Business Marketing & Technology — Online Courses
Develop practical skills to thrive in the modern workplace. Learn about marketing strategies, essential business tools, and the latest technologies online.
- Copywriting
Course start date: Wed 14 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Deborah MartinOn this practical course, you’ll learn the skills you need to create great copy and content for websites, social media and print.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00 - Social media content strategy Course start date: Wed 14 Jan 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Lyndon IvesIn order to successfully use social media for business, it is essential to have a clear strategy and create good content to encourage audience engagement. You'll learn both in this class.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Writing for business Course start date: Mon 19 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Deborah MartinMasterclass sessions packed with ways to develop an advanced skillset, to write persuasive and informative emails, reports and proposals. Learn about the elements of language, style and structure that you need to write to a sophisticated level in the workplace.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00 - Maths for Data Analytics Course start date: Tue 20 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rich CochraneLearn a range of commonly-used techniques from statistics and data processing from the mean and range to kernel density estimation and the Fourier transform.Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00 - Communicating effectively at work (online)Course start date: Thu 22 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jonathan MulquinHow skilfully do you manage the impression you make on people both in person and in online meetings and interviews? Develop your personal effectiveness by looking at voice and body language, assertiveness, sensitive listening, interviewing techniques and communication skills for business meetings. This course will be taught online.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £111.00 - City Lit Pro: Start a career in software development with PythonCourse start date: Thu 29 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rich CochraneHone your Python skills to a professional standard. Follow an integrated version of two of our intermediate and advanced coding courses while creating an online portfolio and building your first project.Full fee £1,849.00 Senior fee £1,849.00 Concession £1,202.00 - How Volcanos shape the EarthCourse start date: Sat 14 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Andres MesaThis one-day online workshop explores the powerful role of volcanoes in shaping our planet’s past, present, and future from a geological perspective. Whether you’re fascinated by natural disasters or curious about Earth’s fiery forces, this course will change how you see the ground beneath your feet!
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - Algorithms in PythonCourse start date: Mon 16 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rich CochraneBoost your coding skills by learning the essential algorithms and programming patterns that developers use time and again. In this hands-on course, you'll implement common solutions in Python, explore practical coding “recipes,” and gain a deeper understanding of how to write efficient, reusable code for real-world applications.
Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - 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 - Probability and statistics for Data AnalysisCourse start date: Wed 4 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rich CochraneGet a deep understanding of the underpinnings of data analysis with a focus on the most fundamental concepts and techniques.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - Business administration: ICT skills for business (advanced)Course start date: Thu 5 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
Are you already a competent administrator with the fundamental digital skills required to do the job successfully? Are you now ready to develop more advanced skills so you can become more efficient and productive and advance in your career? This course will help you learn how to use more complex functions in Excel so you can handle and analyse data precisely as well as provide bigger picture analyses. You will also focus on how to use the more sophisticated elements of PowerPoint to produce high quality presentations which meet the demands of the modern workplace. In addition, you will become familiar with key aspects of financial functions.
By the end of the course you will have the skills to set you apart from other administrators and become an invaluable member of any team.
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 £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £80.00 - 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 - Science Friday Lates with Radmila Topalovic: Navigating the Night Sky: Spring/SummerCourse start date: Fri 27 Mar 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Radmila TopalovicWe will take a tour of the seasonal night sky, going beyond the veil of light pollution to explore the cosmic sights that we can all find from home. You will learn how to plan your stargazing session from maps to apps and find the things that most people miss.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - Get Ready for the Dawn ChorusCourse start date: Wed 29 Apr 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ben ChappleInternational Dawn Chorus Day takes place annually on the first Sunday of every May. Join us for this introductory session to discover the significance of the Dawn Chorus and learn to identify different bird songs.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - Linear algebra: introductionCourse start date: Tue 5 May 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rich CochraneGet to grips with the language of vectors and their transformations, which lie at the heart of machine learning, computer graphics, financial engineering and all other mathematical subjects.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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