If you are finding a little bit of extra time in your days or weeks during these extraordinary times, why not explore learning opportunities to support your personal or professional development?
On the page below you will find opportunities offered directly by British Cycling as well as through our partners and friends.
If you have any suggestions for other opportunities not listed please email education@britishcycling.org.uk
Our usual course offering for coaches, leaders, officials and instructors is suspended until June 30. If you would like to be the first to hear about them when we start delivering again please register your interest in courses here.
British Cycling Webinars
We are pleased to offer a calendar of webinars and live events for all members and volunteers, including for coaches, clubs, commissaires, leaders and parents.
Webinars and Live Events
British Cycling Learning
Using Rollers in Your Coaching Workshop
Book on our online rollers course
Regain access to your learning
If you have already taken a course with British Cycling that has used online learning and fancy a refresh we can reactivate your account if access is currently blocked. Please email education@britishcycling.org.uk if you would like to reactivate your account.
British Cycling Resources
We have hundreds of resources including videos, articles, blogs, routes, guides and ebooks available via our websites.
UK Coaching
British Cycling has teamed up with UK Coaching to give you discounted access to the UKCoaching.org subscription service. When you join UK Coaching, you’ll unlock a wide range of exclusive resources, learning and offers designed to help you connect, grow and empower people – from all walks of life.
Subscribe using discount code CYCLE20 and you’ll get a full 12 months’ access for just £20 (instead of the standard price of £24).
Sport England Club Matters
Club Matters is Sport England’s one stop shop for clubs, groups and organisations involved in the delivery of physical activity and sport. Club Matters provides free, convenient, practical resources to help organisations to develop, grow and become more sustainable and successful.
If you have not attended a BRC course before, you may still like to explore their comprehensive first aid apps, which includes both an app for all ages and a children and babies specific one. Watch videos, read how to administer first aid and take tests to check your understanding.
Explore British Red Cross courses
Open University
Open University offer a phenomenal amount of free courses. Explore a variety of topics and take a course of your choosing, including our favourite:
Explore Open University's free courses
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning offer over 15,000 courses across a number of areas and also offer a free 30-day trial – usually £15-25.
Google Garage
Google offer a suite of courses and resources to develop digital marketing skills, an important skill in the digital age for marketing clubs, rides, activities and events. Most courses are free, with some paid for content available too.
If learning about digital marketing is your thing, there are further resources and pre-recorded webinars available at Media Trust.
Ordnance Survey
Our friends at Ordnance Survey have developed a free resource to support anyone of any age to develop their map reading skills.
Cycling City course
The University of Amsterdam are offering a free online course called Unravelling the Cycling City. Perfect for cycling campaigners looking to develop their knowledge to build cases for investment in cycling infrastructure, the course examines the development of the Dutch cycling model and explores the benefits of multi-modal street space.
Free Unravelling the Cycling City course
British Sign Language
British Sign are offering their online Introduction to British Sign on a pay-what-you-can basis, with a minimum donation of £3.
