They have also taken the first steps towards arranging for these online course units to count towards full university degrees.

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These deals, of course, can generate huge fees for arranging institutions.

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The course combines practical work in funeral and wedding flowers and flower arranging, with theoretical aspects such as business procedures.

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Companies spend money to train their managers to do them well, and of course there is the time that is lost by the employees arranging and doing the interviews.

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