Learn how to deal with stress at work and in your personal life through building resilience skills.Discover how to build resilience skills to empower your life and careerIn a fast-paced world facing complex global challenges, resilience skills are no longer desirable – they’re crucial. Having a high level of professional and emotional resilience enables you to thrive in the face of stressful situations at work, and in life in general. On this course, you’ll learn what resilience is. You’ll explore the capabilities, skills, and self-care practices that contribute to building resilience. You will develop resilience skills for yourself, so you’re...

Learn what it takes to become a vet and explore the challenges of the vet profession to decide if it's the right career for you.Get virtual vet work experience before embarking on a veterinary degreeThe COVID-19 pandemic means that many potential vet students cannot undertake animal handling work experience. On this course, you’ll get insight into the reality of life as a vet so that you can make an informed decision before embarking on a veterinary degree course. You’ll learn about the structure of veterinary practice and the different governing bodies, as well as discover the day to day challenges...

Improve your teaching strategies and skills as a music teacher or vocal coach with this ABRSM online course.Learn new teaching methods to enhance your instrument or singing lessonsVocal coaches and music teachers have an important role in improving their students’ ability to sing or play an instrument. On this music teacher training course, you will learn to assess your current teaching strategies and look at new ways to engage your students during their lessons. You’ll get instrument-specific advice and resources as well as guidance on how to plan music lessons within a broader curriculum. You’ll gain the confidence to challenge...

Learn how a psychological understanding of our emotions and behaviour gives us new ways to improve mental health and well-being.Understand how clinical psychologists form a mental health diagnosisMental health is multifaceted and the nature vs nurture debate is now considered too simplified and outdated in mental health diagnosis. On this six-week course, you’ll explore some of the current challenges and debates in the area of diagnosis and treatment. With this knowledge, you’ll also discover new ways of thinking psychologically about mental health. By the end of the course, you’ll have an understanding of how psychologists unpack emotions, behaviours, and thinking...

Get a practical guide to fundraising and learn tips on everything from preparing your fundraising story to processing donations.Design a fundraising strategy to help your group or charity take the next stepOn this course, you’ll get practical advice on how to fundraise whether you work for a non-profit or charity, or you volunteer in a community organisation. Using evidence-based fundraising research, you’ll learn who gives, how they do it, and why they do so. As you explore the fundraising process, you’ll build skills in fundraising management and learn how to create a fundraising strategy that works for your organisation. The...

Explore how adaptive governance could help policymakers plan for and manage sudden environmental changes.Learn the governance tools to respond to climate change Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing governing bodies across the globe. On this course, you will be introduced to climate science, the societal effects of climate change, and the responses already available in the form of climate adaptation. Identify why climate change adaptation is important Adaptive governance is a term used to describe an approach to managing the uncertainty posed by rapid environmental changes in a more responsive manner than traditional modes of governance. As...

Learn everyday Chinese Mandarin and discover Taiwanese culture in the process.Discover how to speak everyday Mandarin and explore the culture of TaiwanDid you think Mandarin was impossibly hard to learn? Think again. This course will introduce you to the fundamentals of everyday Mandarin, teaching you basic vocabulary for a range of everyday situations. The course will also take you on a tour of Taiwanese culture, placing the Mandarin language in the context of the daily life of the island. You’ll ultimately come to be able to communicate clearly and effectively in basic Mandarin – setting you up for a lifetime...

Understand more about autistic people from autistic perspectives with this CPD-certified course.Autistic people experience the world in ways that are different from non-autistic people. This includes differences in communication and sensory experiences. These differences can often disadvantage autistic people as they navigate the non-autistic world. All autistic people will share these key differences but this may appear very differently in each person. Around 700,000 people in the UK are autistic, 1 in every 100 people. There are no blood tests or brain scans that can tell us if a person is autistic - so what exactly are we talking about?...

Learn how to understand the past to explain the present, and get to know the amazing sources and resources of the British Library.Discover sources that help you understand the past, and explain the present!The language of history determines how we view our world and understand urgent issues, such as the environment, conflict and human rights. This language is shaped by documents held in libraries and archives, and the ways in which researchers interpret these is constantly developing. This course will provide you with skills to discover and critically analyse the records of the past, including hidden treasures from the British...

Explore diagnosis and management of respiratory disease using case studies from low resource settings. Get practical guidance on primary care management of CRDOn this course, you’ll get a world-class introduction in how to diagnose and manage respiratory disease in low- and middle-income primary care settings. Explore how to treat chronic respiratory disease Chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) place a huge burden on healthcare services worldwide, as recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO). On the course, you’ll explore the physical, psychological, and social impact of chronic respiratory diseases on the individual, their family,...