Social Issues Courses

Learn about social issues online with flexible online courses exploring the modern world's most pressing social problems.
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Courses 20 Courses

Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with our short online courses.

Yad Vashem

Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present

Join 50 leading scholars in exploring antisemitism, from its roots to its contemporary forms.

6 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
University of Leeds

Incarceration: Are prisons a suitable punishment?

Explore life inside UK prisons. Learn whether this type of punishment reduces crime and if rehabilitation can prevent reoffending.

2 weeks
4 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
European University Institute (EUI)

Religion, Radicalisation, Resilience

Understand religious radicalisation and violence and learn strategies to build resilience in communities and schools.

3 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
University of Exeter

Understanding Gender Inequality

Gender inequality is a key challenge in society. Explore its causes and consequences and consider the ways you can overcome it.

4 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
The Open University

Understanding Global Development Management

Build your knowledge of the global development sector and discover how development can be managed with this online course.

2 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
University of Basel

Entrepreneurship in Nonprofits

Take a look at the world of social entrepreneurship and familiarise yourself with new concepts and methods of entrepreneurship.

5 weeks
4 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
Griffith University

Social Change: How Can Marketing Help?

Learn how marketing can be used to improve healthcare, protect the environment and overcome social problems.

2 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
The University of Sheffield

Making Sense of Data in the Media

Learn what numbers reveal, when and why they mislead, and how to spot fake news.

3 weeks
3 hrs per week
Included in Unlimited
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Degrees 3 Degrees

Discover online degrees from leading universities. Develop your knowledge with an undergraduate or postgraduate degree.

The University of Newcastle Australia

Bachelor of Arts

Enrich your mind, diversify your skills and safeguard your future with our new work-ready arts degree at the University of Newcastle (UON).

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The Open University

PgC Global Development Management

Build the skills needed by a development manager and learn to analyse the complex contexts in which development takes place with this postgraduate certificate.

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