Festival of Learning & Have A Go Fortnight

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Interested in trying out new skills? Thinking about changing up your career?  

The Festival of Learning & Have a Go Fortnight is for you! It’s a national campaign that celebrates the achievements of and learning opportunities available to adult learners. 

As part of the current Festival of Learning, Have a Go Fortnight runs from the 6th November 2023 and a calendar of free events and taster sessions happening across the Leeds region has been created to help adults access a variety of learning opportunities, which you can view and book a place using the following link: https://leedscitycollege.ac.uk/festival-of-learning/  

There will be a focus on digital skills taster sessions, which will include: 

  • Have a Go Coding: An introduction to Code First Girls on Tues 7 Nov, online 
  • Have a Go: Teach the Nation to Code (Intro to Python). Delivered by QA Apprenticeships on Thurs 9 Nov, online 
  • Have a Go: Presentation skills. Delivered by AND Digital on Fri 10 Nov, online 
  • Software Engineering Taster session. Delivered by Digital Futures on Wed 15 Nov, at Nexus, Leeds 
  • Explore QA Apprenticeships in Leeds. Delivered by QA Apprenticeships on Thurs 16 Nov at QA in Leeds