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Access Course in French - SCQF 6
Earn the Higher-level French qualifications you need to access university with our start-anytime online French course.
- Online learning
- January
Advanced Process Control
Learn to improve the operability of large process systems in this flexible online short course.
- Online learning
- January
AI, Machine Learning and Data Science for the Petroleum Industry
Learn to use AI, machine learning, and data science tools for the energy sector in this online course for petroleum industry professionals.
- Online learning
- January
An Introduction to Ethnographic Research Methods
Ethnography is a fascinating way to study people and cultures. Learn the methods ethnographers use to research, analyse and help us understand cultures around the world.
- Online learning
- January or September
Applied Risk Analysis and Management
Learn to carry out risk analysis and management within industrial settings. Study flexibly online and earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- January
Applied Statistics
Join our expert statisticians online and learn to use statistics in your health research or professional practice. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January
Approaches to Global Politics
Study global politics online and earn credits towards a Masters in International Relations in this flexible short course.
- Online learning
- January or September
Astrobiology, Biogeochemistry and Geobiology for Explorers
Earn credits towards a Masters degree in Planetary Sciences with this flexible online astrobiology course.
- Online learning
- January
Catalyst and Reactor Design
Develop your understanding of catalyst and reactor design and earn credits towards an MSc in Advanced Chemical Engineering.
- Online learning
- January
Challenges in Global Nutrition
Join our online global nutrition course and learn about nutrition challenges around the world. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January
Chinese Security Policy
Study the rise of China and its implications for global security, and earn credits towards a Masters in International Relations.
- Online learning
- January
Climate Law and the Energy Sector
Join legal experts online to learn about national and international climate law. Earn credits towards an LLM in this flexible online short course.
- Online learning
- January
Clinical Nutrition for Disease Prevention
Join our nutrition researchers online to explore the link between diet and disease. 10% NHS staff discount for this advanced nutrition course.
- Online learning
- January
Critical Minerals for Energy Transition and Sustainability
Advance your engineering career with this online course in sustainable mineral extraction and recycling for the energy transition.
- Online learning
- January
Data Science: From Data to Insight
Join our online data science course and train in the latest data science techniques. Learn to use big data to make better business decisions with this flexible short course.
- Online learning
- January
Decarbonisation and Energy Market Regulation
Learn about the legal aspects of energy decarbonisation, and earn credits towards an LLM in Energy Transition Law, in this online short course.
- Online learning
- January
Decommissioning of Offshore Installations: Commercial Issues
Develop your expertise in the commercial aspects of decommissioning, and earn credits towards an LLM qualification.
- Online learning
- January
Delivering Successful Projects
Learn what it takes to deliver project success, time after time. Join this online short course and earn credits towards an MSc in Project Management.
- Online learning
- January
Digital Marketing
Develop your skills in strategic digital marketing online, and earn credits towards an MSc in Marketing or an MBA.
- Online learning
- January
Digital Museum Practice
Join our online digital skills course for museum professionals. Build your digital expertise and learn to cultivate digitally confident museum, heritage and cultural spaces.
- Online learning
- January
Earth and Planetary Surface and Internal Processes
Earn credits towards a Masters in Planetary Sciences with this flexible online course in planetary geology and geophysics.
- Online learning
- January
Economic Evaluation - Application and Policy
Learn how economic evaluations are used to inform health care policy and practice in this flexible online short course. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January
Economics for Finance
Join an online financial economics short course that fits around full-time work, and earn credits towards an MSc Finance.
- Online learning
- January
Economics of Healthcare Systems and Policy
Develop your understanding of healthcare markets and systems, and earn credits towards an MSc, in this online short course. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January
Energy Conversion and Storage
Study energy conversion and storage, and earn credits towards a Masters degree, in this flexible online short course.
- Online learning
- January
Energy Systems Integration
Learn to plan the configuration and size of renewable energy systems in this Masters-level online short course. Study flexibly and earn credits towards an MSc in Energy Transition Systems and Technologies.
- Online learning
- January
Engineering Risk and Reliability Analysis
Develop an advanced understanding of risk and reliability analysis – and earn credits towards a Masters degree.
- Online learning
- January
Enhanced Oil Recovery
Develop your skills in enhanced oil recovery techniques, and earn credits towards a Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering.
