Course overview

Here at the WEA we believe in bringing education within reach of everyone Our maths course is designed to give everyone the opportunity to learn and develop the essential numeracy skills they need to succeed at any age. We want to help people to improve their ability to understand and use maths in daily life. This Maths for work course is an opportunity to learn new skills to support you no matter what role you play in work. You will be able to understand how to use new maths skills to support your children's homework, along with managing finances and supporting you in your career progression

Course description

Numeracy skills matter. Improving your numeracy skills will build confidence, knowledge and understanding on how to develop your maths skills to support you within your current job or for career progressions within the healthcare sector. Maths can be fun, and this course will help you to overcome any Math's anxiety. This course focuses on practical Maths, looking at the numbers behind things that you do every day. It won’t be like school; it’s about learning the sums behind the activities you do all the time. It will help you make better choices, from healthy eating to getting a good deal to moving closer to your career goals. Learn in a supportive environment, with a friendly numeracy tutor who is skilled in bringing out your potential. The skills learnt can be used to develop confidence in monitoring and recording blood pressure, heart rates, height and weight, create numerical charts, data and spreadsheets and many other tasks. Understand how numeracy is applied to different real-life scenarios

Demonstrate numerical calculations

Demonstrate an understanding of mathematical vocabulary

Apply maths skills and knowledge to solve real-life problems This course may lead to further training such as functional skills Maths level 1 and 2 courses.

What financial support is available?

We don't want anything to stand in your way when it comes to bringing Adult learning within reach so if you need anything to support you to achieve your goals then speak to one of our education experts during your enrolment journey. Most of our courses are government funded but if you don't qualify or need.

What other support is available?

All of our digital content, teaching and learning activities and assessments are designed to be accessible so if you need any additional support you can discuss this with the education experts during your enrolment journey and we will do all we can to make sure you have optimal access.

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