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Introduction to Politics

8 Weeks
Beginner
900
Certificate

Demystifying Mindfulness

The Demystifying Mindfulness training is an eight weeks online course that takes 10 hours per week. This syllabus was developed and offered through Leiden University and delivered through the FutureLearn platform. Chris Goto-Jones is the professor for this online course.

Try mindfulness for yourself and see if it works. Meditation, mindfulness, and contemplation have grown in popularity in recent years. These practices are becoming more widely accepted as based on scientific and mentally and emotionally valid therapies. 

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8 Weeks
Certificate

Statistical Shape Modelling: Computing the Human Anatomy

This Statistical Shape Modelling: Computing the Human Anatomy training is an eight weeks online course. The professors for this online course are Marcel Luthi and Ghazi Bouabene. This course syllabus was created by the University of Basel and is available through the FutureLearn Platform.

One of the most advanced techniques in computer vision and medical image processing is statistical shape models. The computer learns the distinctive shape variations of an object or organ using this technology. This model can then be used in implant design, image analysis, surgery planning, and a variety of other applications.

In this free online course, you will gain insights from mathematics, statistics, and machine learning to address practical issues, in addition to a theoretical and practical introduction to the open-source software Scalismo.

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8 Weeks
Certificate

Decision Making in a Complex and Uncertain World

Decision Making in a Complex and Uncertain World certification is arranged by the University of Groningen which is a famous research university, and FutureLearn. With the help of this online 7 weeks course, this course on decision making can leave a complex and uncertain influence on the decisions made by the candidates 

Decision Making in a Complex and Uncertain World certification syllabus will provide the candidates with a wide scientific background that is necessary for them to develop themselves as key decision-makers of the future. Also, the learners shall be learning the free Netlogo software that can interact well with the models agent-based.

Decision Making in a Complex and Uncertain World training will be addressing the core concepts of uncertainty in this wide world. The guest lecturers will learn to explore the related sub-fields. The course will be ending on the note that the candidates can learn from case studies related to financial stability.

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7 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Decision making skills
Certificate

Preparing for University

As a part of the ‘Study UK Campaign’, the Preparing for University course by FutureLearn is designed by the University of East Anglia, a renowned University on the global ground for its cultural, social, and academic facilitation. 

Students will learn with Dr. Harriet Jones. She is a Senior lecturer and fellow at the University of East Anglia and the Higher Education Academy respectively. She is also the Director and National Teaching Fellow of the PreUniversity Skills Programme. 

With a rating of 4.6, the course is assigned seven weeks of study with a weekly study time of 3 hours. The course is ready for immediate joining, and students may join as and when they like.

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7 Weeks
6,500
Skills Covered:
Research skills
Certificate

Gender Representation in the Media

This course by Future Learn will set in motion the idea of observing the key gender issues in society. You will gradually study the involvement of women or female representation in sectors such as news, sports, films, shows, etc., and also discover that still the involvements are far more suppressed. 

The topics that will be covered in this course are first, key concepts and definitions about various topics, to bring the things to your pace and media monitoring in terms of facts and fiction. With advancement, you will learn and explore politics, violence, sports, sexualization & body image, feminist media, where women play a critical part in everyday life.

The course is focused to unearth the relationship between the media & gender, in parallel shadows of inequalities such as race, age, sexuality, and disability. Anyone who wants to pursue Media Science or anyone with interests in gender inequality, female media representation, media studies, feminist activism, and feminist analysis. You may start the course right now, and after completion, you will have a clear knowledge of analysing, supervising, monitoring & investigating the media sector through a gendered lens and equality mindset. The course is developed by the University of Strathclyde.

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7 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of gender studies
Through Engineers Eyes Engineering Mechanics by Experiment Analysis and Design

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Through Engineers' Eyes: Engineering Mechanics by Experiment, Analysis and Design

The Through Engineers' Eyes: Engineering Mechanics by Experiment, Analysis, and Design Certification Course is a self-guided online course that discusses the techniques and concepts of engineering mechanics. The course will be provided on the Future Learn platform by the faculty of UNSW, a leading Australian university. It is a free online course that deals with the science-based analysis of engineering design.

