Start your learning journey with Virtual College's selection of high-quality free online courses. From essential safeguarding training to health and wellbeing courses, expert knowledge makes a difference. Each online course comes with a downloadable certificate of completion to recognise your achievement. Simply choose your course, sign up, and start learning today - no cost, no catch, just valuable skills at your fingertips.
137,000 women in England and Wales are estimated to be living with the consequences of Female Genital Mutilation, that's why we have created this free course with the Home Office.
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This free course aims to raise awareness of forced marriage for those who have safeguarding responsibilities.
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This course has been built for those who come into contact with children to understand how to respond to neglect, abuse and extra-familial harm.
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This short online course equips parents and carers with the knowledge to protect children against sexual exploitation.
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The free online training course is aimed and parents, carers and professionals who work alongside children and young people.
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We have created this free online course with Self Harm UK to help parents talk about the issue of self-harm with their children.
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This course is for those who come into contact with people who are at increased risk of fire in their homes.
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This course is for frontline staff to help them understand the link between family abuse and animal abuse.
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Our Prepared to Save a Life course takes less than an hour, just five short 10 minute sections and you might be able to save someone's life!
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This free course covers the health benefits of physical activity, how much you should be doing and much more.
Find out moreWe have over 300 online accredited courses available for you, continue your learning journey with Virtual College.
We believe in making quality education accessible to everyone. Here are some great incentives to access one of our quality free courses with certificates to demonstrate your attendance.
Enhance your CV and stand out to employers with certificates from our CPD Approved courses. Whether you're aiming for a promotion or want to show initiative, our free training courses make a great starting place to help you develop valuable workplace skills.
Learn at your own pace, anywhere and anytime. Our flexible online professional development courses fit around your schedule, making it easy to invest in your own self-development on your own terms.
From safeguarding courses to food hygiene training, our training covers vital topics that matter in both professional settings and daily life. Each course delivers practical, up-to-date information so that you’re always operating with up-to-date knowledge.
If you want to explore a new career path, an online free course is a great way to get a feel for the subject matter before you commit while starting to build your skills in your new field. Having some foundational knowledge on your CV might even help you cinch a new role.
We wanted to build a platform that made e-learning as simple as possible to access and as engaging and memorable as possible to help it stick. Once you try a free course you'll see why learning on our LMS is so simple.
Access the platform any time you’re free to do some training and simply pause your course when you need to stop. That means you can truly fit your learning around your life with no deadlines or pressure.
Like what you've learned so far? Our full course library goes deeper into leadership skills, professional growth and much more. UK businesses trust our CPD Approved training to develop their teams, and you can see why.
Need training for all of your staff? Our business subscriptions keep meeting their training needs simple - one price per person gets as many team members as you need an unlimited access pass to over 200 courses.