Coding for Beginners - Online Course - Adult Learning

• Date: 3 September - 8 October 2024
• Sessions: Tuesdays: 10am - 12pm
• No. sessions: 6
• Venue: Online Courses, Nottingham
• For ages: 19+
• Group size: 5 - 15
• Cost: FREE - £42

This is a course for adults who would like to learn basic computer programming using the Python 3.0 language. It is aimed at total beginners to coding – no previous experience is required

What will be covered on the course?

• Learning to display text on screen.
• Adding user-input data to your code
• Decisions that control the code
• Looping – repeating actions
• Using variables to store and retrieve data
• Understand the use of functions, objects and classes.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

• Learners will learn key principles of coding. They will understand how to plan and write short, simple programs in Python 3.0

What skills or knowledge do learners already need to have to attend the course?

• Learners should be able to use a computer, mouse/trackpad and keyboard.

As this course is online, a suitable device such as laptop, smart phone, tablet or computer will be required to access the course. The link for you to join the live sessions will be sent to you once your enrolment has been completed.

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for furtherinformation https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

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• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: [email protected]

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