The programme in a nutshell:

5 back-to-back online EU modules (starting September), followed (or preceded) by a 2-week Summer School in Brussels and Vienna (July)

You choose your start date (July or September)

More elaborate description:

From 2014 onwards, the IES offers a Postgraduate Certificate in European Policy-Making, developed and designed by EU and e-learning experts. This certificate is equivalent to 25 ECTS and combines both the IES Summer School and the EU-modules, thus embracing the Blended-Learning approach. This package involves two weeks of face-to-face intensive teaching together with the flexibility of the online modules.... [-]

Society ages and at the same time aspires to improve their quality of life. This macro trend is generating one of the most dynamic industries in the world: accessibility and design for all is becoming an obligatory approach for more and more sectors. Therefore, the market will demand more and more companies and professionals that respond to the needs of accessibility for people and ensure their quality of life.

The Postgraduate in Accessibility and Design for All of the ESARQ-School of Architecture UIC Barcelona will turn you into an accessibility expert to offer the same opportunities to all citizens, whether they have a disability or not. The teaching program will allow you to analyze and understand the criteria on the accessibility of the spaces, itineraries, elements, products and services of our environment. You can apply the so-called accessibility unnoticed, with normalizing criteria and designs commonly used for everyone. You will know the necessary details, you will be able to develop projects with affordable economic costs, and you will critically examine the main laws and regulations on accessibility.... [-]

The programme includes many thought-provoking topics including forensic and investigative psychology, educational psychology, the psychology of sport and exercise, and critical social psychology. Students also get to develop their own knowledge within a particular psychology topic of interest by writing a 30-credit final project.

Graduates from this BSc (Hons) Psychology course will have an understanding of the scientific and theoretical underpinnings of the discipline. They will also develop detailed knowledge of several specialised areas/or applications of psychology, including the ability to recognise the variability and diversity of psychological functioning (and its significance).... [-]

The Postgraduate Certificate in Education (International) is a part-time, distance learning programme of professional enrichment for teachers working in countries other than the UK.

The PGCEi is relevant to all curricula. It focuses on the improvement of individual teaching practice through critical reflection and research on practice. It also enables you to compare teaching approaches in different countries and develop a global approach to education.

The course comprises a face-to-face introductory event, where you will meet your Nottingham-based tutor and fellow students.This is followed by online distance learning with individual tutor support.

The University of Nottingham PGCEi is one of the leading courses of its type. The programme is offered by a truly international university and runs in 14 locations around the world.... [-]

Senior HR professionals must be able to translate business strategy into HR priorities. This CPD course will help you develop your expertise and build your confidence as a strategic HR leader who goes beyond to actively develop business strategy and improve your organisation's capacity for change. Working with HR professionals from public, private and not-for-profit sectors you'll hone your skills in building the case for change based on market and business realities, overcoming resistance and gaining stakeholders' commitment to implementing and sustaining change.

Our PgC in Strategic Human Resource Management for Business Executives is for current and aspiring senior HR professionals, consultants and people leaders operating, or desiring to operate, at a strategic level and become dynamic leaders in HR. It offers you the opportunity to:... [-]

Molecular Pathology (MP) is a rapidly growing discipline in 21st-century medicine. It integrates genomics and bioinformatics with modern pathology to underpin molecular diagnostics, theranostics as well as clinical trials delivery within the academic, health services and industry sectors in an era of precision medicine.

This Certificate is an exciting, innovative distance learning programme aimed to enhance the participant’s theoretical knowledge and practical skills in MP and to empower them to pursue a career in academia, healthcare or industry. The course has a strong focus on innovation and entrepreneurship; emphasising MP’s central role in molecular diagnostics, clinical trials and biotech/biopharma.... [-]

We understand that practice is your main priority, that's why we have designed this online course that enables you to study wherever and whenever you want.

Training to become a teacher is one of the most challenging things you will ever do. With this in mind, this online course is designed to fit around your other professional commitments and will involve assessments relevant to your working life. Designed for practising teachers or those who want to teach in primary or secondary schools and who have recently undertaken or are undertaking a period of training leading to QTS or equivalent, our goal is to provide the foundations that will enrich your practice and fast-track your teaching career.... [-]

This is a unique programme that offers professional training in population studies that emphasizes health and social epidemiology. It aims to provide a broad training in the theories and methods of demography and population sciences and their application to health, social welfare, and economic development.

