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Online Resources for Students
Online Resources for Students
This page will be used to curate some useful links to 'free courses' that may be particularly useful if you have completed your current course (or will do very shortly) and will not be progressing on to another course at Warrington and Vale Royal College. For example, there are varied ‘free courses’ available from the Open University and Edge Hill University, that may be useful for the learners who will be going into HE or Higher-level Apprenticeships.
As a partner institution, Edge Hill University has shared with us a curated (and ongoing) list of courses and resources to support with online learning. As they say themselves, "these are not recommendations, just suggestions and you will be best placed to select what works for you." However, I would definitely check out the specific section for learning within Further Education. Lots of good stuff here!
Produced by The Open University, a world leader in open and distance learning, all OpenLearn courses are free to study. We offer nearly 1000 free courses across 8 different subject areas. Our courses are available to start right away.
Specific courses that may be of interest:
Accenture Digital Skills is a free, interactive series of courses which help and prepare people to build the digital skills necessary to gain a job or start a business.
National Online Safety for Children
National Online Safety for Children
The National Online Safety for Children page provides a free guide on the do's and don'ts for your own safety online.
You can download the guide at any time and it will give you some hints for online safety. If you do have any issues around your safety online, please contact a member of staff or our dedicated Safeguarding team.
The Future of Spelling!
Designed as a school SPAG resource this may be a useful resource for entry level students/GCSE retake/ESOL/ supported learners. Winner of best educational app BETT 2020.
Teaches SPAG especially effective for children with special education needs (SEN) and specific learning difficulties (spLD), including dyslexia, ADHD and autism.
They have have made this available for FREE to support students during the pandemic. When you register you are give a code to access.
SPELLING - VOCABULARY -HOMOPHONES - ETYMOLOGY - RULES & PATTERNS - PUNCTUATION - GRAMMAR
The University of Cambridge provides a number of different free online resources which can be used by students to further develop their skills.
It has useful information from preparing for assessments to resources for learners who are learning the English language.
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