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Group classroom and online training courses

A two-day introduction course to programming in Python

Two days (09:30 to 16:30 UK time each day)

This course is available in the following formats (all prices exclude VAT):

Classroom (London)
£1,350

Classroom (Manchester)
£995

Onsite (your office)
Please ask

Online (your home)
£825

You can book a place on this course either online through this website, by phone, by email or by filling in our enquiry form.

You don't need to have had any programming experience to attend this course (particularly if you find creating formulae in Excel easy or enjoyed maths at school).

Course schedule

Here are our next few Introduction to Python course dates:

Dates	Times	Venue	Price (excl. VAT)
16-17 May	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
18-19 Jun	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
22-23 Jul	09:30-16:30	Manchester	£995	Book
19-20 Aug	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
19-20 Sep	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
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Got a handful of like-minded people in your organisation? You could consider booking your own customised onsite course, whereby you get to pick the dates and venue!

Course Contents - PDF

Introduction to Python training course contents

Python is one of the world's most popular programming languages: book on this two-day introduction course to see what the fuss is about! The Zen of Python includes commands like:

Beautiful is better than ugly
Simple is better than complex

On this course you'll learn how to write Python programs in the (free) Visual Studio Code environment to read in files and crunch data, among other things.

The contents of this course are as follows:

Basic coding

Python variables
Testing conditions
Printing and f-strings

Visual Studio Code

Installing extension
Configuring settings
Useful short-cuts

Running and debugging

The code runner extension
Stepping through code
Setting breakpoints

Ranges and loops

WHILE loops
Breaking out of loops
Ranges of numbers

Working with modules

Installing modules using PIP
System modules (OS and SYS)
Maths functions (MATH)

Sequences

Tuples versus lists
Iterating over sequences
Slicing sequences
Joining and splitting

Manipulating lists

Adding/removing items
Sorting lists
Shallow and deep copies

Files and folders

Reading and writing
Using WITH
Looping over lines
Looping over folders using GLOB

Error handling if time

The try clause
Handling exceptions

Working with data types if time

Manipulating strings
Numbers and Booleans
The DATETIME module

Please see further up this page for what you should know beforehand (if anything) in order to attend this course.

Why Choose Us?

Here are some reasons to choose Wise Owl courses:

No more than 6 people per class
581 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

In addition, here are some benefits unique to classroom training:

Proper restaurant lunch included

And some benefits specific to online training:

Courseware manual posted to you in advance
Free half-hour pre-course check-up included
Our clever system means you can use our laptops (and we can see them)

What other people have said

Our thanks to everyone who agreed to share their thoughts. All of the following reviews are from the last 3 calendar years:

"Great course - exactly the right level for me. Fantastic trainer."

Sally Frost (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC))

"All round, really good - having a trainer who not only knows their stuff but is also constantly engaging was really refreshing."

Andrew Booker (MPM Products)

"I really liked how our trainer addressed issues an individual was having in a sensitive way, without anyone else in the group being aware it was you, yourself clicking on the wrong things!"

Vicky Toomey (Southampton City Council)

"I really enjoyed the course, excellent hands on using Power BI and felt I had a good grasp of how to use the application at the end of the course. The trainer was excellent and answered all my questions and explained things in an easy to understand manner."

Margo Bowes (Tracsis)

"The course was fantastic from start to finish, really well designed, and our trainer gave plenty of helpful 'real world' hints and tips that you just wouldn't get from a textbook. The course administration was fabulous too, communication was timely and materials were posted well in advance. A few of my colleagues have attended the course before me and recommended it."

Helen Mann (NIHR Academy)

There are lots more where these came from (or just refresh this page to change the quotes shown).

How our training courses work

Below are some notes on how Wise Owl courses work, to help you decide whether they're for you or not.

What you'll need

If you book on a classroom course, the only thing you need to bring to the course is ... yourself! We even provide a notepad and a suprisingly nice pen for you to take notes with.

For online training you'll need two things:

A good internet connection (otherwise you'll have a frustrating time); and
A second screen (a requirement, not a nice-to-have!)

You can see full details of our online course requirements here.

When you book a place

If you book a place on one of our courses:

For classroom courses we will send out a joining email. That's it!
For online courses we will get in touch to organise a half-hour pre-course check to iron out any connection problems before the course (rather than during it).

Whatever type of course you book, we will also send you out a reminder a few days before the course is due to take place - not that (we hope) you'll have forgotten!

What you won't need

For classroom training, you won't need a computer - we (obviously) will provide that. However, you're welcome to use your own laptop if you prefer, providing that you have the correct software installed.

For online training you will need a computer, but you won't need to have any software installed. This is because you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers, and these will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

The start of the course

For online courses you will be able to join up to half an hour before the course begins. This will give you time to:

familiarise yourself with the set-up;
meet your trainer; and
get to know the other delegates!

For classroom training it's always nice if people arrive a bit early too, to give people time to meet each other (and drink coffee).

You'll be given a full colour courseware manual, an exercise booklet to go with the course and a USB stick for taking course files away (we'll post all this to you for online courses).

After the course

After the course finishes you'll receive a digital certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).

We don't have any formal arrangement for answering questions after the course, but if you get stuck on something and email your trainer they should (and nearly always do!) respond as quickly as their training schedule allows.

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