Social Sciences Courses and Certifications

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

3 ratings at OpenLearn

How should we, as a society, best respond to and prevent gang and knife crime and violent extremism? 

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

Reading visual images

3 ratings at OpenLearn

What does a picture or an image tell you? This free course, Reading visual images, is an introduction to analysing and interpreting photographs as social data. Who controls what the image is ...

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

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

3 ratings at OpenLearn

China has emerged as a global economic superpower over the past few decades. This has sparked intense academic and popular debate about the long-term implications of its continued growth. The ...

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

Engaging with children and young people

3 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Engaging with children and young people, explores how police engage with children and young people and how this can be approached differently.

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

Understanding PCSO powers

2 ratings at OpenLearn

Explore PCSO powers in England and Wales, including search and seizure, traffic-related matters, and alcohol offences. Learn to identify relevant legislation and apply authority in community policing.

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

Crime fiction in French: le polar français

2 ratings at OpenLearn

Découvrez l'histoire, le développement et le statut actuel du polar français. Analysez des extraits, explorez le langage et la traduction de ce genre populaire en France.

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

Teaching the First World War

2 ratings at OpenLearn

Explore diverse aspects of WWI through visual, textual, and oral sources. Develop skills in document analysis, research, and critical evaluation while examining origins, propaganda, global experiences, and commemoration.

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

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

2 ratings at OpenLearn

Explore the global anti-nuclear movement's history, strategies, and impact from 1945 to present, including international cooperation and government responses.

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

Working with diversity in services for children and young people

2 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Working with diversity in services for children and young people, will provide you with an understanding of the ways in which diverse and intersecting social identities structure ...

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

The ethics of cultural heritage

2 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, The ethics of cultural heritage, provides the basic theory behind the protection of cultural property in war zones and is presented in three parts: the protection of cultural ...

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

The economics of flood insurance

2 ratings at OpenLearn

This course shows how some of the theories and tools of economics can be applied to understanding and tackling the problem of flood risk in the UK. With the incidence of flooding rising due to ...

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

A global dimension to science education in schools

1 rating at OpenLearn

Is your science teaching very western-oriented? This free course, A global dimension to science education in schools, is aimed at those teachers who would like to give a more global feeling to ...

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

Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta

A' toirt seachad sgilean is fiosrachadh airson eadar-theachd a dhèanamh ann an saoghal ag atharrachadh, a' sgrùdadh dòighean air buaidh a thoirt air poilitigs is coimhearsnachd.

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

Monetary Policy - Evolution and Tools of Central Banking

Explore central banking history, monetary policy tools, and regulatory approaches. Learn about the Federal Reserve, interest rates, reserve requirements, and strategies for financial system stability.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Risk and Financial Crises - Probability Theory in Financial Markets

Explore probability theory in financial crises context, covering expected value, variance, covariance, and regression analysis. Learn about risk decomposition and the limitations of normal distribution assumptions in finance.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video