45 Courses and Certifications

The Open University Milton Keynes Courses & Certifications 2024

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  • Estd. Year: 1969
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Cyber Security Operations (Cisco)

FUTURE LEARN’s Cyber Security Operations (Cisco) programme will provide uses with extensive knowledge of cyber-attacks kills and cyber-crimes, how to prevent them, how to react to them, and all the different technologies used for cyber-crime. This micro-credential course will enable candidates to understand how to respond to recent, imminent, or active cyber threats like an industry professional.

Candidates will take a look at how to resolve attacks and perform a legal investigation of any potential cybercrime. Cisco is the worldwide leader in the IT and the networking industry. Therefore, this Cyber Security Operations (Cisco) programme will be highly beneficial for candidates who want to have a lucrative career in this domain. 

Furthermore, the candidates will receive a certificate of Cyber Security Operations (Cisco) training from the Cisco networking academy, after qualifying the term-end assessment. Those who score 75% or more on the assessment’s first attempt will receive a discount on the Cisco Associate Cyber Security Operations Test. Qualifying the test will also grant candidates 15 UK credits, offered by the Open University at the Postgraduate level. These are highly useful for further qualifications such as a Diploma or a Bachelor’s Degree, at the Open University or other educational institutions. 

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12 Weeks
63,699
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Cyber Security
Certificate

Online Teaching Creating Courses for Adult Learners

The coronavirus lockdown caused a sudden shift of education to the online mode, due to the closing up of educational institutions. This also affected learning and teaching methods, student assessments and exams. However, the online mode of teaching is here to stay as it has opened up greater opportunities. The Online Teaching: Creating Courses for Adult Learners microcredential gives training in how to create engaging online courses for adults.

This Microcredential in Online Teaching: Creating Courses for Adult Learners is offered by Future Learn and created by The Open University, UK. The expert instructors in this course will offer their knowledge to teach you the various new technologies and methodologies that you can use to teach online. You will learn to incorporate these skills to make your classes accessible and inclusive.

The Online Teaching: Creating Courses for Adult Learners online course will help you to develop online learning activities and assessments. This is a 12-week-long course of the postgraduate-level. It also offers projects and assessments, and is worth 15 university credits. Using this professional certification, you can advance your career and ensure personal growth.

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12 Weeks
71,664
Skills Covered:
Teaching skills
Certificate

Online Teaching: Evaluating and Improving Courses

Although the use of technology in education isn’t new, the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated our reliance on it at an unprecedented rate. Using Online Teaching: Evaluating and Improving Courses programme, instructors can upgrade their teaching techniques through Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL). This course will be useful for trainers in any sector, working individually or with an organisation.

This course in Online Teaching: Evaluating and Improving Courses by Future Learn will help you to design course evaluation frameworks, analyse the cause-effect relationships, and make learning and assessments better for your students. It will enhance your online teaching skills and help you and your students make a smoother transition to education in the online mode.

The Online Teaching: Evaluating and Improving Courses Microcredential is developed by distance teaching experts at the Open University, UK. As such, the course has a lot of real-life value and provides immeasurable skills. The course also awards 15 credits to the learners, a certificate and is a postgraduate-level course.

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12 Weeks
71,664
Skills Covered:
Teaching skills
Certificate

Teacher Development: Embedding Mental Health in the Curriculum

While learning is an essential part of life, teaching must also incorporate aspects that help a student’s mental wellbeing. In the past few years, mental health has become a huge concern, creating a dialogue in the world of academics. With students experiencing more pressure and competition than ever before, educators must protect their mental and emotional health.

The Teacher Development: Embedding Mental Health in the Curriculum Course by Future Learn offers teachers and educators an opportunity to understand the impact of mental health issues. Teachers will get to learn about designing their curriculum to make it inclusive of mental health issues and reach out to students in need. The pandemic has led to a rise in anxiety and stress in learners. Hence, this discussion is more important than ever before. 

Furthermore, the 12-week online Teacher Development: Embedding Mental Health in the Curriculum programme includes guidance from mental health and teaching experts. Candidates will earn a digital certification badge and 15 UK credits from the prestigious Deakin University upon programme completion. 

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12 Weeks
71,664
Skills Covered:
Mental strength Teaching skills
Certificate

Introduction to Social Care

12 Weeks
Beginner
900
Certificate

Intermediate Spanish: People and Places

12 Weeks
Intermediate
900
Certificate

Intermediate Spanish: Culture and Leisure

12 Weeks
Intermediate
900
Certificate

Mental Health Working with Children and Young People

The Mental Health: Working with Children and Young People Certification Course is a 12-week online program. The Open University, UK, is in charge of awarding the certification for this course and designing the syllabus, even if Future Learn is appointed to teach the course. 

