The Open University Courses

Birth of a drug

6 ratings

The search for new medicinal products is one of the major driving forces behind the development and application of new synthetic methods. This free course, Birth of a drug, focuses on a specific ...

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

Critical criminology and the social sciences

6 ratings

This free course, Critical criminology and the social sciences, will provide you with an insight into some of the main disciplines within the social sciences, focusing in particular on critical ...

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

Career Certificate

Sustainable Business Strategy for Future Leaders

12 ratings at Coursera

Develop sustainable business strategies: analyse real world sustainability challenges systemically, apply critical thinking to solutions, and prototype and validate business models into an action plan.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 4 courses

Critical thinking for sustainable business solutions

Generate, converge on and refine sustainable business concepts using SCAMPER, divergent and convergent thinking modes, and critical reflection that checks for bias and unintended consequences.

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

From prototyping to validating business models

Prototype and validate a sustainable business model: appraise your value proposition across people, planet, profit and progress, run quick validation cycles, and pitch to angel investors.

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

Thinking about sustainable business systemically

Apply systems thinking to circular economy challenges: frame a problem space, build and refine a stakeholder systems map, and pinpoint leverage points for business intervention.

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

Understanding the need for a sustainable business

Explore what makes a business sustainable: tackle wicked problems, weigh the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and apply design and innovation approaches to engage divergent stakeholders.

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

Discovering chemistry

5 ratings

Chemistry lies at the centre of our modern life, playing a part in areas as diverse as the development of new drugs and materials, analysing our environment through to more mundane activities such ...

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

Fundamentals of accounting

5 ratings

Learn about the essential numerical and double-entry skills required for accounting. This free course, Fundamentals of accounting, will explain the fundamental purpose and role of accounting as ...

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

Understanding operations management

5 ratings

Operations management is one of the central functions of all organisations. This free course, Understanding operations management, will provide you with a basic framework for understanding this ...

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

Digital forensics

5 ratings

Digital evidence features in just about every part of our personal and business lives. Legal and business decisions hinge on having timely data about what people have actually done. This free ...

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

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

5 ratings

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

An introduction to electronics

5 ratings

Electronics is fundamental to modern life. Using an interactive website, videos, and easy-to-use electronic circuit design and simulation software, this free course, An introduction to electronics,...

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

Exploring issues in women's health

5 ratings

This free course, Exploring issues in women's health, will introduce social model approaches to health and wellbeing, which take as their starting point not the scientific context of the body, but ...

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

Language and creativity

21 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course is an introduction to the relationship between language and creativity, to the roles that linguistic creativity plays in culture and society, and to the different approaches to its...

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