- Online learning
- January
Ethnographic Research Project
Apply your research skills to a real-world social science issue using ethnography. Join us online and carry out an ethnographic research project with expert support.
- Online learning
- January or September
Eurovision: More Than a Song Contest
Join our unique online course and discover how Eurovision shapes, and is shaped by, society, politics, and global culture.
- Online learning
- January
Finite Element Methods
Develop your skills in finite element methods and earn credits towards an MSc in Structural or Mechanical Engineering.
- Online learning
- January
Flow Assurance
Gain a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of fluid flow, vital for pipeline engineers and highly relevant across many sectors of industry.
- Online learning
- January
Fundamentals of Petroleum Geoscience
Develop your understanding of petroleum geoscience, and earn credits towards a Masters degree, in this online short course.
- Online learning
- January or September
Future Thinking
Learn how to apply futures thinking and scenario planning in your industry, and earn credits towards an online MBA.
- Online learning
- January
Governance and Petroleum Developments
Learn how we can develop effective governance in new petroleum provinces across the world. Earn credits towards an LLM with this online course that fits around work.
- Online learning
- January
Health Economics
Boost your skills as a health professional or researcher. Join an online health economics course that fits round full-time work. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January
Health Informatics
Learn how to process and analyse healthcare data in ways that can improve health outcomes. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January
Human Factors Engineering
Develop your expertise in Human Factors Engineering in this online HFE course. Learn to design safer systems for all – and earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- January
Industrial Biotechnology for Sustainability
Study biotechnological processes and learn to make manufacturing more sustainable in this flexible online short course.
- Online learning
- January
Introduction to GIS Tools, Techniques, Cartography and Geovisualisation
Learn about the tools and techniques geoscientists use to collect, analyse, map, and visualise spatial data, and earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- January or September
Investment Evaluation for Energy Projects
Learn to conduct investment evaluation for energy projects, and earn credits towards an MSc, in this flexible online short course.
- Online learning
- January
Kinematics and Dynamics of Industrial Robot Arms
Study robot arm kinematics and dynamics and earn credits towards a Masters degree in Industrial Robotics.
- Online learning
- January
Legal Principles
Study the basic legal principles of the UK legal system in this online short course designed for non-lawyers.
- Online learning
- January or September
Legislation, Economics and Safety
Advance your career in renewables. Study the legislation, economics, and safety issues that impact the industry, and earn credits towards a Masters degree.
- Online learning
- January
Machine Learning for Healthcare
Develop data science skills and learn to apply them to healthcare. Join our online health data science course and learn the foundations of machine learning and R programming. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January
Managing Change
Join an online change management course that puts you on the path to an MBA. Learn to manage and lead change effectively, and earn credits towards an MBA qualification.
- Online learning
- January
Marine and Wind Energy
Study marine and wind energy online with internationally experienced engineers, and earn credits towards a Masters degree.
- Online learning
- January
Media and Memory
Explore the relationships between media and memory, and earn credits towards a postgraduate qualification.
- Online learning
- January
Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace
Explore how mental health, wellbeing, and work are related and learn to create mentally healthy workplaces. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January or September
Mental Health and Working with Vulnerable Groups
Develop your skills in mental health care and assessment, and earn credits towards an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Blended learning
- January
Molecular Nutrition
Study molecular nutrition online and earn credits towards an MSc in Clinical Nutrition. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January
Negotiation Skills
Learn to negotiate better, whatever your work sector. Join our online negotiation course and earn credits towards an LLM as you study part-time.
- Online learning
- January
Nutrition and Health Through the Life Stages
Study the relationship between diet, human development, health and disease at every stage of life. Learn with leaders in nutrition research, part-time online. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January
Offshore Oil and Gas Decommissioning
Develop in-demand skills in the economic, legal and planning aspects of decommissioning. Earn credits towards an MSc with this Masters-level online short course.
- Online learning
- January
Organisational Psychology
Explore human behaviour in the workplace with business psychology experts and earn credits towards a Masters degree. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- January or September
Organisational Safety and Risk
Add organisational safety skills to your CV in weeks in this flexible online short course. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- January
Peace and Conflict Studies
Develop your understanding of conflict resolution and peacebuilding, and earn credits towards a Masters in International Relations.
