Thursday and Friday 16 th & 17 th February 300 Game Dev 101: Level 01 Saturday 4 th March 120 Hands on Hacking Thursday and Friday 9 th & 10 th March 420 Thursday and Friday 23 rd & 24 th March 300 Game Dev 101: Level 02 Saturday 25 th March 120 Bid Writing Monday 27 th March 100 Advanced WordPress Thursday and Friday 27 th & 28 th April 400 Thursday and Friday 25 th & 26 th May 300 Bid Writing Tuesday 13 th June 100 Thursday and Friday 22 nd & 23 rd June 300 Courses Spring 2017 See for full listings Course fees include tuition, materials, lunch and refreshments. All prices are inclusive of VAT
Tutor Mike Little WordPress with Mike Little WordPress is a web publishing platform that powers over 73 million websites - including some of the most high profile in the world. Get the best from this powerful tool with courses for all levels with WordPress co-founder Mike Little. Mike is the co-founder of WordPress. He s also the founder and CEO of WordPress consultancy zed1.com, has a portfolio including prominent government sites, is a published author, technical editor and member of the Usability Professionals Association but let s face it, we had you at co-founder of WordPress. 16 17 February or 25 26 May 300 If you ve never had a website or blog, or just never been happy with the one you have, start here. This course will teach you everything you need: planning and setting up a site; publishing content; getting a polished look with themes; adding functionality with plugins; how to make conversations with your readers effortless. After completing the course, you ll have a website, and you ll know how to look after it. 23 24 March or 22 23 June 300 Take your WordPress site to the next level. Dig deep into theme customisation, and learn how to make your site work perfectly on mobile devices. You ll begin to unleash the full potential of the platform from search engine optimisation (SEO) to security, caching and e-commerce. By the end of the course, you ll be confident your site is of professional quality and working its hardest for you. Advanced WordPress 27 28 April 400 If WordPress is your business this is the course for you. You ll learn insider tips and tricks for managing sites, both for yourself and your clients: from customising your admin screens to e-commerce via event management, building membership sites, utilising the power of child themes, and picking the perfect production and marketing tools. After completing the course, you ll be at the cutting edge of WordPress best practice.
Game Dev 101: Level 01 4 March 120 Want to make your own video games, but have no idea where to start? Start here! Game Dev 101 teaches the fundamentals of creating video games completely from scratch. By the end of the day, you ll understand how to get up-and-running in several different game-making environments. Game Dev 101: Level 02 25 March 120 Game Dev 101 Tutor Dan Hett Dan is a BAFTA award-winning creative technologist, digital artist and games developer from Manchester. After spending three years working for BBC Children s and then a year in BBC Research & Development, Dan now builds interesting things with code and technology. Can you write a little code but want to use your newfound powers to make awesome videogames? Or, are you already using graphical tools to make games and want to get into programming them too? Game Dev 102 is a one-day intermediate games development course that gets to grips with all the tools and skills you ll need to dive into programming your own video games. We ll be using real examples of the games we all know and love to get into what makes a really fun videogame really sing.
Bid Writing A two-day ethical hacking course with Hacker House 9 10 March 420 We ll teach you everything you need to know to get hacking with the most popular open-source tools. Through tutor-driven theory exercises, and practical labs, this course will provide an introduction to the wonderful and exciting art of ethical hacking. Aiming to raise funds for projects or operations? Whether you re new to the bid writing process or want to scale up your applications, this course will equip you to win. You ll learn about every stage of the bid writing process from identifying funds to delivering a winning bid, both in the wider strategic and policy contexts and at the nitty-gritty level of dos and don ts. After completing this course, you ll be fully prepared not just for filling in the form, but for the whole journey. 27 March or 13 June 100 Tutor Matthew Hickey Known more commonly by his twitter handle @hackerfantastic, Matthew has been providing commercially led security testing engagements for over 10 years. He has also presented at numerous security conferences and has published dozens of exploits. Tutor Laura H. Drane Laura is a producer and consultant specialising in public engagement across the arts, cultural and science/technology sectors. She s a veteran bid-winner on all scales, from 500 to 500,000, and for organisations large and small. This course is based on training provided in-house to the RSA, Clore Leadership Programme and the British Science Association.
You haz workshops for making? Book your place Fab! Later this year MadLab is opening a new FabLab, just next door to our Edge Street HQ. As well as providing space to work, tinker, and craft, we ll be running a range of workshops on digital making. Old favourites like Introduction to Arduino and Hands on with the Internet of Things will be back, plus new offerings including laser cutting, 3D printing, circuit design, and more! Sign up for the latest news and updates at fab.madlab.org.uk. For your convenience, we offer a number of ways to book: Fab! Eventbrite Go to or search MadLab on eventbrite.co.uk (booking fees may apply) Contact the office Call us on 0161 839 6324 or email office@madlab.org.uk We accept a variety of payment methods: Eventbrite, invoice/paypal invoice, cheque, and by card (in person). All prices are inclusive of VAT