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Short Courses
Social Sciences (56)
- Short Course Advancing Social Psychology
- Short Course Approaches to Mental Health
- Short Course Athletic Development - A Psychological Perspective
- Short Course Changing Geographies of the United Kingdom
- Short Course Children and Young People's Worlds
- Short Course Communication and Information Technologies
- Short Course Communication skills for business and management
- Short Course Contemporary Issues in Organisations
- Short Course Crime and Global Justice
- Short Course Crime, harm and the state
- Short Course Critically exploring psychology 1
- Short Course Cultures
- Short Course Doing Economics - People, Markets and Policy
- Short Course Economics in Practice
- Short Course Evaluating psychology - research and practice
- Short Course Exploring Childhood and Youth
- Short Course Exploring legal boundaries
- Short Course Exploring mental health and counselling
- Short Course Global development in practice
- Short Course Greek and Roman myth - stories and histories
- Short Course Introducing the Social Sciences
- Short Course Introduction To Mental Health Science
- Short Course Introduction to criminology
- Short Course Investigating Forensic Psychology
- Short Course Investigating Psychology 1
- Short Course Issues In Research With Children And Young People
- Short Course Key Challenges In Global Development
- Short Course Law, Society And Culture
- Short Course Leadership And Management Of Public Services
- Short Course Leading, Managing, Caring
- Short Course Making Social Worlds
- Short Course Mental Health And Community
- Short Course Modern Political Ideas
- Short Course Perspectives In Health And Social Care
- Short Course Principles Of Social And Psychological Inquiry
- Short Course Psychology Of Childhood And Youth
- Short Course Researching Everyday Geographies
- Short Course Researching Global Development
- Short Course Rundblick - beginners' German
- Short Course Spanish Studies (Intermediate)
- Short Course Sport and Exercise Psychology in Action
- Short Course The Role Of The Human Resource Professional
- Short Course Workplace Learning with Coaching and Mentoring
- Short Course You and Your Money
- Short Course Young Children's Play and Creativity
- Short Course Young Lives, Parenting and Families
Business & Management (46)
- Short Course Advanced networking (CCNP Enterprise)
- Short Course An Introduction to Business and Management
- Short Course Business and Employment Law
- Short Course Cisco networking (CCNA) part 2
- Short Course Communication skills for business and management
- Short Course Contemporary Issues in Organisations
- Short Course Creating and sustaining value
- Short Course Data Management
- Short Course Data management and analysis
- Short Course Developing leadership
- Short Course Discovering Mathematics
- Short Course Doing Economics - People, Markets and Policy
- Short Course Economics in Practice
- Short Course Employment relations and employee engagement
- Short Course Entrepreneurship in Context
- Short Course Environmental Management 2
- Short Course Exploring innovation and entrepreneurship
- Short Course Finance for strategic decision-making
- Short Course Financial analysis and decision making
- Short Course Financial markets and the financing of organisations
- Short Course Global development in practice
- Short Course Human Resource Management in Context
- Short Course Innovation - Designing for Change
- Short Course Introducing Statistics
- Short Course Investigating The Social World
- Short Course Leadership And Management Of Public Services
- Short Course Leadership In A Changing World
- Short Course Leading, Managing, Caring
- Short Course Making Strategy With Systems Thinking In Practice
- Short Course Management Accounting And International Finance
- Short Course Managing Change With Systems Thinking In Practice
- Short Course Managing in a Changing World
- Short Course Marketing in Action
- Short Course Project Management
- Short Course Shaping Business Opportunities
- Short Course Strategic Capabilities for Technological Innovation
- Short Course Strategic Management
- Short Course Supply Chain Management
- Short Course Sustainable Creative Management
- Short Course Technology And Innovation Management
- Short Course The Role Of The Human Resource Professional
- Short Course Understanding Customers
- Short Course Understanding digital societies
- Short Course You and Your Money
Humanities (29)
- Short Course Advanced Creative Writing
- Short Course Art and Its Global Histories
- Short Course Bon Départ - Beginners' French
- Short Course Creative Writing
- Short Course Discovering the Arts and Humanities
- Short Course Empire: 1492-1975
- Short Course English for Academic Purposes Online
- Short Course English in the World
- Short Course English literature from Shakespeare to Austen
- Short Course Exploring the Classical World
- Short Course French Studies 1 (intermediate)
- Short Course German studies 1 (intermediate)
- Short Course Greek and Roman myth - stories and histories
- Short Course Introducing English language studies
- Short Course Introducing the Social Sciences
- Short Course Key Questions in Philosophy
- Short Course Literature In Transition - From 1800 To The Present
- Short Course Portales - Beginners' Spanish
- Short Course Reading And Studying Literature
- Short Course Revolutions
- Short Course Rundblick - beginners' German
- Short Course Spanish Studies (Intermediate)
- Short Course Telling Stories - The Novel And Beyond
Natural Sciences & Mathematics (24)
- Short Course Applied Statistical Modelling
- Short Course Approaches to Mental Health
- Short Course Astronomy
- Short Course Contemporary Topics in Science
- Short Course Discovering Mathematics
- Short Course Earth Processes
- Short Course Earth Science
- Short Course Evaluating Contemporary Science
- Short Course Finance for strategic decision-making
- Short Course Financial analysis and decision making
- Short Course International, Environmental And Space Law
- Short Course Introducing Statistics
- Short Course Introduction To Mental Health Science
- Short Course Investigating Human Health And Disease
- Short Course Investigative Approaches In Biology And Chemistry
- Short Course Mathematical Thinking In Schools
- Short Course Nanoscale Engineering
