United Kingdom Courses & Certifications

Accessibility of eLearning

30 ratings at OpenLearn

It is part of a teaching professional's skills to understand the needs of a diverse population of students. This free course, Accessibility of eLearning, introduces the challenges for disabled ...

• OpenLearn
• 15 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

20 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Making sense of learning to teach, is the first of four courses which comprise the course Learning to teach. It draws on what we know about how people learn to become teachers. It...

• OpenLearn
• 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Retail marketing

38 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Retail marketing, explores how retailers use marketing to communicate with their customers, considering definitions of retailing and consumers, the basics of communications, ...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Exercise and mental health

133 ratings at OpenLearn

Each year thousands of pounds are spent on medications to treat conditions such as anxiety and depression. These medications often have negative side effects. Exercise is an alternative treatment ...

• OpenLearn
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Engineering: environmental fluids

3 ratings at OpenLearn

Explore atmospheric properties, wind patterns, ocean dynamics, and their impact on engineering fields like construction, aerospace, and marine design. Gain insights into weather systems and tidal phenomena.

• OpenLearn
• 7 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

21 ratings at OpenLearn

Learn about Mandarin Chinese as a tool for communication and gain insights into Chinese society and culture. This free course, Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course, provides a brief introduction to ...

• OpenLearn
• 4 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Ethics in science?

12 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Ethics in science? discusses how scientists have a moral and ethical responsibility to consider whether they should carry out an experiment. In this short course you will learn of...

• OpenLearn
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Particle physics

42 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Particle physics, will give you an overview of current concepts and theories in the field. You will learn about the fundamental components of matter – known as leptons and quarks ...

• OpenLearn
• 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

What do genes do?

15 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, What do genes do?,  explores how information contained in DNA is used, explaining the flow of information from DNA to RNA to protein. Also introduced are the concepts of ...

• OpenLearn
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

63 ratings at OpenLearn

Health, safety and risk assessment are of paramount importance both in the laboratory and the field. This free course, Health and safety in the laboratory and field, will help make you more aware ...

• OpenLearn
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

6 ratings at OpenLearn

You might think that knowing about country facts or differences between cultures is the key to being interculturally competent – but that is in fact only a small piece of the puzzle! Intercultural ...

• OpenLearn
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Credential

Mathematics for Machine Learning

15056 ratings at Coursera

Gain essential mathematical foundations for machine learning, covering linear algebra, multivariate calculus, and dimensionality reduction with PCA. Build intuitive understanding and practical skills for advanced ML and data science.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

The Science and Politics of the GMO

2 ratings

Learn the basics of genetic engineering and biotechnology and examine why the GMO is politically contentious. Participants will gain an understanding of how science works, its limits, and how the interaction of these factors leads to decision making.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-4 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Wiretaps to Big Data: Privacy and Surveillance in the Age of Interconnection

2 ratings

Explore the privacy issues of an interconnected world.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 3-4 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Networks, Crowds and Markets

2 ratings

Explore the critical questions posed by how the social, economic, and technological realms of the modern world interconnect.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 4-5 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course