The Open University Courses

Introduction to Cyber Security

22 reviews

Our lives depend on online services. Gain essential cyber security knowledge and skills, to help protect your digital life.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 8 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Start Writing Fiction

21 reviews

Get started with your own fiction writing, focusing on the central skill of creating characters, with this hands-on course.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 8 weeks long
• 17th Apr, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Forensic Psychology: Witness Investigation

18 reviews

Discover how psychology can help obtain evidence from eyewitnesses in police investigations and prevent miscarriages of justice.

• FutureLearn
• 8 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

World War 1: Trauma, Memory, Controversy

9 reviews

Discover the traumatic effects of war on those who survive it, from the soldiers on the front lines to the civilians at home.

• FutureLearn
• 2 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Moons

6 reviews

Explore the many moons of our Solar System. Find out what makes them special and ask whether we send humans to our Moon again.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 8 weeks long
• 13th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

4 reviews

This free course, Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online, will help you to understand online security and start to protect your digital life, whether at home or work. You will learn how ...

• OpenLearn
• 24 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World

195 ratings at FutureLearn

Use literary and archaeological evidence to see how ancient Greeks and Romans approached health, well-being and societal issues.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

From Notation to Performance: Understanding Musical Scores

64 ratings at FutureLearn

Find out how musicians turn the notation of a musical score into a memorable performance. Change how you listen to music.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Everyday English 1

3 reviews

This free course, Everyday English 1, will develop and improve your essential speaking and listening, reading and writing skills for work, study and everyday life.

• OpenLearn
• 48 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

3 reviews

Whether a project is large or small, innovative or similar to other projects, governance and administrative support will be needed. The type of governance, and level of support, will vary ...

• OpenLearn
• 7 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

3 reviews

The body has traditionally been treated as a biological object in psychology. However, is there more to our bodies than that? Some psychologists recognise that we relate to other people and the ...

• OpenLearn
• 15 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

How to Learn Online: Getting Started

84 ratings at FutureLearn

This free online course will explain how you can study online without putting the rest of your life on hold.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

IT in everyday life

2 reviews

We now live in a global village where distance is no longer a barrier to commercial or social contact. This free course, IT in everyday life, will enable you to gain an understanding of the ...

• OpenLearn
• 4 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Forensic science and fingerprints

2 reviews

This free course, Forensic science and fingerprints, covers how science can make fingerprints easier to study, how they are used in court and some of the questions about the extent to which ...

• OpenLearn
• 10 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Simple coding

2 reviews

Have you ever wanted to try out simple coding? Want to understand the basics of what it entails? This course introduces you to the skills, concepts and jargon of coding. 

• OpenLearn
• 2 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate