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Digital Skills courses

Improve your digital and online skills

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Are you an absolute IT novice and would like to learn how to use a computer? Or perhaps you have a PC, Laptop or Chromebook and want to learn how to use it more effectively. Why not come along to one of our Basic Computing classes and gain the skills and knowledge that will help you to achieve those goals.

Or would you like to improve your employment prospects by studying one or all three of the core Microsoft Office programs Word, Excel and PowerPoint while achieving the prestigious and widely recognized PC Passport Level 4 SQA qualification.

We also offer the introductory SQA courses, Information Communications Technology Level 2 and 3, these courses will help you improve your basic IT skills and become more confident using the technologies that are so much part of our world today.

To reserve a FREE place on any of the classes detailed below call

Freefone - 0800 731 1831 or email - adultlearning@westlothian.gov.uk

Please note that from Monday 7th April until Friday 25th April our regular IT classes below will not be running as it will be our Easter Holiday break. In this time we will have the following sessions for existing students to continue to get support through the Easter holidays.

These will be the only sessions that will be running - attendance will be on a first come, first served basis until full

If you are interested in joining our IT classes after this break, please email adultlearning@westlothian.gov.uk and we will get in touch with you to discuss the courses, and if you are interested, arrange for you to join from the week beginning the 28th April, which is when all our Digital Skills classes in the table below resume.

Holiday sessions - you have to already be on a class with us to attend.

DateTimeVenue
Monday 7th April10.00 am to 12.00 pmWhitburn Partnership Centre
Monday 7th April12.30 pm to 2.30 pmWhitburn Partnership Centre
Wednesday 9th April10.00 am to 12.00 pmBathgate Partnership Centre
Wednesday 9th April12.30 pm to 2.30 pmBathgate Partnership Centre
Monday 14th April10.00 am to 12.00 pmBathgate Partnership Centre
Monday 14th April1.00 pm to 3.00 pmBathgate Partnership Centre
Wednesday 16th April10.00 am to 12.00 pmBathgate Partnership Centre
Wednesday 16th April12.30 pm to 2.30 pmBathgate Partnership Centre

Qualifications

CourseDayTimeVenueSpaces
BeginnersMonday10 am - 12 pmWhitburn Partnership Centre (New)Full
Beginners & ImproversMonday10 am - 12 pmBathgate Partnership CentreYes
BeginnersMonday12.30 pm - 2.30 pmWhitburn Partnership Centre (New)Full
Beginners & ImproversMonday1 pm - 3 pmBathgate Partnership CentreYes
Beginners & ImproversMonday7 pm - 9 pmArmadale Partnership Centre (New)Yes
BeginnersTuesday10 am - 12 pmForestbank Community CentreFull
Beginners & ImproversTuesday7 pm - 9 pmStrathbrock Community CentreYes
BeginnersWednesday10 am - 12 pmBathgate Partnership CentreYes
BeginnersWednesday12.30 pm - 2.30 pmBathgate Partnership Centre (New)Full
BeginnersWednesday1 pm - 3 pmStrathbrock Community CentreYes
BeginnersWednesday6.30 pm - 8.30 pmBathgate Partnership Centre (New)Yes
BeginnersThursday1 pm - 3 pmForestbank Community CentreFull
BeginnersFriday10 am - 12 pmStrathbrock Community CentreYes