We provide three taster courses, each of which consists of a weekly lecture/practical session of 1.5 hours for 3 or 4 weeks.
The web courses have been run 4 times at Durning Library and Brixton Library, the Python course once at Brixton library, and the Java course once at Durning Library. In 2019 we also presented the Python course at Carnegie Library. Over 85 students have attended the 7 courses.
In addition to providing skills and encouragement to local young people and other residents, the courses have given King's students an invaluable opportunity to work as tutors in support of the courses, to share their knowledge and gain teaching experience in a new environment. 14 students have participated in the programme to date as volunteers (on the CLL courses) or paid (WP courses).
Dr Sobhan Yassipour-Tehrani co-taught the WP courses with Dr Lano.
Selma Nebia co-taught the Python course in 2019.
The CLL and WP projects also purchased laptops to help in the teaching of the courses.
An article about the project was published in Information Professional:
Dr Lano with Caroline Graham of Lambeth Library Services:
Some posters for the courses are here and here.