Across the globe, public servants need to be more forward-thinking and tech-savvy than ever. Complete with contemporary topics and the latest thinking from around the world, our 8-week, 100% online short courses – or Postgraduate Microcredentials – will help you to progress in this dynamic and evolving field. Covering topics such as leadership, governance and performance management, each postgraduate microcredential is designed to help hone your skills in a particular area of public services. Not only are they a quicker way to boost your CV, but they also teach you the skills you need to support your career objectives and continuing professional development (CPD) – without the commitment of long-term study. At the end of your 8-week course, you will receive an official University of Birmingham Postgraduate Microcredential certificate worth 10 credits, and a transcript highlighting your new credential to both current and prospective employers.

Evolve your organisational strategy for a rapidly changing world.

Discover how sustainable real estate can connect communities, create industry opportunities, and deliver meaningful business value.

Learn how to craft accurate, engaging, and impactful pieces of writing for the business context. Professional Communication: Business Writing and Storytelling is an online short course from The Economist designed to help business professionals attract and address broad audiences across various written formats. Based on the newspaper’s editorial practice, this six-week course offers a self-reflective journey through the craft and purpose of writing and storytelling, equipping you with the confidence to communicate with partners and employees. An accessible “tools not rules” approach to grammar unlocks practical skills for constructing cohesive sentences and paragraphs and shows how elements such as word choice, punctuation, and structure can maximize impact and clarity. You’ll also explore ways to source information accurately, learn to strengthen arguments with data visualisations and uncover methods for constructive and collaborative editing.

Become a qualified project manager. The course provides an opportunity to interact with and learn from very successful, highly qualified, and experienced professionals. It also allows you to enter one of the fastest-growing professions. The benefits include Tracking your career as a project manager and learning the inside secrets of how to become a project management pro in months not years! Study a project management course that was designed in conjunction with senior members of the profession, Free up valuable time, don’t waste time and money traveling to classes, Study at your own pace whenever and wherever you are, Have access to a tutor, Easy interest-free payment plans from as low as £25 per week.

Whether you are keen to further develop your understanding of the current models you are using in a pre-clinical setting or are looking to move towards discovery, translational or data science, this programme will equip you with the knowledge and skills to make a difference in the oncology field.

Prepare for academic success in the UK with this short course, designed to build confidence in academic skills, cultural understanding, and effective communication. This course will introduce you to some of the language skills, cultural and practical aspects of life and study in the UK.

The University of Oxford Language Centre is pleased to offer an Online Pre-sessional English course. This six-week intensive programme provides students with the necessary academic writing and speaking skills to prepare them for studying in English at Oxford. The course is suitable for both postgraduates and undergraduates. International academics, and students preparing to study at universities other than Oxford, are also welcome to apply.

Are you interested in running your own SIPP and ISA’s? We will be looking at Global Macro and its effect on all asset classes. What is pertinent to medium/long term investors now? How do we express these themes into a portfolio? We will be looking at individual shares, Exchange Traded Funds (ETF’s) and Investment Trusts.

The Specialist Support for Teaching & Learning in Schools (QCF) – Level 3 Course is available to learners 16+ who are working within a school, particularly in the role of a Teaching Assistant, Classroom Assistant or Learning Support Assistant.

Sociology is the study of people in society. It examines people as social beings on the individual, group and societal level. It can be defined as: ‘the scientific study of human social life, groups and societies.’ Sociology is thus a social science (like psychology or anthropology), rather than a physical one (such as physics, chemistry or biology).

Stochastic Interest Rates covers practical topics such as calibration, numerical implementation and model limitations in detail. The authors provide numerous exercises and carefully chosen examples to help students acquire the necessary skills to deal with interest rate modelling in a real-world setting.

To be able to successfully fulfill their role as seasoned managers, one of the key skills all managers should have is Reviewing Organisational Strategy Plans and Performance. The Reviewing Organisational Strategy Plans and Performance course is about reviewing current strategic goals and objectives, analysing the progress towards their fulfillment and evaluating the advantages or disadvantages of the alternatives.

Level 6 Creative Coding is a new online short course for anyone interested in developing creative technology, either as a way of getting a job in this area or as an introduction to a full MA or MSc course. The course has been co-designed with digital creative employers for learners who have either completed an undergraduate degree or who can show through career experience that they are ready to start the course.

We've teamed up with Russell Napier, a renowned financial expert to provide his unique and leading financial markets course as an online programme available to anyone, anytime, wherever you live. Engaging and informative, and yet both practical and useful, this course in Advanced Valuation in Financial Markets will equip participants with a deep foundational knowledge, lead to a keen understanding of the workings of financial markets, and help guide their decisions and activities.