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

Object-oriented programming is a programming paradigm based on objects and data rather than actions and logic. This online course will introduce you to the principles of object-oriented programming in Python, showing you how to create objects, functions, methods, and classes. You’ll use what you learn...

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

During this course you'll learn how a computer works after you press the power button is key to working with technology effectively. On this course, you will explore what happens inside the machine and learn how computers turn inputs into outputs.You will learn what the computer operating system does and why you need...

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

On this course, you’ll gain an understanding of how computers work at a fundamental level. You’ll explore system architecture, along with how computers use binary and logic. Once you’ve examined the von Neumann model of computer architecture and the Fetch-Execute cycle, you’ll learn to...

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

On this course, you’ll explore programming in Python. You’ll discover basic programming concepts, learning how to understand the basics of python syntax and interpret error messages.Ultimately, you’ll use your new coding skills to create your first program - which will be able to solve a simple...

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

The mathematical aspects of computer science can be difficult to understand and teach. On this course, you will be introduced to maths and logic in computing in an engaging way.Using the concept of an escape room, you will learn activities and games to help improve your knowledge and skills in this subject. You will...

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

Explore the fundamentals of computer networking with this online course for GCSE teachers. You will improve your understanding of key concepts and gain the confidence to teach the subject in the classroom.On this course, you will learn to describe the different types of computer networks and understand how data can be...

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

There is a gender imbalance in computing that needs to be addressed. Girls are under-represented in GCSE / A Level Computer Science: 21% of GCSE CS entries in 2022 were girls  15% of A level CS entries in 2022 were girls  20% of students applying for computing-related degrees were girls Yet, girls...

Start date	23 Apr 2024
Location
Duration	2 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Teaching Tricky Topics: Learn, Share and Take away ideas on how to teach the topics that students struggle with the most. (KS3 and 4)Each session will have the following format on a selected topic -Open forum (10 mins)What do they struggle with?What are the common misconceptions?Your prepared input (15 mins?)Ideas on...

Start date	24 Apr 2024
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Duration	45 Minutes
Fees	Free

The internet has transformed modern life bringing rich capability to networked computers. Find out how the internet works and how it has produced many new threats, resulting in the rapidly growing cybersecurity industry.You will build on knowledge of local computer networks to cover the globally connected systems...

Start date	26 Apr 2024
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Duration	6 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £205.00

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is an approach to systems development that focuses on objects and the way that they interact. The OOP method of programming (or paradigm) is different to the procedural paradigm, which many programmers start out with on their learning journey.During this course you will learn about...

Start date	27 Apr 2024
Location	Remote delivered CPD
Duration	6 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

We are delighted to be launching a comprehensive package of Science CPD support to schools across South East. The package can be accessed by your whole science department and other colleagues teaching science in your school to support your CPD needs.The package of support is from April 2024 to July 2024 offering great...

Start date	30 Apr 2024
Location
Fees	From £650.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

 This course consists of four remote sessions and one face to face day suitable for Heads of Science, Key Stage or subject leads and anyone aspiring to these roles.The sessions will focus on the current ideas or best practice research related to the effective teaching of secondary science.The sessions are bespoke...

Start date	30 Apr 2024
Location
Duration	2 Hours
Fees	From £30.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

This course provides participants with the opportunity to consider the misconceptions which exist in KS3 and 4 Physics. We will look at teaching strategies for drawing these misconceptions (and preconceptions) out of students and consider ways of breaking them down and building on firmer, more concrete foundations...

Start date	01 May 2024
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Duration	1 Hour
Fees	From £20.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details