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About SkillUp:MK
Providing lifelong learning to the people of Milton Keynes
Gain new, in-demand skills in digital, sustainability, leadership and management to boost your employability through a range of courses especially selected from across our three learning partners.
SkillUp:MK
Providing lifelong learning to the people of Milton Keynes
Gain new, in-demand skills in digital, sustainability, leadership and management to boost your employability through a range of courses especially selected from across our three learning partners.
SkillUp:MK has a wide range of courses to help you skill up, where you can:
Learn new skills
A fantastic way to grow personally and professionally.
Enhance your CV
By including the courses you have completed.
Boost your career
Gain more expertise, increase your earning potential and job satisfaction.
Milton Keynes, with its diverse community and rich resources, is a hub for lifelong learning and personal transformation. Boost your career now.
SkillUp:MK is a partnership amongst
SkillUp:MK courses
Do you need to gain new skills for your future career?
Digital skills​ | Sustainability​ | Leadership and Management​
Browse through the wide selection of courses on The Open University’s OpenLearn platform and Santander’s Santander Open Academy. For those preferring face-to-face learning, Milton Keynes College has a number of in-person courses available locally. There is also the opportunity through SkillUp:MK to move onto more in-depth paid-for courses.​
Explore subject areas
Digital skills
Play your part in digital transformation
Sustainability
Play your part in a green future
Leadership and management
Gain skills to lead people effectively
Employers’ future workforce
Workplace skills employers look for
In a recent employer survey conducted by The Open University, 74% of decision makers believed that adopting new technologies would positively impact the productivity of their organisation. But for technologies to be successfully adopted, employees must be equipped with the skills to implement and use them. Browse our courses to take the first steps in building in-demand digital skills to future-proof your career and enhance your employability.
More than ever before, sustainability is on the agenda of every employer. ​Reducing emissions or waste, adopting green technologies or developing sustainable products and services, all require skills and expertise.​ Our selection of courses help you to develop the green skills that employers need to meet the expectations of today’s regulations, customers, users and investors as the country looks to meet its NetZero targets.
Many people excel at their jobs and achieve promotions to management and leadership positions.​ Unfortunately, many do not receive training and become ‘accidental’ managers and leaders, without the skills to nurture and develop their teams.​ With new challenges constantly emerging in every sector, training is critical for those in strategic and management roles to allow both themselves and their staff to thrive.
Online and face-to-face learning
Learn at your own pace
Browse through the wide selection of courses on The Open University’s OpenLearn platform and Santander’s Santander Open Academy.
For those preferring face-to-face learning, Milton Keynes College has a number of in-person courses available locally. There is also the opportunity through SkillUp:MK to move onto more in-depth paid-for courses.
Enrol now
Choose and register for a course. A fantastic way to grow personally and professionally.
Complete a SkillUp:MK course and download your certificate
Once you’ve downloaded your certificate, you can share it with employers, and add it to your CV or LinkedIn profile to demonstrate your success.
We are making local employers aware of the SkillUp:MK initiative. Your participation will show a commitment to lifelong learning and increase your employability in the Milton Keynes area.
Before downloading your certificate, please share your feedback on the short survey opposite. Please complete the form and press submit. This will automatically take you through to your course completion SkillUp:MK certificate, which you can download for free.
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Before downloading your certificate, please share your feedback. These statistics will be used to evaluate the initiative and will not be stored alongside your name.
Enrol now
Choose and register on to a course. Study at your own pace, learn new skills and boost your career prospects.