Key details

Date: 22 April - 20 May 2025
Sessions: Tuesdays: 2:30pm - 4:30pm
No. sessions: 5
Venue: Online Courses, Nottingham
For ages: 19+
Group size: 5 - 15
Cost: FREE - £35

About this course

This is a course for adults who would like to learn basic computer programming using the Python 3.0 language. It is aimed at total beginners to coding – no previous experience is required

What will be covered on the course?

Learning to display text on screen.
Adding user-input data to your code
Decisions that control the code
Looping – repeating actions
Using variables to store and retrieve data
Understand the use of functions, objects and classes.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

Learners will learn key principles of coding. They will understand how to plan and write short, simple programs in Python 3.0

Learners should be able to use a computer, mouse/trackpad and keyboard.

Learners will need access to a laptop or desktop computer with at least a microphone (headset or built-in). A webcam is preferable.

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
Tees Valley
West of England
West Midlands
West Yorkshire

Any questions?

Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:

By phone: 01623 677 200
By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk

Coding for Beginners (Python) - Online Course - Adult Learning