Photoshop practical exercises?

Can anyone recommend any websites (or books) that have specific Photoshop exercises to perform – as opposed to tutorials.
I am not sure how practical this is but, ideally, I would like something that gave out weekly exercises and then followed it up a week or so later with possible solutions. I am not averse to subscription based learning like this, but really am looking for something that requires me to work under my own steam.
I am in that – sort of – intermediate phase as a Photoshop user – lots of theoretical experience but really feeling the need to kick on.

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