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Funded training

Skills Bootcamp courses for adults 19+

A Skills Bootcamp is short, government-funded training that moves you into a new digital role in weeks rather than years. Every Skills Bootcamp we run is open to adults aged 19 and over, is delivered part-time around work, and ends with a guaranteed offer of a job interview.

What is a Skills Bootcamp?

Skills Bootcamps are free or heavily subsidised training courses, designed with employers and funded by the Department for Education and by combined and local authorities. Three things are true of every one of them.

  1. You must be aged 19 or over

    Skills Bootcamps are adult training. From the 2026/27 academic year you can enrol from the day you turn 19, no more waiting for the next academic year, and you need the right to work in the UK.

  2. You are guaranteed a job interview

    Complete your Skills Bootcamp and you get a guaranteed offer of a job interview. That guarantee is part of what a Skills Bootcamp is, not an extra we have added.

  3. It fits around your life

    Our bootcamps run part-time, one or two days a week over 9 to 13 weeks, and are taught live rather than pre-recorded, so you can train without leaving your job.

  4. It is built for a career change

    You do not need a technical background. Bootcamps are designed for career changers, people returning to work, and people who want to move up in the role they already have.

Our funded digital skills courses

These are the four bootcamps we currently run. Each one is a digital skills bootcamp built with employers, taught live by instructors who work in the field, and mapped to the skills businesses are hiring for right now.

Digital Innovator

Learn the latest technology you need in business

10 weeks

Part Time

2 Days/P.W

Level 4 equivalent

Learn the digital tools businesses actually run on, from collaborative workspaces to data visualisation and AI, and bring new ideas to the modern workplace.

Requirements
  • Good computer literacy
  • Ability to submit weekly projects
AI Literacy

Unlock AI and its potential in business

9 weeks

Part Time

1 Day/P.W

Level 3 equivalent

Build practical, responsible AI skills you can use from day one. For people from any background who want to work confidently alongside AI rather than around it.

Requirements
  • Fair computer literacy
  • A passion for learning new technology
Digital Marketing with AI

Create and deliver marketing that converts

13 weeks

Part Time

1 Day/P.W

Level 4 equivalent

Everything you would expect from a class-leading digital marketing course, with an AI foundation that lets you produce better content in far less time.

Requirements
  • An interest in a career that requires marketing knowledge
  • Ability to submit weekly projects
Leadership & Management: Digital Transformation

Drive technology adoption in your business

10 weeks

Part Time

1 Day/P.W

Level 5 equivalent

For leaders responsible for digital transformation: the fundamentals of AI adoption and the practices that make it land across a whole organisation.

Requirements
  • A role, or upcoming role in a leadership position
  • Ability to submit weekly projects
Two learners working through a problem together at a laptop.

What a digital skills bootcamp gives you

  • Live, instructor-led teaching. Not pre-recorded videos. You learn with a real instructor and a real cohort, and you can ask a question the moment you are stuck.
  • Project work, not exam prep. You build things every week. By the end you have work you can show an employer, which is what an interview actually turns on.
  • Career support all the way to the interview. CV work, interview preparation and introductions to the employers we work with, leading to your guaranteed offer of an interview.
  • A community that lasts. You keep access to the Tech Educators community after you graduate, alongside everyone who has come through our bootcamps before you.

Who is eligible for a funded place?

Our funded courses are open to adults aged 19 or over. From the 2026/27 academic year you can enrol from the day you turn 19. You need the right to work in the UK and a National Insurance number, and are not already enrolled on other funded training such as an apprenticeship or a Higher Education course.

What you pay depends on your situation rather than the course:

  • Individuals: fully funded

    Free if you live in the funding area and you are changing career, returning to work, or unemployed and ready to work.

  • Self-employed: fully funded

    Free if your business is based in the funding area and you are looking to gain new skills for it.

  • Employed: your employer contributes

    Smaller employers pay 10% of the cost and larger employers 30%, where the workplace is in the funding area.

Full funding eligibility

Not sure which bootcamp is right for you?

Tell us where you are now and what you want next, and our team will talk you through the options and the funding you qualify for.

Talk to our team

Graduate reviews

Rated 5.0 from 78 graduate reviews across these four bootcamps

Verified Tech Educators course graduates

Notion - I was able to build a new portfolio website for myself. I also built a few different pages as part of my interview process for job applications - which was very effective. Figma and Canva which I use all the time in my daily life now. Overall the course was hugely beneficial to me and I am very grateful I was able to do it. Thank you.

Laura Mills

Digital Innovator Graduate

I will use what I have learned to grow and improve the efficiency and profitability of my business. I found the bootcamp very useful and it has encouraged me to develop other business ideas with a view to considering starting a completely new and additional venture.

Rosa Russell

AI Literacy Graduate

The course has transformed our marketing knowledge and skill base, we have learnt how to best use AI, market more effectively online and digitally. We have made so many significant changes to the development of the bakery through the course.

Catherine Connor

Digital Marketing with AI Graduate

I recently completed a Leadership and Management in AI and Digital Transformation course with Tech Educators, strengthening my ability to lead modern, people centred change in complex environments. The programme deepened my understanding of AI, data driven decision making and responsible innovation, while sharpening my skills in digital leadership, organisational design and culture change. I now bring a clear, informed perspective on how emerging technologies can enhance the NHS workforce and support adaptive, collaborative, future ready ways of working.

Khalida Wilson

Leadership & Management Graduate