Tuesday, 5 June 2012

The alternative: Self-study, learn for free! 

There is a lot of free information out there, the secret is to know where and how to find it on the internet.
Here are some examples: (including free leactures by prominent professors!)

Khan Academy 
  •  With over 3,200 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
Gresham College
  • Gresham College has provided free public talks within the City of London for over 400 years. Founded in 1597, Gresham College is London’s oldest Higher Education Institution. Our Gresham Professors and other visiting speakers offer over 100 free public events every year. 
Alison
  • ALISON is the world's leading provider of free online courses with certificates for basic and essential workplace skills.
Coursera.Org
  • High quality courses from the top universities, for free to everyone, currently hosting courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Pennsylvania.
Open Culture
  • Get free online courses from the world’s leading universities. This collection includes over 400 free courses in the liberal arts and sciences. Download these audio & video courses straight to your computer or mp3 player.

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