Mental Health: Working with Children and Young People training is offered as a micro-credential in Psychology & Mental Health curriculum. Chris Kubiak and  Rick Murphy are the instructors for this certification program.

Mental Health: Working with Children and Young People Certification by Future Learn focuses on unlocking the ability to support children's and young people's mental health by exploring children's development and the factors that influence mental health, discovering common mental health issues and effective mental health interventions, and broadening capabilities through highly relatable examples and psychological theories.

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12 Weeks
79,299
Certificate

Business Management: Marketing Principles and Practice

From designing products and services to understanding customer behaviour, Future Learn’s Business Management: Marketing Principles and Practice online course helps you comprehend and apply all the novel marketing tools and techniques. These will enable you to solve management problems in various professional contexts, creating business efficiency in the workplace.

This microcredential course will introduce you to a variety of core and niche marketing principles, encompassing both the offline and digital domains. Moreover, the Business Management: Marketing Principles and Practice online programme touches upon the current best marketing practices. These will improve your decision-making, your marketing knowledge, and enhance your problem-solving skills too. 

After successful completion of all the course modules and assignments, you will receive a microcredential and 10 UK credits for undergraduate level, offered by the Open University. You can use these credits on your application form for any programme or university. Moreover, you can also include it in your resume when applying for employment.

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10 Weeks
47,774
Certificate

Digital Photography: Discover your Genre and Develop your Style

On Digital Photography: Discover your Genre and Develop your Style certification course, you will study the practicalities and theory of digital imaging. Also, you will learn concepts, including how light refracts through a lens, and what consists of a visually delightful scene. Along with theoretical concepts, you will go through a series of hands-on assignments which are made to improve your artistic and technical skills.

You can also share all Digital Photography certificate course submissions with a supportive and active online community. Today, most people own a camera, but it takes more than just snapping to create beautiful digital images. Digital Photography: Discover your Genre and Develop your Style live course will teach you the needed art for just that.

You will get classes to experiment and apply a range of different photography techniques to a specialist genre of photography- from people and nature to fine art and architecture. Digital Photography: Creating a Professional Portfolio training will challenge you to step outside of your comfort zone.

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10 Weeks
47,774
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of photography
Certificate

Global Development in Practice: Designing an Intervention

The Global Development in Practice: Designing an Intervention course is a 12-weeks programme, which will make you skilled in managing the development intervention process effectively. Throughout the course, you will be assessed regularly through tests to impart better understanding. 

FutureLearn’s Global Development in Practice: Designing an Intervention course is a postgraduate-level certification for which you will be awarded 15 credits when the programme is finished successfully. Besides, the course is designed for individuals who are from the global development industry. It is advised that you have some experience in the same industry as it will help you learn the concepts better.

Moreover, you will be submitting a project at the end of the Global Development in Practice: Designing an Intervention course for evaluation. This project will be based on a case study that you will have to create and then, critique the project development process as a part of the learning process.

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10 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Project management Data science knowledge
Certificate

Business Management: Fundamentals of Management Accounting

The ‘Business Management: Fundamentals of Management Accounting’ online certification program is developed for the students to gain insights into the role of accounting in business management. It enables students to improve their competence with the foundational aspects of management accounting. This micro-credential online course is provided by the FutureLearn educational platform for a period of ten weeks. This business and management program is an undergraduate-level course and is developed by the Open University.

The classes in this training are led by Mark Taylor(Consultant and Educator), Jay Naik(Associate Lecturer), and Paul Ranford(Chartered Accountant and an associate lecturer). The students of this course will gain theoretical knowledge and practical skills of accounting for the application of financial insights to enhance business development. The ‘Business Management: Fundamentals of Management Accounting’ online training program will provide the participants with a course certificate and credits from the Open University after successful completion of the course of study.

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10 Weeks
44,584
Skills Covered:
Accounting proficiency Financial knowledge Financial Management Business Management Decision making skills
Certificate

Digital Marketing Content Creation

10 Weeks
Intermediate
900
Certificate

Forensic Psychology: Witness Investigation

Forensic Psychology: Witness Investigation certification is a forensic science course of a smaller duration that is provided in a joint relationship between FutureLearn, and The Open University. Forensic Science  Forensic Science has advanced and evolved during recent times but eyewitness testimony still remains a very important component of crime investigations. 

Forensic Psychology: Witness Investigation certification syllabus has revealed that there is a danger if only the eyewitness testimony is relied upon, and the police or any criminal investigation agency must be very careful while questioning the key witnesses. The police should make use of psychology to get the correct evidence from the eyewitnesses. 

With the Forensic Psychology: Witness Investigation training, the real videos of the real witnesses from the crime scene will help understand the psychology of eyewitness testimony. This 8 weeks online course will give the students powers exactly like those of supreme police officers so that justice prevails.

