Furloughed workers offered free online courses to help improve their CVs

Once you've found a course that interests you, you'll need to sign up to it by filling in your personal details.

The lessons are broken down into subjects, as well as introductory, intermediate and advanced levels.

Each course also shows you how many hours it takes to complete.

Some of the shorter courses take two hours to do, while others will need 70 hours to complete.

When The Sun checked today, there were 13 courses available.

Announcing the new initiative today, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said he wants businesses to encourage furloughed workers to sharpen their skills while on lockdown.

Adults who are still working can also still apply for these courses.

He said: "I know how difficult the recent months have been and the huge changes the coronavirus has brought on the daily lives of us all.

"The high-quality and free to access courses on offer on our new online learning platform, The Skills Toolkit, will help those whose jobs have been affected by the outbreak, and people looking to boost their skills.

"I want businesses to encourage their furloughed employees to use The Skills Toolkit."

Matthew Fell, CBI chief UK policy director said: ";Maths and digital skills are highly prized by employers.

"I’d encourage all businesses to make their staff aware of this learning opportunity."

The DfE has confirmed there is no limit on how many places are available per course and said The Skills Toolkit can handle 60,000 users per minute.

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