Careers
At the end of your Home Learning College course, and with the qualification you want under your belt, the door to a new career is close at hand.
With this course you will be able to apply for jobs as an IT Engineer, with a salary of up to £40,766* per annum.
*Source: IT Jobs Watch - 2009
Example Roles
Infrastructure Engineer
£40,723
Source: IT Jobs Watch |
Network Engineer
£36,552
Source: IT Jobs Watch |
Windows Engineer
£33,375
Source: IT Jobs Watch |
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Demand & Salary Trend UK
Source: IT Jobs Watch
Career Development
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Our Tutors
We recognise that expert support and guidance is vital in helping students succeed, and your Home Learning College Tutor is dedicated to helping you achieve your goals.
When you enrol you are assigned a personal Tutor, an expert in their subject area who is trained to support and coach you throughout the duration of your studies. Tutors are recruited, employed and trained by Home Learning College, ensuring that students have access to the best quality support and tuition available.
You will have unlimited access to your personal Tutor via phone, post or online. From the day you enrol, we are committed to helping you successfully complete your course – and take the next step.
Student Community
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Once you're a member of our Virtual Learning Community you can tap into a great deal more – anywhere and anytime:
Our unique Virtual Learning Community delivers a more involving study experience and greater student success rates. Once registered you'll be able to:
- Meet and chat with any of our 65,000 students
- Participate in online discussion boards
- Set up and manage your own Personal Study Area
- Interact with your Tutor
- Access your assignments and course materials
- Participate in interactive quizzes and e-assessments
- Watch video-casts and download online tutorials
- Access a library of user generated content
- Access additional learning tools
- Access anywhere 24 hours a day
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Take a tour of our unique Virtual Learning Community.
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Home Learning College is the only vocational home study provider within the UK to offer students an interactive online community. Access to our Virtual Learning Community means that you’ll have all the flexibility and benefits of studying from home whilst ensuring that you are never actually studying alone.
Student Testimonials
Many thousands of Home Learning College students succeed in their studies with us every year. Their success is proof that home learning can really make a difference to your life. Not long ago they were in exactly the same position as you, wanting better promotion prospects or a new career.
Setting their sights on a qualification that would get them where they wanted to be, they found their motivation to study. Today they are working in all sorts of exciting and rewarding careers throughout the UK - and worldwide. Here you can hear about their experience of qualifying for a new career with Home Learning College.
Study Plan
Your course material will cover a wide variety of topics and subjects.
Your MCSE course is split into seven modules (70-290, 70-291, 70-270, 70-299, 70-293, 70-294 and 70-298) and comprises 28 books. The first four modules lead to MCSA certification. Some of the topics covered by the 3 top-up modules leading to MCSE certification are shown below:
- Windows Server 2003 network planning
- Planning a DNS strategy
- Planning and managing IPSec
- Name resolution and DNS
- Active Directory authentication and security
- Managing users, groups, computers and resources
- Designing a secure Public Key Infrastructure
- Securing Internet Information Services
- Securing VPN and extranet communications
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Study Details
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Each new study topic adds to the knowledge you have already gained, and you should be able to complete the entire course within approximately 280 hours of study.
Each unit in the course module contains 'Review Questions' to help assess your knowledge and understanding. You will also find several associated Qs and As and sometimes, exercises. Complete and review these as you go and submit your replies to your Tutor via the Home Learning College Virtual Learning Community (VLC) website. Completing these assessments, questions and exercises provides valuable feedback as to how your learning is progressing. It will enable your Tutor to offer helpful advice and ensure you're getting the very most from your training.
You may find some units also offer an optional additional learning tool called an 'Independent practice activity'. This is designed to further reinforce and evaluate your learning. However it's not required to complete the course.
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| 6 months |
12 hours |
| 12 months |
6 hours |
| 24 months |
3 hours |
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| Exams |
3 core exams and one elective exam for the MCSA - and three core exams for the MCSE. All taken online at test centre |
| Entry Requirement |
6-12 month's experience administering client and network operating systems. |
| Study Hours |
280 hours |
| Quality Materials |
Yes - written by industry expert |
| Number of Units |
Seven units |
| Number of Assignments |
79 |
Our Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer material is written by experts.
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System Requirements
To check your computer is compatible with the software provided with this course please review our .