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Adult education courses

North Yorkshire Adult Learning and Skills Service welcomes over 9,400 learners each year to more than 1,400 courses at venues across the County.

Learners

Course finder

Coursefinder is available to search for 2010/11 courses

The facility to enrol and pay for Autumn courses online is now available through course finder.

If you experience any problems using this facility please contact your local education office. The contact details for your local education office can be found below.

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Adult learning and skills prospectus 2010/2011

pdf icon Adult learning and skills courses for 2010/11 [919kb]

Supportive learning courses 2010/11

pdf icon Supportive learning courses for 2010/11 [395kb]

Skills for life   

Free Skills for Life courses in numeracy and literacy give you the opportunity to work towards a nationally recognised qualification from Entry 1 to Level 2.


Brief summary of a selection of our courses

There is a large variety of subjects to choose from which can be broadly categorised as follows:

Creative arts

A huge range of accredited and non-accredited courses are available, including creative writing, card craft, painting and drawing, batik, jewellery, mosaics and textiles. We also offer courses in the digital arts (digital photography, Photoshop, desk top publishing (DTP) and web design). If you need further inspiration take a look at our courses in pottery, furniture restoration or steel pan drumming!

Family learning

Family Learning encompasses a whole range of activities and programmes to enable adults and children to learn together or to enable mothers and fathers or carers to learn how to support their children's learning:

There are currently about 120 schools and other organisations actively involved and this figure is expected to increase significantly in the future.

Hospitality, catering and commercial enterprise

Our courses offer nationally recognised qualifications in food safety and hygiene, customer service, beauty therapy and hairdressing. There are also leisure courses in seasonal cookery, sugar craft and cake decoration.

Information and communication technology or computer skills.

Foundation ICT skills:

Progression to internationally recognised certification:

Leisure courses in digital imagery / photography, Desk Top Publishing (DTP) and Web Design are also available.

Languages, literature and culture

We offer a wide range of language courses for holidays, to practise and maintain conversation skills, accredited and for work. The languages we offer include French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Arabic and Spanish.
In addition there are opportunities to study English language and culture courses, British Sign Language, Deaf Awareness and Lip Reading Classes. 

We look forward to welcoming you on one of our courses.

Leisure and sporting activities

There are numerous opportunities to take part in leisure activities including swimming, golf, keep fit, Tai Chi, Yoga and dance classes (Belly, Salsa and Ballroom).

Supportive learning
(Adults with learning disabilities and/or difficulties)

The Adult Learning Service within North Yorkshire County Council offers a variety of learning opportunities for people with learning disabilities and or difficulties.

We are committed to the aims and objectives set out in the government's documents Valuing People and Valuing People Now and encourage and support learners to access, where possible, mainstream opportunities.

The underpinning principles of our courses are:

Useful downloads
Outdoor Education for Adults Course Calendar [13kb]
Adult outdoor education courses available at the County Council's four outdoor education centres.
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Contacts
Harrogate area adult learning manager
harrogate.adultlearning@northy...
Tel: 0845 3002412
Richmondshire area adult learning manager
richmondshire.adultlearning@no...
Tel: 0845 8736585
Craven area adult learning manager
craven.adultlearning@northyork...
Tel: 0845 3002414
Scarborough area adult learning manager
scarborough.adultlearning@nort...
Tel: 0845 0349579
Ryedale area adult learning manager
ryedale.adultlearning@northyor...
Tel: 0845 3006681
Hambleton area adult learning manager
hambleton.adultlearning@northy...
Tel: 01609 533900
Selby area adult learning manager
selby.adultlearning@northyorks...
Tel: 0845 3006686

North Yorkshire County Council, County Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8AD | Tel: 0845 8 72 73 74 | Fax: 01609 532009