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8 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Psychology
Certificate

Start Writing Fiction

This online hands-on Start Writing Fiction certification course is ideal for someone looking to replicate the skills and approaches owned by successful fictional writers. This programme is a drive made by The Open University, along with FutureLearn, and is placed under the Arts, and Media course. By investing just 8 weeks, candidates will come to know from some very successful writers like Abdulrazak Gurnah, Louis de Bernières, Tim Pears, Michèle Robert, and more how they started off with their journey to become a writer.

Start Writing Fiction certification syllabus will enable participants to maintain the rituals or habits of writing a journal every day, how they can ideate, then reflect on their own writings, and become capable of editing it accordingly. The best thing that can happen to anyone doing the course is that they will be able to understand events happening and can then turn those events into the plots of stories.

With weekly sessions of 3 hours of Start Writing Fiction training, candidates will write on their own, receive feedback on their writing from fellow writers, then take this feedback to improve their writing and make it a masterpiece.

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8 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Writing skills
Certificate

Moons

This course on ‘Moons’ is offered by the online educational platform FutureLearn developed by the open university in the United Kingdom to improve our knowledge about the solar system. The course involving nature and environmental skills is scheduled for eight weeks and three study hours every week.

In this Moons online certification course, the candidates get a detailed understanding of the moon present in our solar system, its nature and the other related geologic characteristics.  It is a study about the possible primitive life on the moon, volcanic eruptions that often occur there, the presence of liquid methane and other fundamental details along with its relationship with the planet earth.

The course instruction allows the learners to gain a wholesome experience and know about moon rocks through a virtual microscope and will attempt to answer questions about the potential livelihood, the diversity and the existence of water which develops the scope for further research.

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8 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of science Knowledge of Environmental Science Knowledge of Astronomy
Certificate

Display Advertising

8 Weeks
Beginner
900
Certificate

Email Marketing eCRM

8 Weeks
Beginner
900
Certificate

Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World

Enrol in the Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World programme by FutureLearn to know what being healthy and wellbeing meant to the people in ancient times. It is a course which is part of the Study UK Campaign and is offered by The Open University. It is an entirely online course, so students from any part of the world can actively participate in the programme.

If the ways of the ancient Romans and Greeks have been your field of interest, then you will find this course to be intriguing. The six-week online Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World course will take you through the thought process and approaches of the ancient societies towards the connection of mind and body, along with gender, sexuality, and ageing. 

The FutureLearn Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World course makes use of archaeological and literary evidence. You will get to explore the ancient theories regarding every part and organ of a human body. You can join this course for free.

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6 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Anthropology
Certificate

Supporting Physical Development in Early Childhood

When a baby or a child is into regular physical activities then he or she has better mental and physical growth. The Supporting Physical Development in Early Childhood certification is a weekly online course for a stipulated time of 6 weeks. The course has been provided with different universities like Public Health England, The Open University, Health Education England, and Active Matters on the FutureLearn course provider platform. 

Supporting Physical Development in Early Childhood certification syllabus ensures that participants find out physical activity benefits on the mental and physical health development of babies. They shall also learn the different low-cost ways in which babies can be taught to complete at least 180 minutes daily of physical activity. 

Supporting Physical Development in Early Childhood training will boost a children’s mental health that can reap positive effects on obesity in childhood days. Children should be allowed to play both indoors, and outdoors for physical development.

Also Read:Curriculum and Pedagogy of Teaching Physical Science

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6 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Skills Covered:
Parenting skills
Certificate

Challenging Wealth and Income Inequality

The Challenging Wealth and Income Inequality course are designed for the sole purpose of instilling awareness about the growing issue of wealth inequality in all global societies. This programme addresses and answers many questions pertaining to wealth inequality in regards to the impact it has on every community. It also covers what form it takes in different societies, and how it affects you.

The Challenging Wealth and Income Inequality programme by FutureLearn curriculum will provide you with enough expertise to challenge claims regarding whether the youngsters have had it all. You will also learn to examine the implications and causes of the growing economic inequality and what you, your community, and the government can do about it. 

The online Challenging Wealth and Income Inequality certificate programme will be mentored by Jerome De Henau and Jonquil Lowe, both of whom are erudite professors in economics, currently working at The Open University. The course is developed by the Open University, which is a global leader in distance learning.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Economics
Certificate

The Online Educator: People and Pedagogy

The Online Educator: People and Pedagogy programme by FutureLearn spans a total of four weeks. To complete the course successfully, you will need to invest four hours every week for the classes. You can get accredited for the course by paying a fee and receive a digital certification for the same. 

