Make time to learn in 2024 - check out how in this quick read!

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Make time to learn in 2024 - check out how in this quick read!

Dec 07, 2023

“The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.” B.B. King

Like it or not, you have all showed your resilience, flexibility, and remote working abilities during the last few years. Some have lapped it up, some have rejected it, but we all know deep down that the way we work, learn to work, and learn at work! has changed forever.

Feedback from coaching clients has told me that for some, they have a little bit more time (due to lack of work or no commute) on their hands, so they have designated some or all of that as their new ‘learning time’.

If you have planned to already or are determined to ‘own’ your learning in 2024 then this resource will be really beneficial for you.

Its not exhaustive but not far off for free courses available in the UK, from 1 to 50+ hours and pretty much every subject you can imagine.

Dive in and enjoy!

• https://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses/full-catalogue

- Over 900 free courses via The Open University

• https://www.reed.co.uk/courses/free

- 170 free courses from one of the UKs largest job board

• https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/find-a-course

- If you live in England ,100 + free courses

• https://www.oxfordhomestudy.com/free-online-courses-with-certificates

- Genuinely free and includes certificates

• https://www.bgateway.com/online-tutorials

- Looking to set up or improve your own business, free digital course on here UK wide

• https://uklearns.pearson.com/

- One of the UKs biggest online learning providers, although you may need to pay for the ‘certified’ part of some

• https://www.futurelearn.com/courses

- Global resource but useful and free

• https://learndigital.withgoogle.com/digitalgarage/courses

- Brilliant digital and personal development courses, and all free

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN8Mfd3ohbo

- Robs Interview with XpressJobs

Check out the full 8 pager free ‘Career Seekers Resource Guide’ here

https://www.thecareer.coach/career-seekers-resource-guide

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” Henry Ford

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