The programme is designed for those interested in acquiring technical expertise in demography and understanding the interlinkages between population studies and health, including fertility, sexual behavior, aging, health inequalities and life expectancy.

Graduates from the course would be equipped to pursue careers in public health, academic research of a very wide nature, NGOs, reproductive health programmes, health services, government statistical offices, as well as policy and planning organizations.... [-]

This certificate presents a framework for looking at the origins of all kinds of conflict – from civil wars to community disturbances – and explores the theory, policy and practice of intervention. You'll investigate the nature of development primarily from an international perspective.

It is relevant to work in a wide range of contexts, including humanitarian or military agencies, post-war support operations, and conflict resolution around gender, class or ethnicity.

This course is designed to be undertaken by those who need to apply the knowledge of the role of human factors/ergonomics in the design, evaluation and use of interactive systems.

It will provide an understanding of the key issues related to the design, evaluation and use of user-centred technologies and provide you with additional resources to facilitate the learning process.

Can be undertaken in your own time but with access to and support from University staff.

The course consists of two, 30-credit modules, each studied over six months.

Information on distance learning can be found on the University distance learning pages.

Real-time Internship

An internship allows you to apply classroom knowledge in real life situations. We help you find relevant work experience opportunities in organizations involved in Big Data Analytics.

Placement Support

Our Placement Division helps our students meet companies that practice Big Data Analytics. Our Placement Division has positioned students in some of the top companies like Siemens, American Megatrends, Dell, and HCL.

Training Methodology

This course involves several hours of Live Faculty session and recorded a live session. It also has multiple guest lectures every month. Along with live classes, the course has industry catalyzers, opinion polls, observers, and self-assessments.... [-]

Atlântico Business School is an institution of Higher Education aimed at providing training, both at the Bachelor and Master level and at the MBA and Postgraduate level, in the field of Business Sciences, with special emphasis on Finance, Taxation, Marketing, Resources Human Resources, International Management, Information Systems, Quality, Environment, Health and Safety at Work.

The Atlântico Business School seeks to train senior executives with a structured, high quality and relevant training, with a solid scientific preparation combined with a real practical component. After completing their courses, students will be prepared to manage companies or create and develop businesses, will be able to analyze concrete problems in business life, with specific knowledge in the areas of specialization chosen.... [-]

The Autonomous University of the West offers the Specialization Program in Environmental Management in the VIRTUAL modality , with the purpose of contributing to form the highly qualified human resources, necessary to support from the technical point of view the development of the different components of the National Environmental System (Ministry of the Environment, Regional Corporations, Municipal Environmental Planning and Management Units, Public Enterprises, Non-Governmental Organizations and the Productive and Services Sector).

To train specialists who can work interdisciplinarily in the diagnosis, prognosis, analysis and management of the problems that the socioeconomic development of the country generates in environmental and natural resources .... [-]

Previously known as Executive Certificate of Information Technology Management

The Postgraduate Certificate in Information Technology Management is a four-subject programme that is designed to arm you with knowledge in specific areas of Information Technology Management.

If you do not have the time or inclination to enrol immediately in the MMIT or Diploma programme, this four-subject Certificate programme may be what you need to acquire a general understanding of Information Technology Management. It also provides a progression path for those who have completed the single unit study, but who are not yet ready to embark on the full MMIT programme.

Curriculum

You must complete four subjects to earn the Postgraduate Certificate, any of which can be selected from following MMIT subjects (note prerequisites apply to some of the subjects):... [-]

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The Specialisation in Food Security: Assessment and Action is an extension of the FAO's Distance Learning course in Food Security Information for Decision Making. In this Specialisation students are introduced to the concepts and tools used in food security analysis.

As a starting point, students will consider food security and its relationship to vulnerability, hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. Guidelines on how to interpret and use conceptual frameworks for analyzing food security are then reviewed. Other topics include guidance in assessing different kinds of information systems related to food security analysis; designing, writing and increasing the impact of food security reports in different contexts; and commonly used methods to assess food availability at regional, national and local levels.... [-]