Moreover, the Online Educator: People and Pedagogy course is developed by The Open University of the United Kingdom. It is one of the most prominent academic institutions in the UK, so an accreditation from the university holds an immense value from the employability standpoint. 

A team of experienced professors from The Open University will hold the classes online to impart learning. In the Online Educator: People and Pedagogy certification programme, you will get to learn about various parts of online teaching, which consists of building an online presence, innovation, disruption, ethical values, design, accessibility, online identity, among others.

Moreover, this course provides you with flexibility concerning time and place. Anyone who is involved in online education or training can benefit. 

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4 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Skills Covered:
Pedagogy skills Teaching skills
Certificate

Global Ethics: An Introduction

The Global ethics: an introductory course developed by the open university and offered by the platform of future learn is a course created under the guidance of four philosophers to help learners frame their opinions about the global challenges.

Through this course, the learners will become familiar with the key ethical theories surrounding global challenges and the implementation of philosophy for addressing them. This will make learners think about major global problems and help them develop their views about them. 

They would be able to analyze the problems like migration, climate change, widespread poverty, and global inequality and the course will help them present their unbiased thought and views on them. Frequent tests, quizzes, and assignments make learning more effective and efficient. At the end, of the course, a certification is awarded to the learners after qualifying a test, to help them demonstrate their dedication towards continuous learning and unending personal growth. 

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4 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Sociology
Certificate

Why Religion Matters: Religious Literacy, Culture and Diversity

The Why Religion Matters: Religious Literacy, Culture and Diversity online course helps you to explore the history of religion and why it has played an essential part in the lives of people for centuries. Most importantly, it gives you a deep dive into how religion affects political and personal decisions. In today’s world, understanding this is potent to comprehend global challenges we face involving religion. 

Furthermore, the FutureLearn Why Religion Matters: Religious Literacy, Culture and Diversity programme involves learning about religious diversity and religious literacy within societies and their traditions. The programme starts with learning why religion is essential to make sense of international conflicts and domestic policy decisions.  

Besides, the Why Religion Matters: Religious Literacy, Culture and Diversity programme by Futurelearn provides case studies to discover and explore Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, and many other indigenous religions. The curriculum not only teaches contemporary context but also brings forth the modern perspective.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of religion
Certificate

From Notation to Performance: Understanding Musical Scores

From Notation to Performance: Understanding Musical Scores training is a viable choice for those who wonder about the different musical techniques and how musicians rehearse and perform. The course teaches how to understand music by simply listening and how a striking performance is achieved from the notation of a musical score.

Besides, the course is designed by The Open University (OU) and will be instructed by a flautist, Naomi Barker. By taking into consideration the works of great artists such as Schubert, Mahler, Mozart, and Beethoven, the From Notation to Performance: Understanding Musical Scores programme explains how musicians work with notations and how these notations are associated with the music that is heard. 

Candidates will explore the musical journey starting from a short melody right up to an entire orchestral score in four weeks. From Notation to Performance: Understanding Musical Scores online course will introduce the candidates to a small chamber group, pianist and conductor who will explain how they work with music. 

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Music
Certificate

World War 1: Trauma, Memory, Controversy

World War 1: Trauma, Memory, Controversy certification course is prepared mutually by The Open University, and FutureLearn. Being a one-month course, this course proves that even today, World War 1 has not yet lost its fascination, and people still want to learn about its brutality, along with its casualties.

World War 1: Trauma, Memory, Controversy certification syllabus inculcates that World War 1 still remains a century-old poisonous legacy, and also states that there were some unresolved issues in the year 1918 which led to another war in the year 1939. It will teach that not only soldiers but also normal people mentally suffered from the consequences of this deadly war as well as there were adverse effects on the culture, society, and medical history of the countries.

World War 1: Trauma, Memory, Controversy which is a part of the History Course will authorize the students to prepare their very own research about the different lives lost during the season of the first World War. This will help to identify the various authentic sources that are mentioned on the web.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of history
Certificate

Becoming a Teacher

Becoming a Teacher certification is a one-month online programme that has been securely developed by two institutions, The Open University, and the provider FutureLearn. Requiring no software or tools, the candidates who are interested in the profession of teaching, the course is extremely uncomplicated. Here in this course, the candidates will learn what exactly the life of a Teacher looks like.

Becoming a Teacher certification syllabus in a nutshell covers all it requires to be teaching in primary and secondary schools along with challenging some common misconceptions along the way. This teaching course can also help the newbies to start writing applications for beginning their initial teacher education.

Becoming a Teacher training will learn from the professors at The Open University, and explore several, and different teaching methods such as Academic writing and working environments that teachers have to face during their career of becoming teachers. This is a practical course which can make the candidates understand the nature of regular teaching at schools.

Also Read: Teaching And Academics Certification Courses

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Teaching skills

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