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Information, Advice and Guidance

Not sure of the right course for you?

If you’re looking for slightly course and steerage in your subsequent steps in studying or work you can get free and impartial 1-to-1 advice from our Learning and Work advisors. They might help you with:

• discovering the right course


• improving or writing your CV


• looking for job alternatives


• advice on attainable career selections.

To get data recommendation and guidance call us to guide an appointment or.

Linda helped me to work out what I needed to do when I was low in confidence and didn’t know what I might do. The courses I have taken were actually useful to me and I’m positive I wouldn’t be the place I am now without the skills and confidence I actually have gained.

Digital Skills

IT – Absolute Beginners

A brief course teaching you some primary laptop abilities and helping you to create easy paperwork and get began utilizing computers.

IT – Next Steps

Improve your knowledge and understanding about totally different features of computer systems corresponding to creating useful emails, enhancing your paperwork and computer safety. Use your computer extra effectively and confidently on this tutor led class.

English lessons for adults to Windows 10

A beginner’s course in using a computer or laptop computer with the Windows 10 working system. Learn how to work with 'apps', personalise settings, and regulate 'tiles' to fit your wants. Some previous expertise of keyboard and mouse abilities will allow you to in this course.

Photoshop - Introduction

Learn the way to take away components of a photograph or merge a number of pictures. Use Photoshop to use totally different editing skills to repair, restore or enhance your pictures.

Introduction to Tablets

Learn the way to arrange a tablet gadget, together with security settings, utilizing WIFI and everyday 'apps'.

Website Development

Create, design and develop web sites using Wordpress software program. Understand web site buildings, planning and formatting abilities to develop a primary interactive website. This course is suitable for assured pc customers with an excellent understanding of file / folder administration.

SAGE Computerised Accounts

Learn how to carry out routine accounting duties through the use of the favored SAGE accounts software program. You should know how to use a computer earlier than joining this course and information of Excel, the internet and email will help. This course is permitted by way of an ITQ degree 2 Computerised Accounts certificate.

Office Software Skills

Feeling a little rusty when utilizing Word, Spreadsheets or PowerPoint at work or in your personal projects? Then this quick course will assist you to use many additional features to make your duties simpler and extra productive. This course gives a great basis before enrolling onto IT Skills for Employment.

IT Skills Level 1 or 2

You can do that course at level 1 or 2. This course covers a spread of laptop abilities that are broadly used within the office or house. You can enhance your IT skills in phrase processing, web and e-mail, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint displays or Access databases. If you need an ITQ Level 1 or Level 2 qualification, at the finish of this course, you'll need to rearrange this along with your tutor.

Introduction to Coding using Scratch and Moving on with Coding using Python

Both Scratch and Python are being taught in schools to young people aged 9-sixteen. This could possibly be an excellent starting point for you to develop your abilities to help them with the work they are doing in school or even a step in direction of a brand new career for your self or a brand new interest.

Employability courses

Confidence Building for Life and Work

This course provides assist for learners who need to enhance their everyday confidence able to work. In a pleasant and supportive environment improve your self-confidence and create a clear action plan that can assist you progress in the direction of work or volunteering roles. The course is versatile and could be adapted to individual learner wants and pursuits.

Career Planning

Thinking about which job would possibly suit you greatest? Looking for more info in your choices? This course will help you to establish your strengths and your abilities, research what a job would possibly involve and begin to plan your route into successful employment.

CV Writing – Create or Update

Want to refresh or create a CV however undecided tips on how to sort out it? Learning the way to structure and create an efficient CV that basically sells YOU!

Emergency First Aid at Work (stage 3)

Develop your abilities in dealing with emergency situations together with very important lifesaving and resuscitation methods.

Food Safety in Catering (Level 2)

Develop your skills to work safely in a food surroundings.

English and Maths

Functional Skills

Get a qualification in English and/or maths while growing the abilities and confidence you need at work and at house. You can apply for a beginner level or level 2 (which is similar talent level as a GCSE). Before you enrol you possibly can focus on the talents you’d like to develop, and which would be the proper course for you.

GCSE

Get a GCSE in English or Maths on this fast-paced course geared toward people who are confident in everyday English and Maths skills. These courses start every year in early September - sadly no late enrolments can be accepted.

Languages

You can choose to be taught French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish. Each stage takes about 2 years to finish.

Beginners - A Taster

Learn some primary ‘vacation’ language corresponding to introducing yourself and others, numbers, outlets, ordering food and drinks. This is a brief course for full beginners to check out learning the language you've picked. You would then do the ‘Beginners part 1’ course below to finish your first 12 months of this degree.

