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Logical and Critical Thinking

FutureLearn offers the Logical and Critical Thinking programme in collaboration with the University of Auckland, New Zealand. It is an eight weeks training course that you can take for free. The course is particularly intended for individuals looking to refine their logical and critical thinking skills. The programme curriculum will help you in identifying and assessing arguments and avoiding common thinking mistakes.

The Logical and Critical Thinking online course is an informative programme for understanding the basic logical tools for analysing arguments. You will learn the application of these tools in various fields, including moral theories, science, and law. The programme curriculum comprises engaging video content, assignments, and articles.

FutureLearn’s Logical and Critical Thinking course can also offer you a course completion certificate. However, it is not part of the free enrolment option. You need to upgrade to receive the shareable digital certificate by paying a certain amount as a fee. It is an eight-week course that has a self-directed training model.

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8 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Critical thinking
Digital Skills Embracing Digital Technology

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Digital Skills Embracing Digital Technology

Digital Skills: Embracing Digital Technology certification is a 4 weeks course which is online and is certified by FutureLearn. The course is prepared by the King's College London and is supported by UK Aid. This course will make the candidate’s work, life, and study easier by using digital technologies.

With the Digital Skills: Embracing Digital Technology certification syllabus, the candidates will get ideas about the various digital email and messaging social media tools for communicating and searching that is important for the several creative possibilities. They will be able to develop skills related to digital technology and understand how exactly they can be safe online, and ways in which they can build a better image of themselves online.

Digital Skills: Embracing Digital Technology training is created as part and parcel of the PADILEIA project, whose main aim is to make higher education and employment accessible especially to displaced people and the communities.

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4 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Digital Tools
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Career Management for Early Career Academic Researchers

The career management for early-career academic researchers online course is provided by FutureLearn which is an online education platform and developed by the University of Glasgow, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Sheffield. This course on career management is scheduled for a period of four weeks with three study hours per week and the learners can study at their own convenience. 

Future career decision-making is made easier for the early career researchers and the academic career researchers by analysing the values, motivation, and interests of the academic researchers using the insights provided in the online training sessions. The learners will explore their career options in the academic arena and the other professional job markets. An understanding of the questions of  ‘what one wants from a career and ‘what kind of career will suit depending on the skills possessed’ is gained through the course of instruction in the ‘Career Management for Early Career Academic Researchers' certification course.

It builds the confidence and grit in oneself to perform desirable in interviews and in the application procedures while seeking jobs while studying about how employers refer to the skillset and values earned by the researchers throughout their education. 

The Career Management for Early Career Academic Researchers online certification course is learned along with experts from the field who include Sharon Maguire (Careers consultant - University of Edinburgh), Katrina Gardner(Career guidance expert - University of Glasgow), and Rachael Roberts (Careers consultant - University of Sheffield). Through the weeks the candidates will explore topics like Individual influences on career decisions, career options, progress in an academic career and finally preparing for the job application process.

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4 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Communication skills Research skills

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