Digital Skills Qualifications Online & In London
Do you want to develop your digital skills and gain a qualification? Then join:
• Essential Digital Skills for Work (level 1)
• Award in Digital and IT Skills: word-processing, spreadsheets, presentations and databases (level 2)
• Level 3 certificate in IT user skills (ICDL Advanced)
We also have many non-accredited courses to help you prepare for these qualifications.
These courses help you progress at work whether you are new to the office or an experienced administrator. You learn the most important Microsoft Office programs and how they are used in an administration and work environment. At the same time, you develop the most in-demand work skills such as problem-solving, analysing, decision-making, collaborating and seeing the bigger picture.
Join us and take your employability skills up to the next level.
Do I need a pre-course assessment?
For any qualification course you need to do a you need to do a pre-course assessment. To start your online assessment, click on the ‘Start Assessment’ button on any of the courses below.
Or contact us at universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 4582 0423 to make an appointment for a face-to-face assessment for Mondays 12-2pm. We also have sessions at the following times:
04/09/2023 Mon 11am – 1pm
06/09/2023 Wed 5pm – 7pm
08/09/2023 Fri 11am – 5pm
11/09/2023 Mon 11am – 1pm
13/09/2023 Wed 5pm – 7pm
Free courses available
Our courses are FREE to most learners f you earn less than £23,157.50 a year, or you are on JSA/ESA (WRAG).
- Essential digital skills for work (Level 1)Course start date: Wed 8 Oct 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Do you have some digital skills but lack confidence to use them? Would you like to gain the most essential digital skills needed for today's workplace? If so, and you need to develop the foundational digital skills for today's job market, this is the course for you. The course will give you the confidence to use different digital devices and tools to collaborate and communicate efficiently with work colleagues, to create and edit documents and presentations, and make simple spreadsheets. You will learn about different types of digital communication as well as how to use online resources for finding and using information and completing transactions. You will learn the transferable digital skills you need to progress, participate and express yourself in the workplace and gain a qualification. 53% of UK employees do not have the digital skills needed for work. You don't need to be one of them.
Please note: you MUST pass the first part of the course, attend every class and do the necessary homework. If you do not, you will not be able to continue the course.
You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name.
This course is free for learners who have digital skills assessed as below level 1. For more information Click here
Full fee £309.00 - Get qualified in Microsoft 365: Excel, PowerPoint and Word (level 2)
Course start date: Mon 20 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Do you want to gain a qualification and develop the most essential general digital skills needed in the modern workplace? On this course, you will develop key word-processing, presentation and data analysis skills so you are equipped for most jobs particularly those requiring extensive administration. You will work on a range of word-processing skills so you can create well-presented and informative documents. You will develop your skills on PowerPoint so you can create well-pitched, effective presentations for a variety of audiences. And you will improve your data manipulation and handling skills by practising key advanced features on Excel including use of formulae and pivot tables as well as learning the basic principles of the Access database. You will achieve a Level 2 qualification by completing units in word-processing and presentation skills.
You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).
This course is free for learners who have digital skills assessed as below level 1. For more information Click here
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