What is next?

Free Digital Certificate of Achievement

This is a sponsored course, which means that learners can obtain a free certificate once they become eligible. To be eligible, you must have marked at least 90% of the steps in this course as complete and attained an assessment score of 70% or greater.

The Certificate of Achievement is a great way to prove what you have learned in the course and is evidence of your continuing professional development. This is a personalised certificate and transcript, detailing the syllabus and learning outcomes from the course. It also comes as a digital certificate that you can add to your LinkedIn profile.

COG-Train Programme

In collaboration with Wellcome Connecting Science, COG-Train aims to develop and deliver a total of 5 online training courses covering:

• The power of genomics to understand the COVID-19 pandemic
• From swab to server: Testing, sequencing and sharing during a pandemic
• Making sense of genomic data: COVID-19 web-based Bioinformatics
• A practical guide for SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing
• Pathogen genomics: a new era in global health surveillance and strategy

We are also programming other capacity development activities. Visit COG-Train and Wellcome Connecting Science websites for more information.

Wellcome Connecting Science Programme

Wellcome Connecting Science offers many further advanced courses and scientific conferences, some related to what you have learnt in this course. Details of all of our learning and training opportunities can be found on our website.

If you are interested in learning more about Science Policy, you might like to apply for the following face-to-face course:
Science Policy: Improving the Uptake of Research into UK Policy