Courses in Central Beds & Bedford

Courses in Central Beds
& Bedford

Eligibility criteria:

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English in the Community

This course helps learners develop their English language skills and improve all areas of reading, writing, and spoken English to help build confidence within the community. Suitable for English for Speakers of Other Languages learners from Pre-Entry-Entry Level 2.

Learn how to:

Understand diverse ways to greet people
Understand form filing
Recognise common and social safety signs
Understand social situations within the community
Develop reading skills
Develop writing skills
Develop speaking and listening skills

Learners who complete this course have the option to progress onto our Entry Level English courses.

When: 6 weeks – 2 days a week

Computer Skills for Beginners (Level 1)

This course helps learners with little or no IT skills to familiarise themselves with using the internet and a computer, keyboard, and mouse.

Learn how to:

Use cyber & e-safety
Use storage
Logon to a computer, create and save documents
Use the internet to access online support & services
Set up and use an email account
Communicate using social media and zoom
Use IT for personal wellbeing

When: 3 weeks – 2 days a week

Computer Skills for Beginners (Level 2)

This course helps learners further develop their skills to intermediate level.

Learn how to:

Use cyber & e-safety
Develop digital competence
Build information and data literacy
See where messages and emails are stored
Know how technologies and media can enable different forms of participation
Know about ethical issues in digital media

When: 3 weeks – 2 days a week

ESOL with Numbers

This course teaches you the basics of maths and how to apply it in the workplace. Focusing on the hospitality and logistics industries.

Learn how to:

Develop numeracy skills
Build confidence recognising and using numbers in everyday life
Apply Maths to obtain answers to simple, practical problems
Improve Maths and English skills for Catering & Hospitality
Improve Maths and English skills for Warehouse & Logistics

When: 1 week – 2 days a week

To enquire or to book onto a course for either location, please contact Bedford Academy on 01234 863123 or email [email protected].

We deliver courses on behalf of the Bedfordshire Employment and Skills Service (BESS), part of Central Bedfordshire Council, who provide us with funding. Courses are targeted to support residents in gaining skills relevant to the needs of employers in Bedfordshire or to meet health and well-being needs. Courses are free of charge, subject to eligibility criteria. For more information about the full range of courses and support provided by BESS click here.

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