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Microcredentials
Develop your team's specialist skills and knowledge
Microcredentials are professional development courses with academic credit, designed to quickly build in-demand skills and knowledge to keep your business up-to-date and competitive.
Key benefits
- A short commitment and workload, a microcredential takes just 10-12 weeks to complete, with 10-13 hours of study per week
- Provides cutting-edge knowledge across specialised subjects, informed by our world-class academics, and many are endorsed by industry partners
- Delivers practical skills that can be immediately applied in the workplace
- Results in improved employee engagement and retention helping your organisation maintain a competitive edge
- Academic credit that learners could use in the future towards further study
Sponsor an employee or a group of employees by paying some or all of their course fees.
Contact us today to learn more about our Microcredential courses, request a registration pack, or explore flexible learning options tailored to your needs.
Explore Microcredentials courses
Choose from: Leadership and Management | Computing and Digital Technologies | Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability | Health and Social Care | Teacher Development and Inclusive Learning
Leadership and Management
| Course | Description |
|---|---|
| Agile Leadership and Management (TZFM850) | Develop Agile Leadership skills to support your professional development and lead highly engaged teams in the 21st century. |
| Business Management: Financial Accounting for Non-Financial Roles (BZFM306) | Develop your accounting skills and knowledge to interpret financial statements, measure business performance and assess financial health. |
| Business Management: Fundamentals of Management Accounting (BZFM305) | Develop your accounting skills and knowledge to help you make better business decisions and achieve your professional goals. |
| Business Management: Improving Organisational Practice (BZFM302) | Grow your management skills, adapt to change successfully, and have a positive impact on the performance of your organisation. |
| Business Management: Marketing Principles and Practice (BZFM301) | Learn how to apply key marketing techniques to enhance your performance and make better business decisions. |
| Business Management: People Management and Leadership (BZFM303) | Gain critical people management and leadership skills to support your organisation and boost your career. |
| Business Management: Project Management (BZFM304) | Develop the skills and knowledge you need to lead or contribute to successful projects, and take your career to the next level. |
| Management of Change: Organisation Development and Design (BZFM802) | Discover tools and concepts of human centred management and design, and develop skills to manage and lead in the 21st century. |
| Management of Uncertainty: Leadership, Decisions and Action (BZFM801) | Develop greater leadership skills and learn to make effective decisions in conditions of radical uncertainty. |
Computing and Digital Technologies
| Course | Description |
|---|---|
| AWS: Machine Learning Foundations (TZFM261) | Develop highly sought-after skills to design and deploy machine learning models on the cloud with the AWS Academy. |
| AWS: Solutions Architect (TZFM361) | Learn best practices and strategies to guide the implementation of cloud services on AWS with OU AWS Academy Experts. |
| Cisco: CCNA - Introduction to Networks (TZFM162) | Build the foundations in infrastructure networking and boost your career as a network engineer with Cisco and The Open University. |
| Cisco: DevOps using DevNet (TZFM362) | Gain industry-focused DevOps skills to develop and manage networked systems with this Cisco-endorsed course. |
| Cisco: Python Programming (OpenEDG) (TZFM163) | Prepare for a future in programming as you learn from experts at Cisco and The Open University. |
| Cyber Security Operations (Cisco) (TZFM862) | Upskill in cyber security operations and enhance your working knowledge of cyber security with this Cisco-endorsed course. |
| Digital Photography: Discover your Genre and Develop your Style (TZFM201) | In collaboration with the Royal Photographic Society, take the next steps in your photography journey by exploring different genres and finding your style. |
Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability
| Course | Description |
|---|---|
| Climate Change: Transforming your Organisation for Sustainability (TZFM320) | Develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to lead change for sustainability in your organisation. |
Health and Social care
| Course | Description |
|---|---|
| Mental Health: Working with Children and Young People (KZFM801) | Develop critical knowledge to identify and address mental health issues in children and young people. |
Teacher Development and Inclusive Learning
| Course | Description |
|---|---|
| Developing Educational Leadership in Practice (EZFM803) | Gain critical skills to become a leader in education and put the latest theories and research in the field into practice. |
| Mentoring and Coaching in Professional Learning (EZFM802) | Learn how to lead professional learning through effective mentoring and coaching, with The Open University. |
| Online Teaching: Accessibility and Inclusive Learning (HZFM884) | Enhance your online teaching by understanding and improving accessibility for students with disabilities or additional needs. |
| Online Teaching: Creating Courses for Adult Learners (HZFM881) | Learn the practical skills you need to build and deliver online courses successfully, and develop your ability to teach adults online. |
| Online Teaching: Embedding Social, Race and Gender-Related Equity (HZFM885) | Discover how to embed equity in your online teaching and support equitable participation for all students. |
| Online Teaching: Evaluating and Improving Courses (HZFM882) | Develop the skills you need to evaluate the success of your online teaching and enhance your students’ remote learning experience. |
| Teacher Development: Embedding Mental Health in the Curriculum (HZFM883) | Develop inclusive learning that enhances student mental health and wellbeing using the application of Universal Design for Learning. |
CPD courses may also interest you
Our growing range of CPD courses that are another great way to rapidly build new skills within your team. These provide digestible, bite-sized learning, with 40+ to choose from across digital marketing, digital transformation, business management, and more.
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