Through Engineers' Eyes: Engineering Mechanics by Experiment, Analysis and Design Training mode includes adaptive tutorials, analyze videos, experiments, paper and pencil tutorials, and design activities. The course aims at providing learners with a personalised learning experience. After successful completion of all evaluations, learners will receive the Through Engineers' Eyes: Engineering Mechanics by Experiment, Analysis and Design Certification by FutureLearn and UNSW.

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7 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of engineering
Certificate

Learn Jazz Piano: IV. Final Topics & Two Programmed Concerts

The Learn Jazz Piano: IV. Final Topics & Two Programmed Concerts certification is the final course among the Jazz Piano series which is served by both FutureLearn, and Goldsmiths, University of London. To date whatever the candidates have learned about jazz piano, they will combine all the studies in this course, and improve on their jazz piano repertoire.

Learn Jazz Piano: IV. Final Topics & Two Programmed Concerts certification syllabus will give an introduction to the four advanced concepts of blues sequences that are required for playing ballads. Some other topics incorporated are Music concepts like Latin jazz, Brazilian influences, Afro-Cuban influences, and more. Candidates will be discovering ways to apply new techniques to their improvisation skills.

This Learn Jazz Piano: IV. Final Topics & Two Programmed Concerts training will create an influence of both personal, and technical influences that will help improvise and develop their very own musical style. This online course is weekly held for nearly 5 hours so that candidates can turn out to be professionals in jazz piano.

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Art And Music Certification Courses
World Music: Balinese Rhythms

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7 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Music
Certificate

Health Systems Strengthening

“Health Systems Strengthening” certification aka HSS is nothing but a short course that is designed jointly by The University of Melbourne, UNICEF, Nossal Institute, and FutureLearn. This course is made available for especially candidates who are healthcare workers through the online mode, and students who want to have an understanding of how health systems can be given more strength. 

The “Health Systems Strengthening” certification syllabus is summed up for 8 weeks in a row that includes criticising the main health system frameworks, their inequities, and investigating any required evidence for HSS approaches. Once the students are done with studying their curriculum they are bound to get an achievement certificate that will enhance their professional lives.

The time that this course demand is nearly 3 hours every week for the students. Again “ Health Systems Strengthening” training has a clear focus on providing razor-sharp information to the students by helping them make an analysis of the various policies of health, financing, human resources, management of supply chain, and many more topics.

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7 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of healthcare sciences
Supporting People with Health Conditions Into Work Individual Placement and Support

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Social Finance Limited via Futurelearn
Certificate

Supporting People with Health Conditions Into Work: Individual Placement and Support (IPS)

In research, it has come up that almost 90% of people who have mental illness want to really work, but only out of which 8% are actually working. The employment specialists who are working as Individual Placement and Support (IPS) system, want to make a difference to this percentage, and that is why Supporting People with Health Conditions Into Work: Individual Placement and Support (IPS) certification was prepared for the FutureLearn platform by Social Finance, and IPS GROW and falls under the Psychology Course section.

The Supporting People with Health Conditions Into Work: Individual Placement and Support (IPS) certification syllabus shows effective ways in which people with psychological issues can be brought into paid jobs and the reason why it is required. This course will also teach what’s the role of employment specialists who follow best practices for helping these clients get started with their journey of employment. 

The most interesting part is that Supporting People with Health Conditions Into Work: Individual Placement and Support (IPS) training is a self-learning course that can be completed whenever students get time, and just by giving 2 hours for 7 weeks each.

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7 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Psychology
Certificate

Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life

Realising the decreasing amount of play in everyone’s life, this The Importance of Play in Everyday Life certification course, developed by The University of Sheffield, and presented by FutureLearn, is specifically designed to highlight & make people aware about the value of play & how the nature of play has changed with due course of time across various communities & clans. 

