Bath College will be delivering a series of online courses for the local community focusing on job seeking, upskilling and nutrition. And what’s more, they could be free for some!

A spokesperson for the College said: “We are excited to enter this new phase of delivering courses online, which aims to break any barriers down over anxieties felt from entering classrooms at this uncertain time.

“Not only this, but it also means that previous issues encountered by our students, such as childcare or travel, no longer have to stop them from enrolling onto and taking part in our classes.

“As always, our courses are free to any learners over the age of nineteen who are in receipt of benefits, unemployed or earning less than £17,004 per year. We will be limited to a maximum of eight learners per course, on a first come first served basis, with a waiting list put in place.”

The courses coming up are:

• Age Positive: Job Seeking for Over-40s: A series of supportive workshops and one-to-one coaching sessions to explore fresh ideas about job seeking in the modern labour market. Looking at the benefits that being over 40 can bring to jobs or volunteering and recognise the skills that are already there in order to help overcome any workplace negativity.

Taking place on Mondays and Thursdays from 23rd November until 17th December, 10 am – 11.30 am (6 group sessions in total with two 1-2-1 sessions with the tutor to help dismiss any technological issues and to discover what the learner wants to gain from the course).

• Nutrition for Early Years: A six week course to help parents and carers of young people understand healthy eating guidelines, to understand how diet affects health and wellbeing, to understand factors that influence parental food choices and to put all of this into practice! Tuesdays from 3rd November to 8th December, 10 am – 11.30 am.

• IT Skills for Employability: A six week course which uses project-based learning to introduce the student to IT-based employability skills. This course is not for total beginners but for those who feel comfortable around a PC/laptop. Tuesdays from 10th November to 15th December, 10 am – 12 noon.

All courses will be taking place on Teams, and the learners are able to ACL before the start of the course with regards to any technical queries.

For more information or to enrol, call: 01225 328822 or email: [email protected]