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VerifiedI have just finished the Local History course, the coursework itself was of excellent quality, you get assigned a tutor, my tutor was Julie Corbin, I Can`t rate her highly enough, she was always there if I needed her. i highly recommend the Open Study College and the staff and tutors. I am going to continue my learning and do the genealog[…]
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