The COLL, through a holistic approach and concentrating on students’ needs lives by our motto of: open, flexible, supportive and quality distance education programmes. We serve a broad profile of students through the distance education mode because it allows them to take courses while maintaining their employment and continuing their family responsibilities.

Vision:

Through pedagogic innovation, the Centre for Open and Life-long Learning seeks to be internationally recognised and distinguished for the design and delivery of supported open and distance learning.

Mission:

The Centre is committed to:

• access to high-quality university education;
• foster collaboration across organisational boundaries and the intelligent application of technology to provide high levels of service which are valued by students;
• providing the most appropriate and effective learning and teaching media and support services;
• flexibly provide student-centred learning experiences;
• programmes that meet individual lifelong learning needs; and
• continually enhancing the quality of course materials and support services.

The Centre for Open and Lifelong Learning welcomes you.