The course swiftly takes the learners through the evolution of playing & the impact of technology on play. The course also carefully explains play activities across cultures. Course takers also get to reflect on the relationship between creativity, innovation & play. 

The Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life training course encourages the learners to understand how playing, as an activity, plays an important role for young people to be successful when they become an adult. They also get to learn the various types of play & whether all of them are helpful or not. And how can playing help people do better in other aspects of life as well.

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7 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Teaching skills Acting skills Knowledge of Psychology
The Science of Success What Researchers Know that You Should Know

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The Science of Success: What Researchers Know that You Should Know

The Science of Success: What Researchers Know that You Should Know certification is nothing but an online course found on the FutureLearn provider platform that has been arranged by the University of Michigan that has a rank 1 in the list of the best public universities. This course on Psychology and mental health will help predict what success is exactly, and how one can achieve it for a happier life.

The components covered in this The Science of Success: What Researchers Know that You Should Know certification syllabus are expert content on the scientific research that people who are successful in their lives follow religiously. Again only if the candidates are intelligent then they will become successful is a myth. 

The Science of Success: What Researchers Know that You Should Know training will ensure that candidates do not consider intelligence quotient as the only factor for success. Also, the beliefs that are widely accepted are not always helpful for the achievement of goals.

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7 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of science
Certificate

Organising for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The Organising for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) certification is a 7 weeks long course that is developed by the Hanken School of Economics, and the certification is provided by FutureLearn. The United Nations’ sustainable development goals have been to eradicate issues such as protecting the planet, climate issues, ending poverty, and people maintain the action and peace towards sustainability. To achieve these goals there is a necessity to rethink a society’s action including government, and businesses and this course addresses all things required towards sustainable development.

In this Organising for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) training, candidates will be able to explore the 3 w’s i.e. what, why and how of the 17 sustainable development goals. It will also help know about the key global challenges that will remain while there is work going on towards a sustainable future world.

Organising for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) certification syllabus is made up of courses that are divided week wise, and includes activities, and steps, that learners can complete depending on their own pace.

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7 Weeks
Beginner
6,500
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Economics
Certificate

Problem Solving in the Digital Age

7 Weeks
Beginner
900
Social Entrepreneurship in Educational Technology

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Social Entrepreneurship in Educational Technology

7 Weeks
Beginner
900
Certificate

Technical Report Writing for Engineers

Technical Report Writing for Engineers certification is a 100% online course that is aimed at the engineers to help them write a proper technical report where they can communicate their ideas in a proper manner. Though this course has been made ready by The University of Sheffield, its platform provider is FutureLearn. The learners do not need to purchase books since all course content will be made available by FutureLearn itself.

Technical Report Writing for Engineers certification syllabus teaches Engineers a vital tool of report writing in its technical sense so that better communication is possible. It also empowers the participants with skills to write well-constructed Engineering reports covering areas like equations, referring, and citations, making use of data, diagrams and finally the language in a proper sense.

Since the Technical Report Writing for Engineers training is for 6 weeks only it becomes easier for learners to attend and learn faster. After the participants get their certificate they can apply it to their degree learning of engineering or can apply it for being successful at their career as an engineer.

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6 Weeks
Beginner
Skills Covered:
Writing skills
Certificate

Discover Dentistry

Discover Dentistry certification is a 6 weeks long online course that is brought into action by The University of Sheffield, and digital education platform FutureLearn. With this course, candidates will be learning ways to become a dentist, and what exactly being a dentist means by learning the fundamentals of dentistry from famous dentists. Again with this Healthcare course, candidates will identify the very rich history behind dentistry.

The Discover Dentistry certification syllabus mainly contains 6 weeks of several dentist related topics like tooth anatomy, development of new teeth, dental treatment using various materials, and finally the future of public dental health. Apart from the topics, candidates shall receive a valuable introduction to studying different degrees related to dentistry with this Medicine course.

