Expand your learning for professional development by joining one of our massive online open courses (MOOC), or gain a microcredential in a specialised area.
Short courses and MOOCs
Short courses and MOOCs (massive open online courses) are easily accessible, bite-sized chunks of completely online learning, usually with no entry requirements and often free.
Microcredentials
Microcredentials deepen your understanding of a subject, with the opportunity to earn a professional or academic credential. They certify achievement in a specific area of study or professional development in a form that is shareable with peers, employers and educational providers.
Business, management and marketing courses
Project management: managing front-end planning
In this microcredential you can build the project planning and management skills to start a career in project management within your chosen professional field.
Health and community courses
Clinical supervision for health professionals
Learn the skills you need to become an effective clinical supervior and inspire the health professionals of tomorrow.
There is a fee for enrolling in this short course.
Science, maths and technology courses
Project management: managing front-end planning
Through this professionally-focused microcredential, you’ll learn how to plan and manage large scale projects and start your journey as a project manager within your professional field, and to respond to your industry’s challenges.
Teaching and studying courses
Inclusive education: Essential knowledge for success
Discover what inclusive education really is, explore its benefits, and learn essential concepts to make inclusion work for all children and young people in this short course (MOOC).
Want more? Find out about the paid extended module.
Trauma-aware education: Teaching students who have suffered complex trauma
In this professionally focussed microcredential, you will produce an action plan to use trauma-informed practices to support your students, colleagues, school or workplace.
Creating apps in the classroom
Find our how to create your own educational apps to support learning activities in your classroom in this short course (MOOC).
Want more? Find out about the paid extended module.
Teaching students who have suffered complex trauma
This short course (MOOC) complements our microcredential in this important area. You will find out what complex trauma is, how it affects children and adolescents, and what can be done to help.
Want more? Find out about the paid extended module.
Child protection for teachers
This short course (MOOC) will empower you to protect your students by identifying and reporting signs of child abuse and neglect.
Teaching phonics in early childhood
Learn evidence-based skills for teaching phonics to young children in this short course (MOOC).
Want more? Find out about the paid extended module.
Bullying in schools: how should teachers respond?
Learn practical strategies you can use to support children and minimise bullying in your school and classroom in this short course (MOOC).
Want more? Find out about the paid extended module.
Teaching entrepreneurial thinking
Get an introduction to what entrepreneurial thinking is, and how and why we should teach it in this short course (MOOC).
Want more? Find out about the paid extended module.
Our partnership with FutureLearn
We're pleased to offer our suite of free open online courses through FutureLearn - a high quality global platform of courses offered by 149 partners.
You'll learn alongside students from around the world on a platform that lets you discuss course content, make fresh discoveries and develop new ideas.
By partnering with FutureLearn, we can provide lifelong learning opportunities to everyone, anywhere in the world.