Want to boost your digital skills?

BT

Skills for Tomorrow

Learn the basics of social media for business, find out more about cyber security and discover the basics of coding – all for free.

Google

Digital Garage

Get free digital marketing qualifications and develop your career with free courses from the world’s biggest search engine.

iDEA Award

Inspiring Digital Enterprise

Develop digital, enterprise and employability skills – with everything from coding to growth hacking – for free with bite-sized courses.

Learn My Way

Get online

Learn how to use the internet safely and effectively with free online courses, with additional advice on how to apply for jobs online.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn Learning

Discover thousands of courses in web development, design, business skills, and online marketing, with a free month available to new members.

Lloyds Bank

Lloyds Bank Academy

Achieve your goals with free digital skills learning from Lloyds Bank, covering a range of topics such as working with spreadsheets, improving your CV and creating social media content.

Microsoft

Office 365 Training Centre

Learn how to make the most of Microsoft Office’s different programs on any device – so whether you want to work smarter or just need to brush up on your Word skills, watch Microsoft’s videos and tips.

National Careers Service

Skills toolkit

Find out more about free courses to help you learn new skills or change jobs, including a huge range of digital courses.

Pearson

UK Learns

UK Learns provides access to some of the world’s best quality, certified courses that employers value. Many are currently free of charge while the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing.

Adult Education in Gloucestershire

IT skills training

Adult Education in Gloucestershire offers basic level IT and computer skills training to help you get into the workplace and gain a better understanding of programs like the Microsoft Office suite.

Gloucestershire College

Computing and IT courses

From the basics of Excel to game design, Gloucestershire College offers a wide range of full- and part-time courses to build on your digital knowledge.

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

Digital IT and Computing courses

Become a cyber-security expert or boost your computer confidence with full and part-time courses at SGS.

Library Network

Provide access to PCs for the general public to use

All Gloucestershire Libraries (including the 8 Community Run libraries) provide access to PCs for the general public to use.  These can be booked in advance or can be walk up if there is capacity Library Locations. Gloucestershire County Council Libraries are well used by job seekers and in some cases staff can help customers to use the computers.  All Libraries offer free WiFi.

University of Gloucestershire

Degree-level courses

Find out more about the University of Gloucestershire’s computing courses, allowing you to get industry ready in a range of digital arenas, from game design and cyber security to applied artificial intelligence.

Excel Easy

If you're an Microsoft Excel beginner, this is the perfect place to start.

We offer free tutorial on how to use Excel.  Want to learn much more about Excel? You can find related examples and features (300 Examples).  We keep it easy!

Prospect Training Services

Digital Skills

Always looking to innovate to support our delivery, PTS opened the Prospect Digital studio in 2009 for the creation of apps, eLearning and learner management systems to enhance the learning experience.  Our studio has grown from supporting our own internal needs to servicing a wide range of organisations who want to scale their impact and transform how they engage people.  It offers a full range of services from branding and web design to full eLearning, app development and database solutions.