The courses are free and cover a wide range of subjects in various categories. I can't vouch as to the quality of the courses yet as I've not looked in-depth, but it certainly looks interesting.
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.
Well, we'll certainly be trying the language skills (English) with some of my staff and see how it compares with courses that we've paid for.......
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