For the last 2 years, we’ve delivered award-winning AI, automation, and digital skills training to more than 150 businesses across the South West.

A lot of that work happened through Skills Bootcamps. They changed lives. They opened doors. They gave people access to learning that made a real difference.

But they also came with limits.

Funding criteria. Geography. Waiting lists. Narrow routes in. And for plenty of people and businesses, that meant the training they needed was still out of reach.

That’s a big part of why we created Open Learning by Techosaurus.

It’s the same practical training, delivered by the same team, just opened up to everyone.

We asked first, then built

Before launching anything properly, we put out the Open Learning Survey to ask a simple question: what do people actually want help with?

The first responses have been clear.

From the first survey responses:

• 79% asked for automation and workflow skills
• 53% said training during the working day suits them best
• 53% said the format should depend on the topic, with a hybrid mix making the most sense
• 74% were people looking to book training for themselves

There’s something useful in that.

People are not asking for abstract theory or trend-chasing. They want practical skills that fit into real working lives. They want to understand the tools properly, use them with confidence, and get better at work that already sits in front of them.

That is exactly what Open Learning is for.

The first launch gave us a pretty strong signal

Last week we launched Automation Fundamentals.

The response was immediate. One course is already sold out and the other is nearly full.

That tells us two things.

First, the demand is real. Second, there is still a gap for grounded, practical business training in this area, especially now that local Skills Bootcamp funding is changing.

So today we’re opening up 2 more courses to meet that demand.

Two new courses are now live

AI Fundamentals

This is a 6-hour in-person course for people who want to understand how AI actually works, how to prompt it properly, and how to use it for real business tasks without getting lost in jargon.

You can read more and book here: AI Fundamentals

Copilot 365 Fundamentals

This is a 6-hour in-person course for businesses already using Microsoft 365 and wanting to get proper value from Copilot. It covers how Copilot works, how to use it well, and how to make sense of the different versions and features inside the Microsoft ecosystem.

You can read more and book here: Copilot 365 Fundamentals

Automation Fundamentals

This is the course that launched first and set the pace. It gives people a practical understanding of how automation works, how to think in systems and process, and how to spot opportunities inside their own organisation.

You can read more here: Automation Fundamentals

Why we’re doing it this way

There’s a lot of noise around AI and automation right now.

Some of it is useful. Plenty of it isn’t.

What we’ve learned, again and again, is that most people do not need another layer of hype. They need someone to explain the thing clearly, show where it fits, let them try it in context, and help them leave with something they can actually use right away.

That applies whether the subject is AI, automation, Microsoft Copilot, or other modern workplace tools.

Good training should make people more capable, more confident, and more curious.

It should also respect the fact that people are busy.

That’s why Open Learning is being shaped around what people are asking for, not around what happens to be easiest to package.

This is only the start

The survey is still open, and we’re still listening.

Alongside the first 3 launches, people have already shown strong interest in wider AI skills, Microsoft 365, Power BI, cyber security awareness, and other practical digital capability areas. That helps us decide what comes next, what format it should take, and when it should run.

If you want to help shape the next wave of Open Learning courses, tell us what you or your team need here:

Open Learning Survey

A few minutes is enough. It genuinely helps.

The bigger point

Open Learning exists because access matters.

Practical digital skills should not be locked behind funding rules, long waits, or narrow eligibility criteria. If someone wants to learn how to use AI properly, understand automation, or make better use of tools they already pay for, there should be a way in.

That’s what we’re building.

And judging by the response so far, it’s needed.