will be delighted to answer your questions and to give feedback on your assignments (activities). You can ask up to three questions to help you through your course, and your tutor will usually reply within a couple of days. Our tutors do not live inside the box and have lives outside the New Curiosity Shop, so please don't expect an instant reply. However, they will endeavour to reply as soon as possible.

Each Three Wishes course also closes with a tutor-marked assignment or activity to provide feedback. If your tutor is satisfied with your efforts you will also receive, via e-mail, an attractive certificate to frame and hang on your wall.

Do I have to buy any books or materials?

For a Three Wishes course all resources, notes and materials are usually available online as part of the courses. If your course has any special requirements you will be warned in advance - check the course information page. Your tutor may recommend further reading, but that will be in addition to the course. All our Three Wishes courses are available over the web - you just need a computer with an Internet connection.

How Long is a Three Wishes Course?

A Three Wishes course is a 'chunk' of learning, and should take you around four hours to complete. But you don't have to take it all in at one sitting - you have up to a month to ask your Three Wishes - sorry, questions - and tackle any tutor-marked assignments. You will have access to your course for a year from the time you join.

Why not just surf the net?

Go ahead - type a word or two into your favourite search engine to find out what you want. You can find out a lot by surfing the web, but is that learning? All our Three Wishes courses are written by experienced teachers and each course contain activities and assignments designed to test and reinforce your learning.

Can I find out more?

To find out more about our Three Wishes you can contact us by any of the means available on the Contact Page.

How do I join?

There are three simple steps:

Choose a course from the 3 Wishes list and click on the buy button to enrol.	Follow the instructions to receive and enter the enrolment key.	Begin you course!
Press here to begin step 1 and choose your course.

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