Equips students with the skills and knowledge to make the jump to higher education. It teaches reading strategies to evaluate written and visual texts and builds confidence in structuring a critical writing piece.

2 hrs to complete

Teaches easy ways to nail basic numbers and gives an understanding as to why this is important.

5 hrs to complete

Prepares and provides students with all the knowledge and skills to read, interpret and produce tables and graphs, including tendency, spread and dispersion, and scientific notation.

5 hrs to complete

Introduces learners to the principles behind the many statistical practices, including sampling, variables and inference and showing how these concepts fit into the research design process.

6 hrs to complete

Explains what statistical significance and p-values mean, how they are calculated, and how their origin lies in the way we use samples to measure and investigate people, organizations and societies.

4 hrs to complete

Provides a clear understanding of the skills needed to manage and sort transcribed data collected from interviews, surveys, and focus groups.

2 hrs to complete

Equips researchers with the skills and knowledge they need to form and articulate a clear and concise research question that’s relevant, interesting and fundamentally researchable.

4 hrs to complete

Gives an understanding of the elements and purpose a research proposal, strategies to avoid pitfalls when preparing your proposal and provides a step by step plan to craft a winning proposal.

5 hrs to complete

This course guides learners through the planning and development of an academic project. It supports the early preparation of the project and gives direction and advice during every stage to finalise the academic project.

5 hrs to complete

Practical, hands-on course that guides you through planning and developing research interviews, from selecting a suitable interview approach to preparing participants.

5 hrs to complete

Guides you through the entire process of preparing a literature review, from selecting and analyzing existing literature to structuring and writing your review.

5 hrs to complete

Gives an overview of types of data and ways to find and generate them online to use for research.

4 hrs to complete

Equips learners with the confidence, skills and communication strategies to present their research in an impactful and meaningful way.

4 hrs to complete

Equips learners with an understanding of the different types of data management, providing tools and knowledge to manage data effectively and ethically, covering the strategies for organizing research data.

4 hrs to complete

Develops skills to understand and evaluate qualitative data, with the appropriate approach to coding and techniques to categorize and pull themes from data at every stage of analysis.

5 hrs to complete

Provides a clear understanding of the most popular online search strategies. It will help learners to decide which is the best fit for them, as well as giving lots of practical examples for carrying out a search using the most common approaches and tools.

3 hrs to complete

This practical course will help you gain the knowledge and skills to use R for social science research, step-by-step.

20 hrs to complete

Gives learners a full understanding of what artificial intelligence is and how it is used and applied in society and research methods, covering important ethical considerations and challenges.

2 hrs to complete

Learn the fundamentals of cleaning messy data. This course will provide a clear understanding about what messy data sets are and why they need to be cleaned, as well as giving lots of practical examples for cleaning data sets.

3 hrs to complete

Teaches an overview of journal publishing, informing researchers how to take advantage of different publishing opportunities.

2 hrs to complete

Provides researchers with tips and tools to prepare a funding application that will get noticed! Builds an understanding of how to write and present an article to impact both academia and society. 

2 hrs to complete

This course will provide guidance to help authors make an informed decision when researching different journals to publish in. It will give an insight into what journal editors are looking for, drawing on advice and tips from actual journal editors.

1.5 hrs to complete

Putting your article together
Equips researchers with the knowledge, skills, and strategies to write and organize a strong journal article, meeting all the requirements of a publisher.

3 hrs to complete

Supplemental and third-party material
This course will equip learners with the ability to utilize and present supplemental material, including data and third party content, effectively within their article.

2 hrs to complete

This course will supply all the information for learners to finalize their journal article to the highest possible standard in order to maximize chances of publication, suggesting resources and support sites to assist with submission.

2 hrs to complete

This course will provide information for every phase of the publishing review process; from submission to feedback, and teaches learners how to respond to feedback and revise their article appropriately.

1.5 hrs to complete

Teaches authors how to effectively promote their paper through different channels, including conferences and events as well as multimedia avenues.

1 hr to complete