| 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. 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.
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.
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ICS Learn offers GCSEs, A Levels and degrees and offers vocational qualifications in child care, business, retail, construction, trade and engineering, hospitality and travel.
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.
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.
ICS Learn works with professional bodies and institutions to offer industry qualifications such as the following: