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Digital Skills courses

Improve your digital and online skills

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Are you an absolute IT novice and would like to learn how to use a computer? Or perhaps you have a PC, Laptop or Chromebook and want to learn how to use it more effectively. Why not come along to one of our Basic Computing classes and gain the skills and knowledge that will help you to achieve those goals.

Or would you like to improve your employment prospects by studying one or all three of the core Microsoft Office programs Word, Excel and PowerPoint while achieving the prestigious and widely recognized PC Passport Level 4 SQA qualification.

We also offer the introductory SQA courses, Information Communications Technology Level 2 and 3, these courses will help you improve your basic IT skills and become more confident using the technologies that are so much part of our world today.

Our initial programme finished for the summer break on Friday 27th June. Detailed below are the courses were are planning to offer from the week beginning 18th August 2025. 

Please note this may be subject to change. Courses marked full indicate that these sessions are currently fully booked for August, but this may change before the classes resume.

We will be offering the following drop in sessions every Wednesday throughout the summer break with the exception of 13th August. 

Wednesdays 10.00am to 12.00pm Bathgate Partnership Centre

Wednesdays 1.00pm to 3.00pm Strathbrock Partnership Centre

 If you are interested in joining one of our classes starting in August, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

To reserve a FREE place on any of the classes detailed below call

Freefone - 0800 731 1831 or email - adultlearning@westlothian.gov.uk

Qualifications

CourseDayTimeVenueSpaces
BeginnersMonday10 am - 12 pmWhitburn Partnership CentreFull
Beginners & ImproversMonday10 am - 12 pmBathgate Partnership CentreYes
BeginnersMonday12.30 pm - 2.30 pmWhitburn Partnership CentreFull
Beginners & ImproversMonday1 pm - 3 pmBathgate Partnership CentreYes
Beginners & ImproversMonday7 pm - 9 pmArmadale Partnership CentreYes
BeginnersTuesday10 am - 12 pmForestbank Community CentreFull
Beginners & ImproversTuesday7 pm - 9 pmStrathbrock Community CentreYes
BeginnersWednesday10 am - 12 pmBathgate Partnership CentreYes
BeginnersWednesday12.30 pm - 2.30 pmBathgate Partnership CentreYes
BeginnersWednesday1 pm - 3 pmStrathbrock Community CentreYes
BeginnersWednesday6.30 pm - 8.30 pmBathgate Partnership CentreYes
BeginnersThursday1 pm - 3 pmForestbank Community CentreFull
BeginnersFriday10 am - 12 pmStrathbrock Community CentreYes