Short online courses

Learn about the UK's university application process and how to prepare your young person for university and the student journey.

Find out how to create and run a makerspace for young people. Look at the pedagogy and approaches behind digital making.

Explore ways to make your computing lessons more inclusive for learners with special educational needs and disabilities.

Explore a range of approaches to designing your scheme of learning and learn how to build an improved science curriculum.

Explore the role of interfaith education in preventing forms of violent extremism and building resilient communities.

Develop your responsiveness as a teacher: learn how to assess student understanding and tailor lessons to improve learning.

Learn how encryption keeps information safe, and teach your students how it's used in the world today. Supported by Google.

Explore how new behaviours are learnt by examining different types of psychological conditioning.

Support your students' transition into work, understand the careers they'll be entering, and give them the best chance of success.

Discover how you can create networked applications in Python by using sockets. Supported by Google.

Improve your knowledge of space science to help you deliver primary science lessons that are out of this world.

Introduce yourself to the PGCE programme and learn what the rewarding life of a teacher looks like.

Take your Python skills further in this online course, guided by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and supported by Google.

Examine a range of pedagogical approaches suitable for teaching computing in Key Stage 3 (Grade 6–8 in the USA).

Learn how data is represented through media; audio, visual and text. Supported by Google.

Explore the exciting world of physical computing and create electronic circuits that you can control with code.

Ease the transition to teaching science to secondary pupils during the COVID-19 pandemic with online and offline approaches.

Find out what you need to know about the IELTS Reading test and learn techniques and strategies to improve your test performance.

Find out what you need to know about the IELTS Speaking test and learn how to improve your test performance.

A course for the Vocational Education and Training sector to support the development of learners’ digital skills in the workplace.

Thinking of doing an interdisciplinary degree? Learn how to study and work in an interdisciplinary environment.

Build your confidence and get practical advice on launching and running a Code Club for young people.

Explore debates surrounding education in the 21st century - how has education changed and what are the concerns for the future?

Equip yourself to teach in international contexts by increasing your English language skills and intercultural knowledge.

Get an introduction to applied linguistics and how linguistics is applied in a range of fields - from language teaching to law.

Learn what to expect from going to university in the UK and how to make the most of your university experience.

Learn teaching strategies and tools to make the transition to online primary science teaching easier during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Look at lessons, courses and resources with this continuing professional development course for English language teachers.

Design engaging courses, make your teaching more inclusive, navigate online research ethics and shape your digital identity.

Explore the philosophy and practice of education to become an expert educator in the healthcare professions.

Discover research methods in education and how they can benefit the way you teach on this course, ideal for CPD.

Discover effective research methods and learn how to make use of education research in your role as a teacher or educator.

Discover ways to make education more inclusive, especially in areas where resources are limited.

Learn how to obtain and use feedback to help you improve your volunteering and STEM activities with young people.

Develop as a mentor of early career maths teachers through engagement with robust and up-to-date mathematics education research.

Explore challenges and advance blended learning practices in higher education.

Find out how to develop and improve your teaching abilities as you start your career as a teacher.

Discover the scientific research about learning and how it applies to your classroom, on this CPD-certified course for educators.

Build your knowledge and understanding of computer networks as a computer science teacher. Supported by Google.

This is the second part of a course for the Vocational Education and Training sector to promote effective use of blended learning.

Discover embedded system design and work your way through the product design lifecycle. Supported by Google.

Learn the basics of data science and how to introduce data science in the classroom.

Learn how to keep 14-16 year-old students engaged in discussions while teaching computer science. Supported by Google.

Explore the basics of Python. Guided by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, you’ll learn to code your first program. Supported by Google.

Investigate a range of pedagogical approaches suitable for teaching programming to primary school pupils (aged 5 to 11 years old).

Learn what a Graphical User Interface is and write your own GUI-based applications with this practical course for teachers.

Learn how to apply the thinking and programming skills you've learnt in Scratch to text-based programming languages like Python.

Learn to support adolescent learners with their social and emotional wellbeing through a variety of approaches.

Develop your knowledge of chemistry to support your pupils' learning as part of the primary science curriculum.

Understand how components of a computer system interact with each other on this online course for teachers supported by Google.

Improve your ability to teach maths and logic in computing while building elements of an escape room. Supported by Google.

