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In partnership with FutureLearn

We’ve teamed up with FutureLearn to offer a growing range of online courses you can study for free.

They’re open to everyone. You can use them to:

  • try online learning for the first time
  • get inspired and grow your skills.

You’ll get free access to these courses on FutureLearn for four weeks.

Free online short courses

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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Health, Law, and Socio-Cultural Sensitivity

Learn to recognise, report and prevent FGM practices. Join our free online course for anyone with safeguarding duties, including health and social care professionals.

  • Online learning
  • Any time
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Mindful Wellbeing for Teachers with Stress and Anxiety

Learn how to reduce stress and anxiety in the classroom and beyond with our free online course for teachers.

  • Online learning
  • Any time
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Nutrition and Wellbeing

Demystify the complex and conflicting messages we hear about nutrition, health and lifestyle today with this free online course.

  • Online learning
  • Any time
Short course

Nutrition Science: Food Choice and Behaviour

Nourish your skills and explore the psychology of consumers with our free and flexible online nutrition course.

  • Online learning
  • Any time
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Nutrition Science: Lifestyle Medicine

Study lifestyle medicine online for free with expert practitioners and researchers. Investigate the role of diet, exercise, mental health and environment in improving health outcomes.

  • Online learning
  • Any time
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Nutrition Science: Obesity and Healthy Weight Loss

Study obesity and weight loss online with expert UK nutritionists. Learn about the causes of obesity and explore the evidence behind a range of approaches to weight management.

  • Online learning
  • Any time
Short course

Walter Scott: The Man Behind the Monument

Discover the work, writing practices and legacy of Sir Walter Scott, one of Scotland’s most loved and enduring literary legends, with our free online course.

  • Online learning