New course additions to the Skills Toolkit

Tens of thousands of people have already taken advantage of the courses on offer from everyday maths and tools for using email and social media more effectively at work to more advanced training. You can learn how to create great online content (courtesy of the University of Leeds and the Institute of Coding), understand the Fundamentals of Digital Marketing thanks to Google Digital Garage or learn how to code for data analysis with The Open University.

From tomorrow (2 June) four new, free to access courses have been added:  

• an introductory course from Microsoft on using Microsoft Outlook,
• an introduction to bookkeeping from the Open University,
• an introduction to finance from independent training provider Corndel,
• an advanced course on how computer networks operate from the Open University in collaboration with Cisco.

All the courses have all been selected on the advice of experts and leading employers to make sure they meet the needs of business, not just for today but in the future.

Gillian Keegan, Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills said:

 “I’d like to congratulate the tens of thousands of people who have already taken advantage of the range of high quality courses The Skills Toolkit has to offer. We’ve had a fantastic response so far with more than 136,000 starts on the courses featured since the platform launched last month. The good news is we have now added four new courses, expanding the range of free digital and numeracy courses available.

“It is a difficult time for everyone, but we want as many people as possible to be able to continue to gain the skills and confidence that could help them to get ahead. With 82% of all job openings requesting digital skills, I’d encourage anyone looking to learn something new, or any employers keen to help their employees keep up their development, to take a look and see what’s on offer.”

Oli Adams who has completed one of the courses said:

“I was keen to find some digital courses to provide me with a good grounding for my masters and future jobs and I’d 100% recommend The Skills Toolkit. It’s set out in levels which makes it easy to navigate and there are a wide range of courses to choose from. And because it’s from government you feel confident that the content is good quality. I wish I’d had access to it earlier as it would have given me a better start in the workplace.”