Online short courses starting in January
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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
- September or January
Anti-SLAPP Law and Practice
Study with anti-SLAPP law experts and learn to identify and challenge SLAPP suits in this flexible online short course.
- Online learning
- January
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
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
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
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
Decolonising Society and Politics
Join an online course that goes beyond decolonising the curriculum. Explore decolonisation across a range of sectors and learn to make meaningful decolonial changes wherever you work.
- Online learning
- January
Decommissioning of Offshore Installations: Commercial Issues
Develop your expertise in the commercial aspects of decommissioning, and earn credits towards an MSc or 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.
- 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 Analysis for Energy Markets
Develop the analytic skills you need for complex decision-making in the global energy industry. Earn credits towards an MSc with this flexible Masters-level online short course.
- Online learning
- January
Economic Evaluation - Application and Policy
Learn how economic evaluations are used to inform health care policy and practice. Join this Masters-level online short course and earn credits towards an MSc. 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
Energy Conversion and Storage
Study energy conversion and storage online. Learn how we’re taking on the challenge of storing and delivering renewable energy efficiently to communities and businesses.
- 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
Gain a clear and advanced understanding of risk and reliability analysis. Join this Masters-level online short course and earn credits towards an MSc qualification.
- Online learning
- September or 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
Epidemiology
Learn to understand, measure and tackle disease with this flexible online Epidemiology course you can fit around full-time work. 10% NHS staff discount.
- 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
- September or January
Finite Element Methods
Develop your skills in finite element methods and earn credits towards a Masters degree 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
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 Care Systems and Policy
Develop your understanding of health care markets and systems, and earn credits towards an MSc, in this online short course. 10% NHS staff discount.
- 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
Hitler
Join expert historian Thomas Weber and guests online to examine Hitler, his politicisation and radicalisation, and what his time in power can teach us about the nature of politics today.
- 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
Introduction to Data Visualisation with Python
Learn to program and visualise data using Python in this flexible online Python course for beginners.
- Online learning
- September or 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. Join this online GIS course and earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- September or January
Investment Analysis for Energy
Learn to conduct investment analysis for the energy sector, 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
Leading and Managing High Performance Teams
Learn how to build, manage, and motivate high-performing teams, and earn credits towards an online MBA, in this online short course.
- Online learning
- January
Legal Principles
Study the basic legal principles of the UK legal system in this online short course designed for non-lawyers. Earn credits towards an LLM while you study flexibly, part-time.
- Online learning
- September or January
Legislation, Economics and Safety
Advance your career in renewables. Study the legislation, economics and safety issues that impact how the industry works, 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
Marine and Wind Energy
Make the move into renewables. 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 PgCert in Heritage and Memory Studies.
- 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
- September or 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. Study online with business psychology experts and earn credits towards a Masters degree. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- September or January
Organisational Safety and Risk
Add organisational safety skills to your CV in weeks. Learn flexibly online and explore workplace safety and risk with expert psychologists. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- January
Pandemics and Plagues: History’s Deadliest Diseases
Learn about historical pandemics and discover how societies have responded to the deadliest diseases in history. Earn credits towards a Masters degree with this flexible online short course.
- Online learning
- September
Philosophy and Society
Learn to use philosophical thinking to solve real-world issues, and earn credits towards a Masters in Philosophy and Society, in this flexible online short course.
- Online learning
- September
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
Process Plant Equipment and Operations
Learn to improve the safety of large process systems in this process plant operations course. Study online and earn credits towards an accredited MSc in Process Safety.
- Online learning
- January
Process Shutdown, Structural Decommissioning and Disposal
Develop the specialist engineering skills you need in the decommissioning sector. Learn to tackle the technical challenges of the process – and earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- January
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
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 Methods for Finance
Add quantitative analysis skills to your financial toolset, and earn credits towards an MSc Finance, in this online short course.
- Online learning
- January
Rehabilitation Engineering and Biomechanics
Study rehabilitation engineering and biomechanics online and earn credits towards an MSc in Industrial Robotics.
- Online learning
- January
Renewable Energy Integration to Grid
Join our expert engineers online to study the integration of renewable energy to the electricity grid – and earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- January
Reservoir Engineering
Develop the specialist skills you need to succeed as a reservoir engineer in this Masters-level online short course.
- Online learning
- September
Riser Systems and Hydrodynamics
Develop the specialist skills you need to succeed as a subsea engineer – and earn credits towards an MSc – with this flexible online short course.
- 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
Safety critical skills, also known as non-technical skills, make work safer and more efficient. Learn how to identify, assess and improve these skills in your industry and workplace. 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
Space Weather and Radiation
Study space weather and its effects on Earth and space exploration in this flexible online short course.
- 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
The Psychology of Social Bias
Find out how social bias develops and explore social bias in the workplace. Study part-time online with expert psychologists. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- September or January
The Psychology of Wellbeing
Gain a psychological understanding of emotions and behaviour. Join our online psychology short course and discover new ways to improve mental health and wellbeing. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- September or January
The Scottish Diaspora
Explore the stories of the men, women and children who left Scotland’s shores for a new life overseas. Study part-time online with expert academics and researchers.
- Online learning
- January
UAV Remote Sensing, Monitoring and Mapping
Add specialist geospatial skills to your CV. Learn about UAV remote sensing, digital mapping, image processing and softcopy photogrammetry online.
- Online learning
- September or 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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