Tá sé ráite ag fiontraí gur cheart do dhaoine atá dífhostaithe tuilleadh oideachais agus scileanna a fháil trí chúrsaí a dhéanamh ar líne. Dúirt Mike Feerick, bunaitheoir an tsuímh alison.com, gur féidir le daoine, nach bhfuil sé d’acmhainn acu íoc as oideachas ‘traidisiúnta’ go háirithe, neart a fhoghlaim agus an curriculum vitae atá acu a fheabhsú trí chúrsaí Alison a dhéanamh.

An entrepreneur has said that the unemployed can further their education and skills through online courses. Mike Feerick the founder of the website ALISON.com said that people who cannot afford traditional education can learn from a selection of courses and improve their CV by doing courses with ALISON. “You are able to do courses from certificate level to diploma level in your own time, in any place and for free.

With the arrival of the New Year, I would like to take a moment of your time to thank you for studying with ALISON, and to warmly welcome the many learners who have joined our free learning community through the past year. In particular, I would like to congratulate our 50,000+ members who successfully completed and graduated from ALISON courses in 2011.