Beginners - Part 1

Part 1 is a observe-on from the taster course for full beginners. Learn sensible phrases that may help you with shopping, finding your way around, the time and reserving lodging.

Beginners - Part 2

In half 2 you can be part of this course if you already know the basics lined within the courses above. You will be taught matters similar to: purchasing, using transport, vacationer data, eating out, residence and leisure activities, climate, and speaking about your day by day routine.

Level 1 - Part 1

In part 1 you want some data to join this course, ideally as listed within the entry degree courses above. You will learn to talk about issues up to now and going to do sooner or later. You will use completely different learning supplies to help you similar to practical actions, video games and the internet.

Level 1 - Part 2

Part 2 is appropriate for learners who've began to make use of the current, previous and future tenses. You will develop your talking skills about what you did / used to do and want to do sooner or later.

Level 2 - Part 1

Part 1 develops your confidence and talent to talk with ease using present, past and future tenses and conditional varieties. For example, I go to town every single day, I will go to city tomorrow or I would favor to go to city tomorrow. You’ll speak about and skim formal letters, genuine textual content and tourist information leaflets, and give your opinion.

Level 2 - Part 2

Check your English level improves your language expertise in on a regular basis matters / current affairs using the crucial forms (eg ‘mix these ingredients collectively’), adjectives and adverbs, and customary phrases. Suitable for individuals who have 4-5 years of half-time research or approximately GCSE/O Level commonplace gained elsewhere.

Year 5+ Advanced Conversation Courses

You should have at least 5 years previous examine, or the knowledge detailed for the language courses above. You can gain confidence in giving your opinion and understand different individuals’s opinions; talk about topics such as current affairs, private interests, films, travel and culture

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

Learn or improve your English – this course is for learners whose first language is not English. You will learn how to speak, pay attention, read and write in English. New learners can enrol on current courses if there are areas. Study English speaking may be supplied via the yr if folks want to attend.

British Sign Language (BSL)

Our BSL courses are a fantastic alternative to learn more about D/deafness and the way better to communicate with someone who has listening to loss. We provide introductory 2-week programs which include deaf awareness data as well as fundamental signs and longer programmes for anybody trying to proceed with extra detailed examine.

Learning for Independence

You can apply for our courses for adults with learning difficulties and disabilities to assist with residing and dealing such as:

• communication


• health, personal security and wellbeing


• expertise for employment and volunteering


• sensory learning


• impartial residing expertise


• creative skills and leisure


• literacy and numeracy

We also have a specialist Transition Learning Programme for young adults with studying difficulties and sophisticated health wants leaving specialist school, making the transition into grownup providers and schooling.

Learning for Confidence and Better Mental Health

Designed for adults recovering from, or experiencing, psychological well being difficulties this course aims to help you to enhance your health and wellbeing by way of studying. We offer studying alternatives in pleasant, supportive and protected teams with learning personalised to help your wants.

For extra info or to be enroled on this course please full ourand a member of the staff will keep up a correspondence.

Learning for Wellbeing

Wellbeing Saturdays

Our Wellbeing Saturday programs are one day courses aimed at supplying you with a primary introduction to that craft. This yr our courses include:

• Astronomy


• Patchwork


• Card Crafts


• Chocolate Craft


• Creative Cushion Covers


• Flower Craft


• Indian Cooking


• Make Your Own Bread


• Photography


• Upcycling Furniture Techniques

Art

Our Art courses are delivered in both ‘Beginners’ and ‘Mixed Level’ codecs where the learners within the class might all be working at completely different ranges with tutors offering professional assist and tuition.

• Drawing and painting


• Botanical drawing and painting


• Watercolour painting


• Life drawing

Crafts and ceramics

These courses could also be delivered as both workshops or ‘taught’ classes. With workshops learners herald projects that are completed with the skilled advice of their tutor. Jewellery making

• Pottery


• Upholstery and delicate furnishings


• Floristry


• Fused Glass

Cookery

• Healthy Cooking – Zero Waste


• Baking


• Indian Cooking


• Cooking for One

Fitness and health

• Ballet for wellbeing and health


• Pilates


• Yoga



• Adult Tap Dancing


• Dance Fitness (for these aged 50+)


• Drama for Confidence

Special interest

Sewing

• Patchwork and quilting


• Reuse Fabric – Tote baggage, shift clothes and skirts


• Sewing Project workshops