Discover Dentistry training will teach the participants interesting things like the right techniques of brushing, different dental specialties, replacing teeth, and also information on materials like ceramics, plastics, and other metals such as gold and titanium that are used for teeth fillings. Finally, the participants will be aware of what exactly a pathologist’s duties are regarding Dentistry.

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6 Weeks
6,500
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of anatomy

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Exploring English: Shakespeare

The course of Exploring English: Shakespeare by Future Learn enables candidates to improve their English language skills by having insights on the work of William Shakespeare and his prominent work on novels as well as plays. The course will offer the candidates the opportunity to master the basics of English and detailed knowledge of the work of Shakespeare and his theatre plays as well as his written art forms. 

The course provides training by using different formats of teaching that are through plays and novels. The course will impart the knowledge of English language skills by revolving around the life of William Shakespeare and the aspects of his prominent work of art. Through this course, the candidates will be able to explore worldwide themes that Shakespeare labels in the work of his lifetime. The course will take the candidates through five theatre plays of Shakespeare involving actors and experts from around the globe.

The candidates will be guided throughout the course which will also involve phrases and sentences popularly used by Shakespeare in his work which he introduced to the English language. 

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6 Weeks
Beginner
6,500
Skills Covered:
Language skills Acting skills
Certificate

Literature of the English Country House

Literature of the English Country House certification is an online program that is made for a duration of only 6 weeks. This is provided as an initiative jointly of the University of Sheffield, and FutureLearn together. With this course, the eager participants can track the history of the country house literature.

For almost 450 years the country houses have been an attraction for many honorable writers like Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and more. Along with the experts from the University of Sheffield, the learners will be able to utilise the Literature of the English Country House certification syllabus so that they can prepare their own research material.

For a period of 3 hours every week, the applicants will through this course make a representation of what the English country houses look like when explained in the context of literature. The students will also put their best foot forward to gain knowledge about how exactly the text’s interpretation can be done.

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6 Weeks
Beginner
6,500
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of history
Understanding English Dictionaries

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Certificate

Understanding English Dictionaries

Though many people use dictionaries daily, only a few have in-depth knowledge about them. People aren’t usually aware of why a particular word has been included as an entry, where the word has come from, and how dictionary compilers assemble this information. If you’re curious about these questions, the Understanding English Dictionaries course is designed precisely for your inquisitive mind.

In the Understanding English Dictionaries programme, you will get into the nitty-gritty of English dictionaries. You will be trained by established dictionary researchers and editors. The syllabus will cover topics like possible dictionary entry components, trends in lexicographic research, and the content and wording of definitions.

You will explore the Understanding English Dictionaries syllabus through articles, readings, videos, multimedia resources, quizzes, and discussions with fellow learners, and active learning resources. Moreover, you can also map your progress regularly with Future Learn’s progress page. This course is brought to you by Macmillan Education in partnership with the Alan Turing Institute and Coventry University.

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6 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Language skills
Build a Startup from Scratch The Venture Design Process

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Founders Factory via Futurelearn
Certificate

Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process

The Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process online certification programme is part of the business management offered by the online educational platform FutureLearn for a period of six weeks and four hours of study. This course is developed by the Founders Factory, an establishment that supports startups with finding investors, partners and various other aspects.

The ‘Build a Startup from Scratch: the Venture Design Process’ programme helps in learning about the processes involved in creating a startup and finding a venture back up along with the skills and expertise needed to perform the business management. The online course provides a detailed exploration experience to find markets to create opportunities for venture and figure out the venture design possibilities for the startups to become successful. By human-centred designs, user interviews and designing surveys the course helps the candidates to observe the people’s needs and understand ways to consider the ‘people’ aspect in the whole process. The insights gained in this programme will equip the trainees to create backable venture ideas with the use of proven ideation strategies.

