Excel & Microsoft 365 Courses
Learn how to use Microsoft Office software whether you have Office 365 or an earlier version of Microsoft Office. Our courses include beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes that cover many of the powerful features in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
You will learn directly from our highly qualified tutors with a wealth of real-world experience. They have designed our interactive courses to help you reach your goals, whether personal or professional.
Having advanced MS Office skills is invaluable to the modern worker. We will teach you how to use key features of Microsoft Office so that you can analyse data with Excel, create captivating presentations with Powerpoint, and manage your email with Outlook. Whatever you want to learn, we have a course to suit you, no matter your role or industry.
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- Excel: advanced
Course start date: Tue 27 Jan 2026 (and 5 other dates)Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Aurica JalbaTake your Excel skills to the next level with our Advanced Excel Course, designed for professionals who work with complex data. Learn how to link worksheets, apply advanced sorting and filtering, use powerful formulas, create scenarios, validate data, audit spreadsheets, and build dynamic reports with pivot tables and macros. Ideal for anyone involved in data analysis, this hands-on course will help you streamline workflows and make smarter decisions using Excel’s advanced features. Enrol now and transform the way you work with data!
Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Essential digital skills for the workplace: Word, Excel and PowerPoint (foundation-level 1) Course start date: Mon 16 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Would you like to gain the most essential digital skills needed for today's workplace? Do you need to develop the foundational digital skills for today's job market? Then this is the course for you. Suitable for those who already have some knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, this course will give you the confidence to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint within the workplace so you can create documents, spreadsheets and presentations. You will learn the key skills needed to word process, handle data and produce clear digital. 53% of UK employees do not have the digital skills needed for work. You don't need to be one of them.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £85.00 - Digital skills for the workplace: creating newsletters, reports and tables with Word (intermediate)Course start date: Tue 3 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
Do tables in Word seem to move of their own accord? Do you need to produce newsletters for work or for volunteer groups but are frustrated by shifting text and images? Are you unsure how to maintain consistent formatting across a report? If so, then this is the course for you. On this course you will learn how to produce a newsletter, insert tables, and create simple reports while maintaining consistent formatting and ensuring the layout and presentation is effective and impacting. You will focus on how to produce attractive documents fit for purpose in an efficient and timely manner, vital skills both inside and outside work.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £75.00 - Pivot Tables: the Basics and BeyondCourse start date: Tue 10 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Abbott KatzIn this course you will learn the essentials of pivot table construction and all additional features that will enhance the user’s pivot table competence.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00 - Digital skills for business: how to create successful business presentations on PowerPoint and Canva (intermediate)Course start date: Wed 11 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
Do you have to give presentations at work, for business, to future clients that need to be professional and impacting? Do you want to know how to create a PowerPoint presentation that tells a story and engages the audience? On this course, you will learn how to structure a presentation using data effectively in which the PowerPoint enhances the message. You will focus on both your communication and digital skills so you develop your professional presence and how you relate to the listeners and you learn how to create impacting slides to create your storyline, present data and other information appropriate to your audience and purpose.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £35.00 - Excel: tricks and tips for productivity Course start date: Sat 21 Mar 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Aurica JalbaAlready familiar with Excel? Learn smart shortcuts, settings tweaks, and hidden features to make your work faster and more efficient in this practical one-day course. Enrol now and streamline your workflow!
Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00 - Excel: applying formulae and functionsCourse start date: Mon 30 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Aurica JalbaGo beyond basic arithmetic and unlock the full potential of Excel with this practical course on formulas and functions. Learn how to automate calculations, extract meaningful insights, and save time by applying a wide range of built-in functions to your data. Whether you're cleaning spreadsheets or building reports, this course will help you work more efficiently and confidently in Excel. Enrol today and start working smarter with your data!
Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Excel: analysing your spreadsheet with pivot tablesCourse start date: Wed 29 Apr 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Aurica JalbaLearn how to create and edit pivot tables to analyse large lists of data with multiple views and calculated fields using drag and drop. You should have a good understanding of Excel.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Digital skills for the workplace: working with data - inputting, finding, sorting, filtering with Excel (foundation)Course start date: Tue 5 May 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Working with data inside and outside of work is now an essential skill and Excel is one of the main tools you need to use. Whether you want to keep track of your personal finances or make calculations about expenditure, sickness absence or profits at work, you need to know how to use key functions of Excel so you can organise the data and make sense of it. This course will help you learn how to input, find, sort and filter data so you can achieve key tasks needed in the workplace and at home and present the information in a way other people can understand.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £95.00 - Becoming confident on PowerPoint 365 (beginner)Course start date: Sun 10 May 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Do you want to learn how to create presentations? Are you completely new to PowerPoint? Can you use some PowerPoint features but want to expand your skills? On this course you will learn the essential elements of how to create an effective and engaging presentation from creating slides and slideshows from scratch, to using templates, to appropriate use of images and text. You will focus not only on the specific functions of PowerPoint but also what makes a presentation successful.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £65.00 - Digital skills for business: how to present and communicate data integrating Word, PowerPoint and Excel - a project-based approach (advanced)Course start date: Sun 31 May 2026
Location on this date: Online
Are you already an experienced and skilful user of Word, Excel and PowerPoint? Are you working as a lead administrator? Do you want to extend your skills so you can integrate these three programs to produce high quality and sophisticated documents? This course will help you combine your Microsoft 365 skills by working on business projects that enable you to analyse data at a high level and also present your findings in a clear and dynamic way. You will learn how to link and embed data across the programs, how to integrate Excel data and charts with PowerPoint and Word, how, how to use Word to create a new PowerPoint presentation and how to use Word to create customizable PowerPoint speaker notes and handouts.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £85.00 - Becoming confident on Word 365 (beginner)Course start date: Thu 11 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Are you new to Word and word processing? Do you want to learn this essential skill both for work and private life? This course will help you create and organise digital letters and short documents.You will learn all the basic functions of creating documents: adding, copying, moving and formatting text, inserting pictures and creating tables, checking spelling and grammar, changing the page layout and printing different documents accurately. All you need is enthusiasm, and confidence using a mouse and basic keyboard functions.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £40.00 - Excel: tables and charts Course start date: Thu 18 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Aurica JalbaLearn to create clear Excel tables and turn your data into effective charts in this short, hands-on course. No advanced skills needed—just a desire to present data professionally. Enrol now and start visualising your data!
Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Becoming confident on Excel 365 (beginner) Course start date: Wed 24 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Are you new to Excel? Have you used Excel a little but lack confidence? Are you unsure about what you use Excel for? On this course, you will learn the key basic functions of Excel so you can begin your journey towards handling, analysing and presenting data effectively. You will learn the main functions of Excel and associated terminology. You will focus on how to create simple worksheets, enter data, present it in a logical and functioning way with formatting that makes it easy to read. You will work on using Excel in place of your calculator to make basic calculations and you will practise turning this data into simple charts and graphs. By the end of this course, you will confident enough to create your own weekly budget calculator. To do this course you'll need to be able to use a mouse, keyboard and basic computer functions.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £55.00 - Digital skills for the workplace: using Excel (foundation)Course start date: Tue 13 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Do you need to learn how to use Excel for the office or to keep track of your finances? Do you want to be able to handle, present data and make calculations inside and outside of work? This course is perfect for anyone who needs a good foundation on the basics of Microsoft's popular spreadsheet program. On this course, you will learn how to enter and present data and make it visually appealing, readable and usable through changes of font, style, use of tables and other formatting features. You will practise making calculations, using functions and formulae, modifying links between worksheets, as well as creating basic charts and graphs - a great way of visualizing data!
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £100.00
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