Free Online Courses
We run free online courses in partnership with FutureLearn. These are sometimes referred to as 'MOOCs', or massive open online courses. You can register online to join any of the courses listed below - you just need access to a computer, tablet or mobile phone to learn with us.
Our courses re-run at regular intervals, and we are developing new courses, so if you don't find what you want, please keep an eye on this page.
Dyslexia and Foreign Language Teaching
Gain practical tools and theoretical insights to help dyslexic students learn second languages, with this free online course.
Start date 18 April 2016 - 4 weeks
Influenza: How the Flu Spreads and Evolves
Learn about the history of influenza, and the annual cycle that brings seasonal flu to our shores every winter. Also covered, is how avian and pig flus can contribute to the emergence of new pandemic strains of flu, modern laboratory diagnostics and vaccination.
Starts 13 June 2016 - 2 weeks
Learn MoreSoils: Introducing the World Beneath Our Feet
Learn about soils, the variety of life they contain and how humans impact this fragile system, with this free online course.
Start date 4 July 2016 – 4 weeks
Learn MoreGlobal Food Security: Addressing the Challenge
How will we feed an extra two billion people by the middle of this century?
Starts 29 August 2016 – 8 weeks
Learn MoreWordsworth: Poetry, people and place
We will explore the great poetry of William Wordsworth with particular emphasis on his writing process and the importance for him of the inspirational landscape of the Lake District.
Starts 5 September 2016 - 4 weeks
Learn MoreCorpus Linguistics: Method, Analysis, Interpretation
Offers practical introduction to the methodology of corpus linguistics for researchers in social sciences and humanities.
Start date 26 Sept 2016 - 8 weeks
Learn MorePalliative Care
Learn what palliative care is and how it can be integrated into general medical care.
Start date 17 Oct 2016 - 3 weeks
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