Part-Time Courses in Marketing

Still the most popular route to study for professional marketing qualifications and great for those with busy working lives who want to make sure they commit at least one evening a week - and need a trip to one of our centres to ensure they do. But it is only suitable if you are likely to be able to attend every week of the training programme.

If you are new to marketing or unable to come every week it is a good idea to combine an intensive weekend with a part-time evening course. This will ensure you get an overview of the subject before you start and will give you the added flexibility you may need to support your learning.

Evening term runs from early September to mid July and each module lasts for between 10 to 14 sessions for the Certificate and Diploma, the Postgraduate course has a different structure. However you can start any time of the year.
Most evening sessions run from 6-9pm and include two hours of interactive lectures with the rest of the time working in groups on exam questions or assignments. Homework is set and marked every week when necessary.

Personal Tutor

All students who do assignments are given a personal tutor.

Blackboard Learning System

• We have been at the forefront in developing on-line student with our on line distance learning system Blackboard that is  used in many Universities
• The Blackboard e-learning system allows you to take control of your own learning while still receiving ongoing contact and support from the college
• Tutor course notes, slides, and additional reading
• Past exam papers and assignments, specimen answers so that you are able to see what other students have done in the past and examiners reports
• A research facility including hotlinks to journals, other marketing organisations and useful websites
• Podcasts covering all the lessons so that you can listen and read ahead
• A selection of Marketing Videos on demand from The Oxford Learning Lab
• On-line tutorials
• Discussion Forum enabling you to ask questions and find other delegates studying your course or working nearby and form real or virtual study groups
• Support line so that you can get your questions answered
• Personal assignment tutor to help you with your assignment

For a demonstration of the Student Learning System go to http://oxcom.blackboard.com/

• Log-in with the username demosite and password trynow
• Click on OXCOM Demonstration in the 'My Courses' panel
• Navigate through the site by clicking on the menu items in the panel on the left hand side of the screen
• You will be able to see how we use Blackboard to support your learning
• You will also be able to look at some sample learning materials for different qualification levels.

Levels and centres offering part-time evening courses

• Professional Certificate level in Brighton, High Wycombe, Reading, Uxbridge, Croydon, London and Oxford.
• Professional Diploma level in Oxford, Reading , London, Uxbridge, Croydon and Brighton, Birmingham.
• Professional Postgraduate in Marketing level in Oxford, London, High Wycombe, Brighton and part-time Saturday seminars in Reading.

A Typical Part-Time Evening Diploma Session has this structure:

Booking and queries

We believe in the importance of developing long-term professional relationships with our students and we do like to discuss the options, courses and costs with you before you start our programmes. We therefore have a selection of open evenings across our centers throughout the year, alternatively we can chat through the options on the phone.

You can book any of these courses online or if you have any queries please contact us.

Additional Benefits

Students who enrol on a CIM course with us, will on request, be able to access extra free materials from our specialist learning materials used for the Digital modules on the Diploma in Digital Marketing and Diploma in Managing Digital Media courses on our Blackboard at no additional charge. These courses will be launched in January 2010. This will enable all our students on our CIM courses to keep up to date with what is happening in the Digital field. After completing their CIM courses with us, our students can then go on and complete their Digital qualifications by registering for the Digital Diploma assignments with us when they are ready.