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Showing 25 to 48 of 58 courses

How to Create an Online Course

Discover key skills to create engaging online learning experiences. 

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
2 weeks

How to Create Video for Online Courses

Create engaging videos for online courses by learning the skills to plan, film and edit educational media. 

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
2 weeks

How to Read a Novel

Get underneath the skin of a novel by understanding some of the main building blocks of modern fiction. 

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
4 weeks

Human Rights-based Approach to Dignity in Care (DIGNISPACE)

Learn more about the concept of dignity in health and social care and how to confidently promote dignity in practice in line with human rights...

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
3 weeks

Intellectual Humility: Practice

All too often people talk past each other. But do you know when to believe what others say?  

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
4 weeks

Intellectual Humility: Science

It’s clear that the world needs more intellectual humility. But how do we develop this virtue? 

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
4 weeks

Intellectual Humility: Theory

Political, religious and moral disagreements can be incredibly polarizing, sometimes even dangerous. The world needs more intellectual humility:...

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
3 weeks

Introduction to Marketing

An introduction to the role of marketing in a competitive marketplace. 

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
6 weeks

Introduction to Philosophy

Learn about fundamental research in contemporary philosophy.

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
5 weeks

Introduction to Social Research Methods

Explore research methods, the contexts in which they are used, and the benefits, drawbacks and ethical implications involved. 

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
8 weeks

Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Examined Life

Discover what self-knowledge is, why it might be valuable, and what, if any, limitations it might face. 

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
4 weeks

Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Unconscious

Examine some of the most influential ideas about the unconscious, starting with the work of Sigmund Freud. 

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
4 weeks

Learning for a Sustainable Future

Join a personal and professional global learning journey towards a sustainable future. What on Earth could be more important? 

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
5 weeks

Learning for a Sustainable Future: Live at COP29

Explore global issues during COP29 and be part of the call for collective action. What on Earth could be more important?

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
2 weeks

Making Blended Education Work

Explore challenges and advance blended learning practices in higher education.

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
5 weeks

Nitrogen: A Global Challenge

Learn about nitrogen's vital role in human development, and how its misuse in this global storm puts food, water, climate, and energy security at...

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
5 weeks

Nitrogen Management Essentials

The nitrogen challenge is one of the biggest environmental challenges of the 21st century. If we meet this challenge it can help us to tackle the...

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
£77.00
Duration
8 weeks

Nitrogen Pollution: Threats to Tropical Coral Coasts

Explore how nitrogen interacts with the marine environment and the associated threats of nitrogen pollution caused by human activity, using...

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
5 weeks

Nitrogen-related Field Measurements

Learn field measurements ranging from greenhouse gas flux to ammonia flux to plant and soil nitrogen measurements. 

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
4 weeks

Observing Earth From Space

Find out how the Earth is observed by thousands of satellites, how they do it, and what this means for the future. 

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
4 weeks

Philosophy and the Sciences: Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive Sciences

The second part of the course 'Philosophy and the Sciences', dedicated to Philosophy of the Cognitive Sciences.   

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
4 weeks

Philosophy and the Sciences: Introduction to the Philosophy of Physical Sciences

The first part of the course 'Philosophy and the Sciences', dedicated to Philosophy of the Physical Sciences. 

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
4 weeks

Philosophy, Science and Religion: Philosophy and Religion

The second of three related courses in our Philosophy, Science and Religion Online series, this course looks at philosophy and religion. 

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
6 weeks

Philosophy, Science and Religion: Religion and Science

The third course of three related courses in our Philosophy, Science and Religion Online series, this course looks at religion and...

Start Date
Anytime
Delivery Mode

Online (Self-paced independent learning)

Cost
Free
Duration
6 weeks
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