Dear Sir / Madam,
Could you tell me of any distance learning colleges in either the UK
or Ireland that do distance learning courses in Accountancy or
Bookkeeping. Thank You,
Yours Sincerely, Jeremy M Newton.

Hi! Thanks ofr the question.

Here is a list of UK schools that have distance learning for
accounting or bookkeeping.

Our first linkovides about 172 distance courses in accountacy and
bookkeping from different universities, colleges and other
organizations. The direct link to the search results does not work so
please follow the following steps.

1. After clicking the link below type "accounting" on the course title
of the advance search section.

2. Institution Name should be blank. Qualification should be "Don't
Mind". Price Band should be "I don't mind".

3. The "I don't mind face to face" box should be UNCHECKED.

4. The "Interested in studying with a" box should be "don't mind" as
well.

In case you are having trouble please let me know.

Hobson's Distance Learning: School List
http://www.distance-learning.hobsons.com/browse.cfm?RequestTimeout=500

Other schools I found are listed below.

Cambridge International Colege
http://www.cambridgecollege.co.uk/

Stockport College of Further and Higher Education
http://www.distance-learning.hobsons.com/institution.cfm?inst_id=1144

ICDL
http://www-icdl.open.ac.uk/deptResult.ihtml?&dept_id=1029&p=0

The Open University
http://www3.open.ac.uk/oubs/qualifications/qualifications.htm#Certificate_in_Accounting

E-Lern UK
http://www.e-learn.uk.com/wwl/

NEC Study Programmes
http://www.nec.ac.uk/courses/index-search

Woodgove Tutorials
http://www.woodgrove-tutorials.co.uk/iab.asp

Mycourse
http://www.mycourse.co.uk/

Premier Training
http://www.premiertraining.co.uk/

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I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
you would need further information or as I said if you are having
trouble with the first link.
                    
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Easterangel-ga                     
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yes, excellent, I've applied to Cambrdige for a Diploma in Financial Management.