Explore the connection between childhood adversity and mental health, and enhance your knowledge of mental health in young people.

Explore online teaching with this practical course for educators designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Improve your communication skills when delivering practical activities in STEM subjects and volunteering with young people.

Discover how databases work and how to use SQL in this introductory course. Supported by Google.

Assessment is becoming increasingly important in language education. Understand it better with this course for language teachers.

Plan your own space week and learn how space exploration can inspire your primary school science students to work scientifically.

What is the future of universities? Explore current issues affecting higher education with a course featuring brand new research.

An introduction to some key concepts in the effective teaching and learning of languages.

Gain practical tools and theoretical insights to help dyslexic students learn second languages, with this free online course.

Transform your classroom with this CPD-certified course for teachers. Support learning by building trust and improving behaviour.

Prepare for a career in teaching by learning what makes a teacher and reflecting on your own experiences of education.

Learn how to deliver primary science in an engaging and practical way in this course for teachers of 5-11 year old pupils.

Learn about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) including ADHD symptoms, the latest research and ADHD treatment.

Learn about the global success of primary maths teaching methods in Asia, and apply techniques to your own practice.

Learn how to create lessons plans based on Asian maths teaching methods, and develop your maths teaching practice.

What are the most common mental health problems, what can you do about them and how do you improve your mental health?

Adapt your teaching methods to the digital world and enable digital transformation in schools with this digital learning course.

Discover how very young children learn English as an additional language and how you can help them progress.

Understanding the nature and value of play through the course of our lives, across cultures and communities.

Learn how to design effective activities as a STEM Ambassador or volunteer in science, tech, engineering or maths.

Develop a better understanding of the approaches employed in caring for vulnerable children.

Explore the fundamentals of computing: computer architecture, binary logic, data processing, circuits & more. Supported by Google

Discover how to improve the health and wellbeing of children with developmental disabilities.

Explore key concepts of cybersecurity to teach 14-16 year-old students with this online cybersecurity course supported by Google.

Discover web development and learn to build your own interactive websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Supported by Google.

Learn how to teach and support young people across the globe affected by violence, conflict, or displacement.

Learn how to save and structure data in external files, and import files back into your Python programs. Supported by Google.

Find out how teaching with short film can bring alive the learning of languages and introduce rich cultural content to lessons.

Get the knowledge, digital tools, and ideas to start and transform your teaching career.

Understand key programming concepts and apply them using Scratch, with this introductory course for primary or K-5 teachers.

Discover all things podcasting: learn how to plan, write and publish your own podcast.

Improve your ability to teach children and young people how to prevent the spread of infection and to use antibiotics responsibly.

Learn how to promote effective practice and pedagogy in blended learning on this vocational education training course.

Autism is a highly varied condition and can be associated with exceptional academic ability through to intellectual disability.

Start your volunteering with children and young people as a STEM Ambassador: discover resources, inspire, and promote diversity.

Explore vocabulary teaching strategies and develop your ability to teach vocabulary with this course for teachers and educators.

Find out all about film education with this course from BFI, and its partners DFI, Cinémathèque Française and Vision Kino.

This free online course will explore multilingual education and how it can impact and improve education and even wider society.

Learn the basic principles, considerations and strategies for cultivating a rich language-learning environment

Explore the purpose of museums today and find how they facilitate learning.

How can we support those who are marginalised and excluded from education? Does education for all, mean all?

Essential for school leaders who are developing, communicating and implementing technology strategies in their education setting.

Learn how to use the topic of human spaceflight to excite and engage your pupils across the primary science curriculum.

Explore effective research-informed ways of using technology to support teaching and learning in the classroom.

Learn how numbers really work by understanding the underlying structures of everyday maths with this course for teachers.

Bring powerful digital learning into your professional practice. Explore current issues and emerging trends in the field.

Develop the way you use evidence of student understanding to inform your teaching and enable learning during and across lessons.

Build your understanding of learning and teaching to gain confidence in supporting children in school as a teaching assistant.

Develop your understanding of learning and teaching and build your confidence in supporting students in secondary school.

Develop practical lessons to help 14-16 year old students understand biology with this CPD for science teachers.

Participate in CPD to enhance your physics lessons with effective practical work for 14-16 year olds.