Research Skills Courses

Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills

220 ratings

Practice the four stages of negotiation: plan with a negotiation analysis, apply power and psychological tactics, close a binding contract, and handle disputes via mediation and arbitration.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

• Best of All Time

Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong

365 ratings

How can you tell if the bold headlines seen on social media are truly touting the next big thing or if the article isn't worth the paper it's printed on?

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

• Best of All Time

Fundamentals of Qualitative Research Methods

228 ratings

Learn the fundamentals of Qualitative Research Methods, developing a qualitative research question and get data using interviews, focus groups and analyse the data in this course by Yale University

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Agile Innovation and Problem Solving Skills

277 ratings

Learn how to deliver greater value through Agile solution targeting and theory of constraints that unleash your team's innovative potential.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics

897 ratings

If you’ve ever skipped over`the results section of a medical paper because terms like “confidence interval” or “p-value” go over your head, then you’re in the right place.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

• Best of All Time

Research Ethics and Plagiarism

125 ratings

Learn to recognize plagiarism, use detection software, and follow ethical and regulatory standards for academic research and publication.

• Swayam
• 8 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

Success: Practical Thinking Skills

64 ratings

This award-winning course aims to sharpen your competitive edge in work and life. It empowers you with positive values and practical problem-solving skills, including creative strategies for addressin

• edX
• 4 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

• Best of All Time

University of Cape Town;  Oxfam

Research for Impact

214 ratings at Coursera

Learn to design research that changes policy and practice: apply theory of change, stakeholder engagement, strategic communication, capacity development and influencing to your own research projects.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The National Centre for Research Methods

Research Skills, Communication and Dissemination

4 ratings

A research lecture series on disability-inclusive inquiry, big data, sensing ethics, sociology, and fieldwork in conflict zones.

• YouTube
• 7 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fundamental Skills in Engineering Design

44 ratings

Learn the engineering design process: explore the product life cycle, gather requirements, apply the soft skills designers need, and practise conceptual design through a case study.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

PMP Exam Prep: Managing People with Power Skills

43 ratings

Prepare for the PMP exam's people domain: identify stakeholders, manage expectations, and apply negotiation, active listening, emotional intelligence, and servant leadership to build productive project teams.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

RegisteredNurseRN

Head-to-Toe Assessment Nursing - Nursing Physical Health Assessment Exam Skills

42 ratings

A nursing head-to-toe assessment walkthrough covering vital signs, cranial nerves, and systematic examinations from the head and neck through the extremities.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Reproducible Research

27 ratings

Publish analyses others can rerun: structure a data analysis, write literate documents with knitr and Markdown, and apply a reproducibility checklist to your work.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Improving Communication Skills

25 ratings

Learn to detect deception, build trust, craft persuasive messages, use active listening, and pick the right medium — face-to-face, video, phone, or email — at work.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

• Best of All Time

Using Python for Research

12 ratings

Take your introductory knowledge of Python programming to the next level and learn how to use Python 3 for your research.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)