- Online learning
- January
Pipelines and Soil Mechanics
Advance your engineering career with specialist online training in the design and operation of offshore pipelines. Earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- January
Popular Cultures and Subcultures: Mass and Minority Perspectives
Examine how popular culture is formed and how it shapes society in this flexible online short course.
- Online learning
- January
Professional and Clinical Development in Critical Care Nursing
Join our blended learning courses for critical care nurses. Earn the credits you need to meet the National Education requirements to work in critical care.
- Blended learning
- January or September
Project Planning and Control
Learn the tools of successful project planners and controllers on this flexible online short course that’s part of our Masters in Project Management.
- Online learning
- January
Public Health in Action
Learn how to protect, promote, monitor and improve public health, at an award-winning health research university. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January
Quality Systems and Risk Management
Choose an online course in quality management and risk management that puts you on the path to an MSc. Study flexibly and earn credits towards an accredited Masters in Project Management.
- Online learning
- January
Quantitative Analysis Methods
Learn to carry out quantitative analysis for the finance sector, and earn credits towards an MSc, in this flexible online short course.
- Online learning
- January
Quantitative Methods in Social Science
Learn to carry out effective quantitative social research. Study flexibly online with social science experts.
- Online learning
- January
Rehabilitation Engineering and Biomechanics
Develop your skills in rehabilitation engineering and biomechanics in this flexible online short course.
- Online learning
- January
Renewable Energy Integration to Grid
Join expert engineers online to study the integration of renewable energy to the grid – and earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- January
Research Interviews and Focus Groups in Social Science
Develop your skills in qualitative research online. Learn how to carry out research interviews and focus groups ethically and successfully.
- Online learning
- January
Riser Systems and Hydrodynamics
Develop the specialist skills you need to succeed as a subsea engineer – and earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- January
Risk Allocation in Oilfield Service Contracts
Study the challenging interface between the oil and gas industry and English legal system. Earn credits towards an LLM with this online short course that’s part of LLM Oil and Gas Law.
- Online learning
- January
Safety Critical Skills in Industry
Study safety critical skills online, also known as non-technical skills, and learn to improve them in your industry. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- January
Scottish Church History: From Columba to Graham
Examine the history of the Christian faith in Scotland, from the mission of Columba, through the crusade of Billy Graham, to the present day.
- Online learning
- January
Scottish Visual History
Explore the visual history of Scotland across a period of 150 years, and earn credits towards a Masters degree in Scottish Heritage.
- Online learning
- January
Social and Sustainable Markets
Learn about strategies that balance profit with social and environmental impact, and earn credits towards an MBA or MSc Marketing.
- Online learning
- January
Sustainable Deep Space Exploration and Planetary Protection
Learn about sustainability in space exploration. Study online and earn credits towards an MSc in Planetary Sciences.
- Online learning
- January
Sustainable Diets and Global Food Systems
Earn credits towards a Masters degree with our online sustainable food systems course. Learn about global food systems with world-leading experts at a UK university. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January
Sustainable Engineering Challenges
Learn to use engineering approaches to improve sustainability in manufacturing, and earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- January
Systematic Reviews for Clinical Practice and Health Policy
Learn to extract, assess and use evidence gained in health research in this Masters-level online short course. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January
Teaching and Facilitating Learning in Clinical Education
Learn to maintain an effective learning environment and engage a range of different learners with this flexible online course. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January
Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
Study the concept of terrorism and counter-terrorism online and earn credits towards a Masters in International Relations.
- Online learning
- January
The Leadership Challenge
Join an online leadership short course that puts you on the path to an MBA. Study flexibly, build your leadership confidence, and earn credits towards an MBA qualification.
- Online learning
- January
The Psychology of Human-AI Interaction
Join us online to learn about artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on human psychology. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January or September
The Psychology of Social Bias
Find out how social bias develops and study social bias in the workplace with psychologists. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- January or September
The Psychology of Wellbeing
Gain a psychological understanding of emotions and behaviour, and discover new ways to improve mental health and wellbeing. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- January or September
The Scottish Diaspora
Explore the stories of the men, women and children who left Scotland’s shores for a new life overseas.
- Online learning
- January
Understanding and Applying Regression Models
Learn to use advanced regression modelling and earn credits towards an MSc with this flexible Masters-level short course. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- January
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