New Skills Academy Announces Relocation Due To Business Expansion

New Skills Academy, the online education provider based in Hertford, UK, has announced that it has relocated its offices due to a recent rapid expansion of their business.

Based in Hertford, in the United Kingdom, New Skills Academy has almost doubled its staff numbers over the past 18 months. With the rapid growth in online learning from client businesses and from the public, New Skills Academy has had to hire more skilled staff to create the course content and produce the videos associated with that.

New Skills Academy CEO, Chris Morgan said of the move, "It was exciting to make the move to larger offices. We have really needed more space for the past 4 months, but we wanted to make the right move. We were all a little sad to leave our old offices because that's where our story began, and it just felt like home for us. This is a big milestone for our business and we have exciting times ahead."

New Skills Academy has been providing online courses in 2013 and since then they have helped over 210,000 students to learn new skills and obtain new knowledge. At the outset operating from a co-working office space, they had only two employees, the co-owners of the business. This has grown to 27 employees, necessitating several moves to larger workspaces over the years. They not have the capacity for further expansion and foresee continued strong growth over the next years ahead.

Starting the business after a career as a marketing professional with several online education companies, Chris Morgan had identified the short-comings that existed. New Skills Academy was born from an opportunity to provide a better online education experience and offer better value than the competition.

According to Chris, “When it comes to online schools, there are plenty to choose from. New Skills Academy was set up with the objective of providing expertly designed courses, detailed lesson plans and the most efficient online support available. Our student testimonials all attest to our success against those goals.”

New Skills Academy offers one of the widest range of courses available online. From Retail banking to bookkeeping, to beauty and make-up, fitness coaching and even dog-grooming. The company spokesperson informed us that they currently have over 450 courses available and constantly upgrade their existing courses to keep pace with changes in technology and trends.

One of the questions often asked about online education is, are the qualifications recognized. When asked for comment, New Skills Academy stated that not all courses are taken in pursuit of a qualification. Many of the courses do have a final exam or assessment and most of these assessments are recognized by the national professional or examination bodies. Some assessments lead to a certificate of completion or certificate of competence. Where a recognized qualification is offered, that qualification is recognized on a professional or national basis.

Looking at the advantages offered by online course providers versus traditional colleges, there are several. Online educators such as New Skills Academy make their course materials fully available online. This means that their students can access the courses from any location and at any time of day or night. Traditional colleges require attendance in person and follow a pre-planned timetable. Online courses can be taken at the student's own pace, meaning the course can be completed as quickly or as slowly as the student wishes. Traditional college courses follow the academic calendar and the pace is determined by the start and end dates. Online educators have no capacity restrictions or course availability limits. They have limited overheads because they don’t require large buildings that have to be maintained. All courses being delivered over the internet. Traditional colleges rely on their large premises to deliver the course content. This means that online education companies have a considerable cost advantage that they can pass onto their students in the way of low-cost courses.

Online learning and education may not suit everyone’s needs, but it is a growing sector of the education environment that cannot be ignored. Many of the traditional colleges and universities are adding online learning and distance learning to their course offerings. The open university in the UK has been successfully offering degree programs by distance learning for several decades, but still, require several days attendance per year as well as attendance for examinations.

Those who require more information on course details or to access the full course catalog can contact New Skills Academy via their website, by phone or email.