- Short Course Principles Of Social And Psychological Inquiry
- Short Course Questions In Science
- Short Course Remote Experiments In Physics And Space
- Short Course Science And Health - An Evidence-based Approach
- Short Course Signals And Perception - The Science Of The Senses
- Short Course Space Science
Education & Training (21)
- Short Course Art and Its Global Histories
- Short Course Children and Young People's Worlds
- Short Course Continuing Professional Development in Practice
- Short Course Developing subject knowledge for the primary years
- Short Course English for Academic Purposes Online
- Short Course English in the World
- Short Course English literature from Shakespeare to Austen
- Short Course Exploring Childhood and Youth
- Short Course Investigating Psychology 1
- Short Course Investigative Approaches In Biology And Chemistry
- Short Course Issues In Research With Children And Young People
- Short Course Mathematical Thinking In Schools
- Short Course Principles Of Social And Psychological Inquiry
- Short Course Psychology Of Childhood And Youth
- Short Course Researching Everyday Geographies
- Short Course Sport and Exercise Psychology in Action
- Short Course Workplace Learning with Coaching and Mentoring
Engineering & Technology (21)
- Short Course Core Engineering A
- Short Course Electronics - Sensing, Logic and Actuation
- Short Course Engineering - Frameworks, Analysis, Production
- Short Course Engineering - Origins, Methods, Context
- Short Course Engineering - frameworks, analysis, production
- Short Course Environment and Society
- Short Course Environmental Policy in an International Context
- Short Course Making Strategy With Systems Thinking In Practice
- Short Course Manufacture Materials Design
- Short Course Nanoscale Engineering
- Short Course Renewable Energy
- Short Course Software Development
- Short Course Strategic Capabilities for Technological Innovation
- Short Course Systems Security
- Short Course Team Engineering
- Short Course Technology And Innovation Management
- Short Course Technology in Practice
- Short Course Web Technologies
- Short Course Web, Mobile and Cloud Technologies
Law (21)
- Short Course Business and Employment Law
- Short Course Civil Justice and Tort Law
- Short Course Contract Law
- Short Course Contract Law and Tort Law
- Short Course Crime and Global Justice
- Short Course Crime, harm and the state
- Short Course Criminal Law and the Courts
- Short Course European Union Law
- Short Course Evidence Law
- Short Course Exploring legal boundaries
- Short Course Exploring legal meaning
- Short Course Exploring the boundaries of international law
- Short Course Family Law
- Short Course International, Environmental And Space Law
- Short Course Introduction to criminology
- Short Course Investigating Forensic Psychology
- Short Course Law, Society And Culture
- Short Course Public Law
- Short Course Public Law And Criminal Law
- Short Course Social Research - Crime, Justice And Society
Medicine & Health (20)
- Short Course Approaches to Mental Health
- Short Course Brain, Mind and Mental Health
- Short Course Contemporary Topics in Science
- Short Course Critical issues in health and wellbeing
- Short Course Critically exploring psychology 1
- Short Course Evaluating Contemporary Science
- Short Course Evaluating psychology - research and practice
- Short Course Exploring mental health and counselling
- Short Course Introducing Health And Social Care
- Short Course Introduction To Mental Health Science
- Short Course Investigating Health and Social Care
- Short Course Investigating Human Health And Disease
- Short Course Investigating Psychology 1
- Short Course Mental Health And Community
- Short Course Perspectives In Health And Social Care
- Short Course Public Health - Health Promotion And Health Security
- Short Course Science And Health - An Evidence-based Approach
- Short Course Young Children's Play and Creativity
Environmental Studies & Earth Sciences (17)
- Short Course Earth Processes
- Short Course Earth Science
- Short Course Environment - Journeys through a Changing World
- Short Course Environment - Responding to Change
- Short Course Environment and Society
- Short Course Environmental Management 2
- Short Course Environmental Policy in an International Context
- Short Course Environmental Science
- Short Course Environmental Science Challenges
- Short Course International, Environmental And Space Law
- Short Course Making Environmental Decisions
- Short Course Renewable Energy
- Short Course Sustainable Creative Management
- Short Course Terrestrial Ecosystems
- Short Course Understanding global development
Computer Science & IT (14)
- Short Course Changing Geographies of the United Kingdom
- Short Course Cisco networking (CCNA) part 1
- Short Course Communication and Information Technologies
- Short Course Data Management
- Short Course Data management and analysis
- Short Course English for Academic Purposes Online
- Short Course Information Security
- Short Course Network Security
- Short Course Software Development
- Short Course Systems Security
- Short Course Web Technologies
- Short Course Web, Mobile and Cloud Technologies
Applied Sciences & Professions (10)
- Short Course Family Law
- Short Course Introducing Health And Social Care
- Short Course Investigating Forensic Psychology
- Short Course Investigating Health and Social Care
- Short Course Investigating The Social World
- Short Course Making Social Worlds
- Short Course Social Research - Crime, Justice And Society
- Short Course Understanding Customers
- Short Course Young Lives, Parenting and Families
Hospitality, Leisure & Sports (6)
- Short Course Applying Sport and Exercise Sciences to Coaching
- Short Course Athletic Development - A Psychological Perspective
- Short Course Exploring contemporary issues in sport and exercise
- Short Course Introduction to Sport and Fitness
- Short Course Sport and Exercise Psychology in Action
- Short Course Workplace with People in Sport and Fitness
Arts, Design & Architecture (5)
- Short Course Art and Its Global Histories
- Short Course Innovation - Designing for Change
- Short Course Manufacture Materials Design
- Short Course Music, Sound And Technology
- Short Course Team Engineering
Journalism & Media (1)
- Short Course Understanding Customers
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