Jim Peters
“I was quite good with computers in the late 1980s. My wife was later diagnosed with Vascular Dementia and my life was turned upside down as I became a full-time carer. I was a carer from 2003 until January 2022.
I was toying with the idea of taking a refresher course at Tresham College when my luck changed. I was in the Corby Town centre and going down George Street when I noticed a billboard outside the Learning Centre which read: “Free Adult Computer Training” and here I am, as happy as a sandman.
On my first day of induction I had a test with a very nice gentleman I had a lot in common with. On that first day, it was over nine years since I sat at a computer, I think I did OK.
The centre is immaculately clean and spacious. The staff are very nice people. I look forward to coming to the centre. It keeps me busy and active and I am learning all the time”.
Pre employment training
This will ensure that you can confidently apply your learning while in education, at work or in real-life situations.
Dedicated tutors will be on hand to provide advice and support at every stage. There is a choice to study online or at our Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby Kettering and Wellingborough.
If you are aged 19 or over and have lived in the UK or the EU for the past three years, the courses are FREE.
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Flexible Open Learning
The overall time taken to achieve your qualification will depend on a number of different factors such as how much time you devote to study, what skills you are starting with and how confident you are with using a computer. Most of your learning will be by following exercises in a series of workbooks or using online resources but there is always a tutor on hand to help you when you get stuck or when you need more explanation.
To get you started, we begin by booking you in for an Induction. This is normally a 2-hour session where you find out about the centre and the centre procedures before completing an initial assessment to find out which course will be best for you.
