Free Courses in England is a platform that offers fully funded, accredited courses for adults in England. It provides over 70 flexible free courses across subjects like mental health, business, IT, health & social care, teaching, and wellbeing. The site is designed for accessibility and ease of use, with features such as course finder tools, eligibility checks, fully funded certification, and intuitive navigation to help learners find and start free courses quickly.
Challenges
Offering many different categories and courses while making it easy for users to quickly find what they qualify for.
Ensuring enrolment is fast and simple, with eligibility checks and government funding flows.
Maintaining clarity and trust, since courses are free but government-certified—user expectations must be managed.
Designing for performance, especially with many courses, resources, filtering, tooltips, images, etc.
Ensuring responsive behavior across devices, since adult learners may access the platform via mobile, tablet, or desktop.
Solutions
Built a guided enrolment workflow and course finder / filter tool to let learners quickly locate courses by category, subject, eligibility, etc.
Integrated LMS with assessment, quizzes, and structured modules to track learner progress.
Custom design via Elementor, with custom development for interactive components and filtering UI.