Qualifications & Skills for Employment

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Funding Support

To find out how you could get support with the funding of your course, please visit our Funding Support page.

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Flexible Learning

Develop your skills or take the next steps in your career with a flexible learning course. These courses can be completed at a time that suits you.

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Access to Higher Education

An Access to Higher Education course is a different way of getting to university. We all take different paths in life and it is never too late to make a change, achieve your goals and reach your potential.

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Accounting (AAT)

We offer foundation courses that will prepare you for junior and entry level accounting roles to advanced courses where you can achieve the AAT Accounting Qualification.

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Beauty & Complementary Therapies

Learn the skills needed to start a new and exciting career in Beauty & Complementary Therapies. Gain professional salon experience, practise on real-life clients and learn innovative techniques. Funding for these courses could be available.

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Business & Management

We offer an extensive range of business & management courses, from level 2 qualifications in team leading, customer service, and lean organisation management, to helping you run and market your business efficiently.

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Career & Employability Skills

Learn the skills to inspire, empower and get the job you’ve always wanted.

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Counselling

Our counselling courses will give you the skills needed to pursue a professional career. We offer courses at varying locations across Essex, including; Counselling Skills Introduction, Level 2, and Level 3.

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Creative Qualifications

Creative Qualifications

We offer a comprehensive range of accredited creative courses. Discovering new and exciting skills whilst exploring your creative side and sharing inspirational moments with others.

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English & Maths

English and Maths plays a vital part in our daily lives. Whether applying for a job, helping children with their homework or just reading a newspaper or online article. Our free* English and Maths courses will help to blow away the cobwebs, improve your confidence and gain a qualification.

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Early Years & Education

This is a knowledge based qualification that can be accessed by a wide range of candidates not yet involved in working or volunteering in school. It is therefore a valuable opportunity for individuals considering learning support in schools as a career choice.

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English for Speakers of Other Langauges (ESOL)

These courses will help you to settle in the UK, gain employment, progress onto other training courses or just be more confident in communicating with other people.

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Our Digital Skills courses are great for those looking to navigate the online world, improve work and technical skills, and get the guidance you need to feel more comfortable on your device.

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GCSEs

Whether it’s to help your children with their homework, to feel more confident with day-to-day tasks or to get the job you are after, we have a course at a level that will suit you. We offer a range of e-learningdistance learningintensive and fast-track courses for you to choose from.

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Hairdressing & Barbering

Learn the skills needed to start a new and exciting career in hairdressing & barbering. Our courses take place in working salons within our centres. Whilst learning new skills, you will be introduced to the importance of customer service, client interaction and how to run a successful professional salon.

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Health, Medical & Care

Whatever your ambitions within the Health, Medical and Care Sector, start fulfilling them by taking your next step with a course from our extensive range of provision.

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