International Correspondence Schools

International Correspondence Schools (ICS Learn)

Industry	Education
Founded	London (UK 1890, US (incorporated) 1901)
Headquarters	Glasgow, UK, Canada, USA
Products	Distance Learning Courses
Website	www.icslearn.co.uk

International Correspondence Schools, also known as ICS Learn and ICS, is an educational institute established in 1890 that provides correspondence and distance learning courses.^{[citation needed]} The US branch of ICS has recently been renamed to Penn Foster Career School, although ICS still works under its original name in the UK and Canada.^{[citation needed]}

ICS offers courses covering subjects such as business, child care, construction, IT systems, Web design, project management, education, and hospitality management. It offers degrees in law, psychology, business, health, social care and education; it also offers professional qualifications offered in association with professional institutes.^{[citation needed]}

Curriculum

ICS Educational Books

ICS Learn offers GCSEs, A Levels and degrees and offers vocational qualifications in child care, business, retail, construction, trade and engineering, hospitality and travel.^{[citation needed]}

Teaching methods

Most courses provided by ICS are supplied via paper-based learning materials that consist of several units that students complete as they progress through the course. Once a student has completed a module he or she is then sent the next module.^{[citation needed]}

Courses are now being developed that are supplied via new media, such as a new ethical hacking course that is pre-loaded on an iPod and an information technology course that is pre-loaded on a laptop.^{[citation needed]}

Professional bodies

ICS Learn works with professional bodies and institutions to offer industry qualifications such as the following:^{[citation needed]}

• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Chartered Institute of Marketing
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
• PRINCE2
• Business And Technology Education Council (BTEC) courses

External links

• ICS Learn homepage (UK)
• ICS (Canada)
• Penn Foster Career School (US)
• The Librum's ICS Archive. Lists of ICS materials, short history, copyright information, and selected public domain course materials.

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• International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, History 1891 to the Present