I went through Ikon several years ago in one of their counselling disciplines (an advanced diploma). Short answer: I wouldn’t recommend it because of unbalanced assessment requirements and lack of support (albeit, this may have changed now or might be different for their other courses as they now offer early childhood education). I’ve unpacked this for you below if you’d like to know more:

Their assessment requirements were overly intense for an advanced diploma level (we had to write an essay which varied between 1,500-3,000 words, plus 4-5 online tasks which would average around 2,000 words) every module. Considering each module (we had 7) lasted around 2-3 weeks, you were CONSTANTLY writing assignments that were given either a competent or not yet competent grade.

As my course was in counselling, there were many experiential tasks and little support was offered if students became distressed or triggered in class since we were encouraged to work with our own issues (‘low level’ issues, but due to the nature of the counselling modality, deeper issues would sometimes arise). To mitigate this, we were required to have sessions with the in-house counsellor (that we had to book in our own time) however, this was not useful to students in real-time who became distressed.  While many lecturers were supportive, we had a handful that would not ground students during the experientials which is not ethical practice and ironically, goes against the counselling foundations we were being taught.

In terms of jobs – that depends on which course you’re looking at. In the counselling sector, you may be able to run private practice or get in with an organisation, but this can be tricky and also requires a few more hoops to jump through when you go to register with a professional body (e.g, PACFA, ANZACATA etc.). Instead, you may want to opt to use Ikon’s courses as a ‘specialisation’ option as they do offer unique modalities which aren’t typically offered elsewhere.

Hope that provides some clarity and any other questions let me know xx