What is learning? How does it work? On this online, self-paced course you try and answer these questions, exploring how you can use the science of learning to inform your teaching and support your students’ learning.Drawing upon educational neuroscience and psychology (and combating neuroscience myths), you will...

Location	Online
Duration	12 Hours
Fees	From £80.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details
Subsidy	From - £0.00

From self-driving cars to determining someone's age, artificial intelligence (AI) systems trained with machine learning (ML) are being used more and more. But what is AI, and what does machine learning actually involve?

Location
Duration	8 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

During this course you’ll learn what databases are and why we use them, exploring how to use SQL to search and manipulate the data. Along the way, you’ll learn about primary keys and table relationships, as well as how to create joins to search multiple tables. In the final week, you’ll finish by...

Location
Duration	8 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Discover how to save data to use it across multiple runs of your programOn this course, you will learn how to save text and binary files, and how to structure data so that programs can interpret it correctly. You will explore various common types of structured files, including CSV and JSON, and also find out how...

Location
Duration	8 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Teaching cybersecurity in schools is an important way to help students stay safe while using technology. On this course, teachers will be introduced to the core ideas of cybersecurity that should be taught in the classroom.You will learn the different attacks that individuals and devices are vulnerable to and how to...

Location
Duration	8 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Learn how data is represented through media; audio, visual and text. This online course explores how computers do interesting things with data. You’ll discover how to represent and manipulate text, images and sound and compression and other algorithms.Due to its section on the representation of images, this...

Location
Duration	8 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

An understanding of algorithms is vital for success in computer science. Students need to know how algorithms are designed to solve a problem, and how these designs are represented to other humans. This course references the OCR J277 9-1 GCSE Computer Science specification.During this course, you’ll develop your...

Start date	29 Apr 2025
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Duration	6 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £205.00

Almost all programs process data in some form, data therefore needs to be stored in ways that mean it can be easily manipulated by program code. During this CPD you’ll learn how various data structures are used to organise and store data. You’ll learn about static and dynamic data structures; stacks and...

Start date	12 May 2025
Location	Remote delivered CPD
Duration	1 Day
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Take your first steps towards teaching GCSE computer science and establish a foundational knowledge base of concepts, terminology and classroom practice. Find out how algorithms are designed and how programs are written to provide clear instructions to machines. Learn about the binary system and how it's used by...

Start date	16 May 2025
Location	Lincoln
Duration	6 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £205.00

Physical computing involves using digital devices to sense and interact with the world – an engaging alternative to screen-only activity. Physical computing touches upon many areas of the computing curriculum. Data loggers are digital devices which can record and store data over time. Data loggers can store a...

Start date	03 Jun 2025
Location	Lincoln
Duration	90 Minutes
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Unlock the inner workings of computer systems during this course. Delve into the purpose and function of key system components, gaining insight into how they impact overall performance and functionality. Master the fundamentals of Von Neumann architecture and the fetch-decode-execute cycle. You’ll evaluate the...

Start date	03 Jun 2025
Location	Remote delivered CPD
Duration	3 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Mathematics is firmly embedded at the core of computer science, from processing data using binary to the development of algorithms. The teaching of computing can be more effective when it builds on students’ existing mathematical knowledge and approaches. This provides a more joined-up learning journey.During...

Start date	05 Jun 2025
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Duration	1 Day
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Computing in primary schools is a practical, creative, and knowledge-rich subject. This course provides teachers with the knowledge and confidence to get started teaching computing in your school whether you’re an early career teacher or would like to improve your understanding of how to teach computing.This CPD...

Start date	18 Jun 2025
Location	Wellington
Duration	1 Day
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

A high-quality computer science education equips students to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Computer science forms the core of the computing national curriculum, a foundation subject and a vital aspect of a broad and balanced curriculum for all learners. If you’re...

Start date	19 Jun 2025
Location
Duration	1 Day
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

The ‘new to computing’ pathway provides subject knowledge enhancement for new to computing teachers, up to and including GCSE Computer Science. Whether you’ve recently qualified as a computing specialist teacher; or if you’re looking to add computing as a second specialism this CPD will guide...

Start date	24 Jun 2025
Location	York
Duration	2 Days
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £410.00