ILX Group
BCS Essentials Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a paid beginner course from ILX Group, online. It costs £735. It ends with an exam certification. ILX Group doesn't say the dates.
Suits beginners who want taught preparation for the BCS Essentials exam, with the exam fee included in the price. The course itself lasts one day, but ILX advises about 30 hours of study in total. The main caveat is cost: from £735, against £160 plus VAT to sit the same exam directly with BCS after self-study. VAT status and course dates are not shown in the page text.
Checked against ILX Group on 12 Oct 2026
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One-day training course leading to the BCS Essentials Certificate in Artificial Intelligence, with the exam included. Covers AI history and types, ethics and legal issues, machine learning, robotics, data quality and implementing AI in organisations. ILX recommends about 30 hours of study in total, 23 of them independent.
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Level: beginner (as stated by the provider). Delivery: live online.
There are no formal prerequisites for taking the BCS Essentials Certificate in Artificial Intelligence exam
£735. From £735, training and BCS exam included; Pass Protect exam insurance optional.
Certificate: exam certification. BCS Essentials Certificate in Artificial Intelligence.
ILX Group is a UK provider. We checked this course on its own page on 12 Oct 2026.
The price is shown in pounds, as the provider states it.
If you want a free, government-backed start instead, AI Skills Boost gives every adult in the UK free AI courses, and finishing selected ones earns an AI foundations badge.
None of the UK funding schemes we track pays for this course. See free and funded training by nation for what is funded where you live.
Other UK courses on AI literacy and fundamentals: Living with AI (Scottish AI Alliance), Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Online (Forth Valley College), BCS Foundation Award: How AI Can Support Your Organisation (PLA) (Cardiff and Vale College).
See also: free and funded training by nation, AI courses for managers and leaders.
Dates not shown by provider.
£735.
Yes: exam certification. The provider calls it "BCS Essentials Certificate in Artificial Intelligence".
It's a beginner course. Prerequisites: There are no formal prerequisites for taking the BCS Essentials Certificate in Artificial Intelligence exam.
No, they are all paid. The lowest-priced one we list is Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: £340.
BCS Essentials Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI): £735. Fees are shown as ILX Group shows them and never converted.
Cardiff and Vale College
Next intake not announced
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Next: 23 Nov 2026 · +4 more dates
Cardiff and Vale College
Next: 8 Mar 2027
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