Distance learning, Correspondence Schools, Home Training • Cengage Education

A new name and higher aspirations

After nearly 90 years of delivering correspondence courses in Australia - Thomson Education Direct has become Cengage Education. Since 1921 we have helped over 700,000 Australians gain qualifications and improve their lives.

Cengage is qualified to provide tertiary courses, compatible with the needs of many professions, including: Accounting, Business, Childcare, Humanities, and Psychology.

Bachelor of Business now enrolling

Cengage Education has just launched a Bachelor of Business and a double degree in Accounting and Business, which have been developed in consultation with a network of industry partners including the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Complementing our Bachelor of Accounting, the new degrees include the option to pursue broad-based qualifications or major in corporate governance, event and facility management, logistics management or sport management.

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Start your Career with a Traineeship

Information for employers and employees

A Traineeship is the ideal way for you to embark on your chosen career path, or retrain for a new career.

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Returning to earning:

Live in Victoria and been caring for the kids and thinking about returning to work? Improve your work-related skills and earning potential with a Returning to Earning grant

It could offer you up to $1,000 in financial assistance towards your course fee!

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Government-Funded Training

You may be eligible for free study. Cengage facilitates training for jobseekers under a number of Australian Government programs.
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Real students, real successes

We work hard to provide our students with unsurpassed levels of education and service.
Many of our courses are nationally recognised and accredited which means they have been found to meet the stringent education quality standards set by government representatives.