Excel Spreadsheets for Work - Beginners - Hucknall Library - Adult Learning

This beginner friendly course is designed to introduce adult learners to the key features of spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel, building confidence in using the programme for everyday tasks.

You will look at how to open and navigate Excel, understand workbooks and worksheets, and enter, edit, and move data within cells.

You can develop skills in formatting text, numbers, and dates. Learn how to adjust column widths, apply basic styles, and improve the overall appearance of spreadsheets.

You can create simple formulas to perform calculations and organise data to make information easier to read and analyse.

Entry requirements:

No prior experience is required, and learning is supported through practical, hands-on activities.

What you will need to bring to the course:

A willingness to learn and give it a go, a notepad and pen if you want to take any notes. Laptops will be provided.

If you receive 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 funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

• 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

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

• Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

• You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.