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Functional Skills Qualification in English (Entry 3)
Continue developing your English skills to open doors to work and study opportunities. This entry 3 functional skills course helps you learn English skills employers look for. Gain practical skills to improve your reading, writing, and verbal communication in English.
Strengthen your writing skills and learn reading techniques to help you tackle everyday situations at work or while studying. This adult English course helps you develop your language skills through real-life situations.
Functional Skills entry 3 is a government-funded accredited English course for adults.
Functional Skills qualifications are free if you don't already have a GCSE in English or Maths at grades A*-C, or 4-9. We'll check your level and any previous qualifications before you start. This ensures you are on the correct course.
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Dates:Tue 04/03/2025 -
Thu 15/05/2025Location:Mill Road Community Centre
6 Hazel Street
Cambridge
South East
CB1 2GNCourse code:Q00015772How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £226.80
Professional Development: Employability Skills
Are you looking to upskill for employment? Then attend this course and boost your employability skills. If you’re entering the workforce for the first time or after a long break, this course can teach you essential skills employers look for and prepare you for the transition. Learn basic skills for jobs in any sector as well as key soft skills for your CV. Feel confident stepping into the workforce. This course will provide you with the soft skills required to get that job and give you the confidence and self-esteem to sell what you have to offer to potential employers.
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Dates:Mon 03/03/2025 -
Thu 06/03/2025Location:Seetec Pluss Bournemouth
G.01 & Meeting room 1a
Oxford Point
19 Oxford Road
Bournemouth
BH8 8GSCourse code:Q00017095How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £63.00
Award in Preparation for Work in Community Interpreting Level 2
The role of the community interpreter is an integral part of our changing communities and increasingly important. The interpreter acts as a bridge between communities and enables people to access the services they need and approach situations which otherwise would not be possible.
The Level 2 Certificate in Preparing for the Community Interpreting Role enables learners who are speakers of other languages to develop the language and skills necessary to go on and train as Community Interpreters at Level 3 and Level 4.
This is the ideal qualification for anyone who wants to enter the interpreting profession and become a paid interpreter or volunteer in the UK.
This course is funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority.
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Dates:Thu 27/02/2025 -
Thu 03/07/2025Times:9:15am - 12:15pmDuration:16 sessionsLocation:Dolphin Women's Centre (Birmingham)
Ward End Park
Washwood Heath Road
Birmingham
B8 2HBTutor:Fozia AslamCourse code:Q00015534How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £300.00
Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Writing) (Entry 1)
Learn basic writing skills with this foundational English course for beginners. This English course is for speakers of other languages. It will help you learn to write in English to study, work, and live in the UK.
Entry 1 ESOL courses help people who are just starting to learn English. It will help you gain confidence to write basic sentences in English. There are also reading and speaking and listening courses at this level.
If you’re helping others access ESOL classes in the UK, you’ve come to the right place.
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Dates:Thu 27/02/2025 -
Thu 19/06/2025Times:9:30am - 12:00pmDuration:28 sessionsLocation:ADAB - The Mosses (Bury)
Cecil Street
Bury
BL9 0SBTutor:Shahnaz AhmedCourse code:Q00015799How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £225.00
WEA Membership
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- Join our popular, award-winning weekly lecture series,
- Access an archive of over 100 past lectures,
- Get priority online and phone booking for autumn courses (England only),
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Just add us to your basket to sign up today!
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Duration:12 monthsFee:WEA Membership
Pre-Entry English: Driving theory part 2
This driving theory course part 2 will help you to master the essentials of driving theory in English with this comprehensive course! Get ready for your learner's permit test with confidence by building a strong foundation in road rules, traffic signs, and safe driving practices.
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Dates:Thu 27/02/2025 -
Thu 27/03/2025Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Nadia BelmajdoubCourse code:Q00016746How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
Personal Development: Managing Your Wellbeing for Work, Life and Study
During this 6-week course, you will look at a variety of techniques that could help you to manage your wellbeing.
Each week we will have a theme, that builds your knowledge around mental health wellbeing’s, for example, the NHS 5 steps the wellbeing, mindfulness, healthy lifestyles and work life balance.
At the end of the course, you will have created a poster all the wellbeing techniques you like.
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Dates:Wed 26/02/2025 -
Wed 02/04/2025Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:KCU Ltd at Fuller Church (Kettering)
51 Gold Street
Kettering
NN16 8JBTutor:Caroline SmyCourse code:Q00016730How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £58.80
History: The Queens of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt demonstrates how even in a male-dominated society women did on occasion rise to the highest position in the land. In this course we will explore the women who not only held great influence but, on some occasions, effectively ruled Egypt. From the famous female pharaoh Hatshepsut to Cleopatra VII over a millennium later, we consider how these women came to power and served as some of the most prominent female figures of antiquity.
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Dates:Wed 26/02/2025 -
Wed 26/03/2025Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:Woodley Hill House (Reading)
Woodley Hill House
45 Eastcourt Avenue
Reading
RG6 1HHTutor:John BillmanCourse code:Q00017588How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £50.00
History: JB Priestley's Journey
This course focuses on J.B. Priestley’s (1894-1984) journey around England in the 1930s, which was published as a book English Journey in 1934. At the time Priestley was a well-known novelist, playwright, screenwriter, social commentator and perhaps the most popular English writer of his day. Sponsored by his publisher Victor Gollancz and the Daily Mail , Priestley set out to travel the length and breadth of 1930s England from Southampton to the Black Country, the North East and Newcastle, Lincoln, Norfolk and Norwich. In doing so he revealed the condition of the English people, their society and their culture.
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Dates:Wed 26/02/2025 -
Wed 26/03/2025Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:Billingshurst Community and Conference C
Roman Way
Billingshurst
RH14 9QWTutor:Alan SimmondsCourse code:Q00017738How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £42.00
Personal Development: Public speaking
Unleash your inner speaker. On this 7-Week Public Speaking Journey
This course will empower you to conquer your public speaking fears and deliver impactful presentations with confidence. You'll master the fundamentals of public speaking, gain practical experience through peer feedback sessions, and develop the skills to captivate any audience.
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Dates:Wed 26/02/2025 -
Wed 02/04/2025Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:KCU Ltd at Fuller Church (Kettering)
51 Gold Street
Kettering
NN16 8JBTutor:Caroline SmyCourse code:Q00016745How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £58.80
Entry Level ESOL - in Your Community
Discover the wonderful world of the English language with this Pre Entry ESOL course.
It will help you to develop your Speaking and Listening, Reading and Writing skills in English.
Whether you have studied basic English before or you are completely new to it,
You will find value in this ESOL course.
Develop your language skills to enable you to ask and respond to everyday questions in verbal exchanges too, listen for information and specific purposes and writing.
You do not need any special tools to attend, just yourself and some enthusiasm.
Start your language journey today by registering for this course.
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Dates:Tue 25/02/2025 -
Thu 22/05/2025Times:9:00am - 11:30amDuration:26 sessionsLocation:Broadwaters Childrens Centre (London)
Adams Road
Tottenham
London
N17 6HETutor:Stephan Schulte-NahringCourse code:Q00013029How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £150.00