Bath College is launching a ‘Life Academy’ this Spring to support adults who are out of work or on low incomes with free courses to better equip them to take their next steps in life.
Adult learners at Bath College | Photo courtesy of Bath College
The Life Academy, part of the college’s Adult Community Learning provision, will give learners life skills and help them build confidence.
Participants will be able to get help taking strategic steps towards the career they want, whether they’re getting ready for going into the workplace for the first time, improving job prospects or looking for a new career.
The courses available range from skills for life which include problem-solving, teamwork, leadership, to skills for work which include English, maths, ICT, to practical skills which include cooking, budgeting healthy living to employability which include CV writing, business start-up, specific training.
Clive Bennett, Employability Skills Co-ordinator at Bath College said: “Bath College are aware that everyone’s journey is different. That’s why we’re launching Life Academy.
“Life Academy will enable adults living in and around Bath and North East Somerset to take more strategic steps towards the career they want.
“The size of those steps and the direction will be up to the learner.
“We’ll help people shape the next part of their journey with the aim of them graduating from Life Academy a whole lot closer to their goal.”
For more information or to register your interest, go to www.bathcollege.ac.uk/acl or call 01225 328822.