With the ideas generated, marketing them to investors requires specific skills by calculating the challenges and assumptions done prior. The strategies of design and smoke testing will aid in authenticating the ideas and the knowledge acquired by telling about the ideas in a venture context and gaining venture capital from potential investors.

The expert guidance in the training process includes businessmen with expertise in product development, engineering, fundraising and growth aspects which give a wholesome learning experience to the candidates.

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6 Weeks
6,914
Skills Covered:
Financial knowledge Marketing skills Communication skills Entrepreneurial skills Business Management Operations analysis Knowledge of IT industry Risk Management Design thinking Knowledge of Product Management
Certificate

Fashion and Sustainability: Understanding Luxury Fashion in a Changing World

FutureLearn's Fashion and Sustainability: Understanding Luxury Fashion in a Changing World course aims at making fashion more sustainable in the modern world. Fashion is considered to be one of the most polluting global industries in the world, in dire need of a positive change. This change can be brought about by re-imagining the current damaging systems. 

In the Fashion and Sustainability: Understanding Luxury Fashion in a Changing World course, learners are introduced to research, sustainable fashion design, and business practices. This Fashion and Sustainability certificate course has modules spread over six weeks and is supported by the luxury fashion group, Kering. 

Additionally, the Fashion and Sustainability: Understanding Luxury Fashion in a Changing World course will let you explore agendas, sustainability issues, and contexts concerning luxury fashion. Through this Fashion and Sustainability certificate course program, you can develop creative approaches to fashion that support thriving societies and ecological resilience. The enrolment for this Fashion and Sustainability certificate course is free, and by upgrading the course plan, you can qualify for a Certificate of Achievement given at the end of this course.

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6 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Explore Film Making from Script to Screen

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Certificate

Explore Filmmaking: from Script to Screen

The journey of picking up a written narrative and transforming it into a visual one is not at all straightforward. You need to have minutest details of filmmaking on your fingertips to withstand every challenge thrown at your footsteps. However, with FutureLearn's Explore Filmmaking: from Script to Screen programme, you will be able to learn everything you must know as a “visual storyteller.”

This six-week Explore Filmmaking: from Script to Screen Programme by FutureLearn will make you familiar with different film specialisms. These include composing, writing, editing, directing, and cinematography. Besides that, your knowledge of filmmaking will be enriched as your filmmaker mentors use their films and other related works as inspiration and illustration.

Moreover, your doubts and apprehensions regarding a career in filmmaking will be mitigated by this Explore Filmmaking: from Script to Screen certificate course. You will become clear on whether you wish to produce only short films or make a full-fledged career in filmmaking or merely stick to appreciating good films. This online course is offered by the BFI Film Academy and National Film and Television School (NFTS).

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6 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Storytelling Editing skills Script reading
Certificate

Understanding Modern Business and Organisations Course

This course on Understanding Modern Business and Organisations teaches candidates about the impact of the four aspects of knowledge, technology, globalization and business ethics on modern business enterprises. 

The course is geared towards preparing candidates for the job market by teaching them the basics of how businesses work. Candidates learn about the trend in industries to shift away from manual labour towards a knowledge-based economy with innovative technological advancements. Globalization-related issues in business and business ethics related to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, governance goals (ESG) are also discussed in this course.

Upon completion of the course, the candidates will have the knowledge of how industries work and will also have a better understanding of the environment where they work and thrive.

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6 Weeks
Intermediate
6,500
Skills Covered:
Business Management
Certificate

Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree

Spread across six weeks, FutureLearn  ’S Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree programme imparts knowledge about the beauty of exploring one’s family history. Candidates can complete this short course by dedicating only four hours per week, discovering basic genealogy techniques. These will allow them to communicate about their family history, research effectively, and to understand how intricately genealogy operates. 

The Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree online course is developed by the University of Strathclyde, one of Glasgow’s leading international technological universities. The training curriculum covers critical topics such as DNA testing, effective searching techniques, analyzing documents, documenting research, and many more. Mastering these will enable the learners to become fluent in genealogy basics, forming a sturdy foundation about its core knowledge. 

Furthermore, the Genealogy: Researching Your Family Tree course by FutureLearn is a free programme, but also has payable upgrades. Opting for those will allow candidates to unlock lifetime course access, flexibility to complete it at their own pace, and various other benefits. As a part of the Study UK Campaign, students also avail the opportunity to secure a digital or printable certificate.

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6 Weeks
Beginner
6,500
Skills Covered:
Research skills
What is Genetic Counselling

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Wellcome Genome Campus via Futurelearn
Certificate

What is Genetic Counselling

What is Genetic Counseling training is a short-term 6 weeks online course that is provided by FutureLearn in association with AGNC, and the University of Manchester. This online course will impart learning about all about genetic counseling, and what role it plays in the healthcare field in the genomic era. Once candidates complete 90% of the steps in the aforesaid course and the required assessments they will be able to earn a valid certificate.

What is the Genetic Counseling certification syllabus teaches who exactly a genetic counselor is, and what are the skills and knowledge that a genetic counselor requires for counseling patients? Apart from this, the course covers everything starting from why people get themselves genetic counseling, and how it has different contexts in different countries. Other than this certification also provides learning on the challenges and ethical issues that are faced in genetic counseling. It also enables students to find out the opportunities that genetic counseling can have in the future.

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6 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of genetics
Certificate

Leadership for Healthcare Improvement and Innovation

The Leadership for Healthcare Improvement and Innovation certification is an online course that is convenient for the users to learn the contents at any time from anywhere. The Healthcare sector is a very fast emerging field with many requirements and advancements. This field also requires leadership quality to influence the positive outcomes that can be achieved from joining this course. 

They will also explore the practical examples of management in an innovative way. The Leadership for Healthcare Improvement and Innovation benefits the learners with good organizational leadership that drives the improvement and innovation across healthcare organizations.

This course is developed by the University of Warwick and issues the learners with a digital certificate of achievement once they complete the course with the required score and eligibility. This certificate can also be taken printout and shared with the resume or CV. They can also get unlimited access to the course materials based on the track they have chosen. 

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6 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Leadership
Antisemitism from its Origins to the Present

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Certificate

Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present

A shared initiative of FutureLearn, and Yad Vashem, the Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present certification is a 6 weeks course. This course is online and engages learners with tracing the history of Antisemitism. Here a group of 50 renowned scholars will delve into the issues that are related to  Antisemitism in the state of Israel.

Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present certification syllabus surrounds topics like what really is  Antisemitism, how did this concept of  Antisemitism develop, the reason why  Antisemitism is present in diverse cultures, and how it has evolved throughout history. Soe other questions that get resolved through this course are after Holocaust what happened with Antisemitism, which spheres can Antisemitism be located in, and ways in which it is expressed in the present world.

Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present training is imparted online for only 3 hours per week, where students can learn at their own velocity and can receive a certificate that will be of value for their future growth.

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6 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of history
Certificate

England in the Time of King Richard III

Learn more about the discovery, and reburial of King Richard III with England in the Time of King Richard III certification course. The online course is mainly made by the leading research university, the University of Leicester, and the completion certificate is produced by FutureLearn. The skeleton remains of Richard III, the famous king was found in a Leicester car park which aroused suspicion, and also revelations about the infidelity with the bloodline of his family were news to the world. With this course, learners will travel in time to the 15th century and unearth life present during the time of Richard III.

England in the Time of King Richard III certification syllabus will cover learning from the university scholars at Leicester about locating the body of the king, and also uncover exciting History about England when he was still alive.

With every passing week of this England in the Time of King Richard III training every candidate will relate to the several aspects of the era of the 15th century that will include a study on the food habits, the warfare used, and how death and commemoration were mourned in the medieval era.

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6 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of history

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