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Free online courses & e-learning training

Kickstart your learning with Virtual College's free online courses – from safeguarding to wellbeing. Gain expert knowledge and earn a downloadable certificate. Just pick a course, sign up, and start learning – no cost, no catch.

Safeguarding Courses

Our most popular courses

We have over 300 online accredited courses available for you, continue your learning journey with Virtual College.

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Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene for Catering

CPD Certified

RoSPA Assured

Duration
2-3 Hours

Current Price: £16.00+ VAT

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Level 3 Food Safety and Hygiene for Supervisors

RoSPA Assured

CPD Certified

Duration
8-9 Hours

Current Price: £89.00+ VAT

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Safeguarding Children Level 3

CPD Certified

Duration
2-3 Hours

Current Price: £40.00+ VAT

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Food Allergy Awareness and Level 2 Food Hygiene Training Package

RoSPA Assured

CPD Certified

Duration
3-4 Hours

Previous Price: £32.00

Current Price: £28.00+ VAT

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Level 2 Safeguarding Children

CPD Certified

Duration
1-2 Hours

Current Price: £35.00+ VAT

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How to Carry out Portable Appliance Testing

RoSPA Assured

CPD Certified

Duration
30 - 45 Minutes

Current Price: £31.00+ VAT

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19th August 2026

Comprehensive yet high quality

Clear explanation

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18th August 2026

Very easy to use and very informative

Very easy to use and very informative. Great value.

5 star rating on Trustpilot

17th August 2026

Very clear and easy to use course…

Very clear and easy to use course interface. Great that you can do it in sections , save and then return

5 star rating on Trustpilot

17th August 2026

Never done this sort of course before…

Never done this sort of course before but found it easy to navigate and do.

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16th August 2026

It easy to access the college materials…

It easy to access the college materials for my course. The price for courses are affordable. I can study at anytime thats convient to for me.

5 star rating on Trustpilot

15th August 2026

Learning and teaching or just updating…

Learning and teaching or just updating I would use virtual college again, simple to understand and gets the job done, sensible, affordable price too.

5 star rating on Trustpilot

14th August 2026

Great course

Great course

5 star rating on Trustpilot

14th August 2026

Very good

Very good. The exam questions were interesting, easy to learn, and easy to understand. I passed the exam in a very short time.

5 star rating on Trustpilot

13th August 2026

very easy to order would highly…

very easy to order would highly reccomend

5 star rating on Trustpilot

12th August 2026

Very easy to follow all the steps

Very easy to follow all the steps, user friendly and a very reasonable price

Excellent

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Why take one of Virtual College's free online courses?

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.

Get a leg up at work

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.

Fuel your personal development

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.

Grow your essential knowledge

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.

Break into a new career

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.

Experience a new generation of online learning

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.

Want to take your learning further? Discover our paid courses

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.

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