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Curriculum

Courses and Classes 2024–2026

Liberal Arts: Learning to Learn

At Nexus Educate, we pride ourselves on delivering a curriculum specifically designed to meet the unique needs of home-educated students. Our liberal arts approach fosters creativity, individuality, and critical thinking, empowering students to learn how to learn and succeed.

We encourage intellectual curiosity and embrace diverse perspectives, enabling students to challenge assumptions, think critically across various subjects, and cultivate essential skills for personal and professional development. Our emphasis extends beyond examination success; we are dedicated to nurturing lifelong learners.

Students are equipped with the ability to analyse information, evaluate differing viewpoints, form well-reasoned opinions, and communicate effectively—skills that are highly valued in both academic and business environments. At Nexus Educate, we guide students toward their academic aspirations while ensuring that their learning journey is enjoyable and fulfilling.

Our commitment to a student-centred approach guarantees that each learner receives a customised educational experience tailored to their individual needs.

Philology

English Language, English Literature and Literacy

'...perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time – proof that humans can work magic.' Carl Sagan

Communications

Film Studies and Media Studies

'...the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.' Malcolm X

Humanities

'The humanities and social sciences are not simply the icing on the academic cake, but essential to the intellectual, cultural and political health of the country.' Mary Beard.

Short Courses

Catch up or get ahead. Get a feel for a new subject or study a module intensively. We offer innovative, engaging short courses in literature, film, media, history and sociology.

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Your Route to Success

Deciding to home-educate can be daunting. For some people, the decision unleashes a surge of energy, excitement and the thrill of impending adventure. Others are filled with trepidation at the journey ahead.

Whichever group you fall into, you'll know that the road ahead can be tricky in places. It can be travelled solo, but it is much easier with a well-plotted map, an experienced guide who has travelled the path themselves. Not only are you more likely to arrive at your desired destination, but you are much more likely to enjoy the journey.

We offer alternate routes for distance learning because we know that everyone learns differently and has their own tastes and preferences.

Courses and Classes by Key Stage

We offer distance learning courses and classes in English, English Literature, Film Studies, Media Studies, History, Sociology and Politics.

Carefully constructed to meet the needs of home educated students, our curriculum is results-driven but student-led so that we can give each student the attention they deserve and guide them to achieve - and exceed - their academic goals.

OUR IDEA

Everything begins with an idea. When we launched Nexus Educate the idea was to do things a bit differently from other online providers. We wanted to use our qualifications, training and years of teaching experience to put together a programme that would provide home-educated students with a variety of learning experiences, delivered using a range of methods rather than listening to an online lecture and completing tasks in a vacuum. The IDEA was based on what we knew students most enjoyed and what we knew worked. Ideas are abstract, however, and they mean different things to different people.

Below, we explain what IDEA means to us and why it is at the heart of all we do.