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Microcredentials at Glasgow

Our Microcredentials are your gateway to enhancing your skills and career prospects in today's competitive job market.

With the aim of supporting employees and employers across the UK to upskill and reskill in response to present-day socioeconomic challenges, these industry-led CPD courses offer:

  • 10 academic credits acquired over 10 weeks
  • Fully online and flexible to accommodate your schedule
  • A curriculum informed by rigorous job market analysis
  • Access to University services, including extensive library resources

Beneficial for working professionals, freelancers, reskillers, jobseekers, and graduates from a variety of industries and professional backgrounds, our Microcredentials are designed to equip you with in-demand skills and tools for your career development, no matter where you are on your journey.

Ready to elevate your skills and advance your career?

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Entry requirements: Please note, each individual course description will list any prerequisite knowledge which you need to have in order to benefit from the course. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have this knowledge and admission to a course does not imply that we deem your prior knowledge to be sufficient to benefit from the course.

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Current courses

Health and Social Care

  • End of Life Challenges & Palliative Care
  • Trauma & Mental Wellbeing in Young People

Business and Management

  • Introduction to Business Analytics
  • Project Management

Data and Computing Science

  • Data Mining and Machine Learning I - Supervised and Unsupervised Learning
  • Advanced Predictive Models
  • Data Mining and Machine Learning II - Big and Unstructured Data
  • Large-scale Computing for Data Analytics

 

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Who are these courses for?

You: A self-directed lifelong learner, committed to augmenting the knowledge, skills, and competencies that will help you advance your career.

Your Class: Learners of all ages, genders, and employment statuses, including working professionals, freelancers, reskillers, jobseekers, and graduates from a variety of industries and professional backgrounds.

Your Teachers: Distinguished educators, academics, and industry leaders from the University of Glasgow.

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What our learners say

Through our courses, our learners have gained valuable skills, knowledge, and academic credits that have paved the way for exciting career advancements and further academic pursuits.

But don't just take our word for it – hear from our learners themselves about the impact that our courses have had on their lives.

  • Read our Learner Success Stories
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Why upskill through microcredentials?

  • Maximise your employability
  • Boost your earning potential
  • Become more effective in current and future roles
  • Network with a group of likeminded professionals and world-class academics
  • Prove CPD
  • Enhance your CV with academic credentials
  • Move onto further study or employment

Each Microcredential offered at the University of Glasgow is assessed through a range of innovative, industry-relevant activities and meets the quality standards set by the Common Microcredential Framework (CMF).

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Get a taste of UofG

As an Microcredentials Learner, you will join the University as a fully registered student and gain access to:

  • Student Services
  • Disability Service
  • Careers Service
  • Peer Wellbeing Support
  • Learning Enhancement & Academic Development
  • Online Library Services
  • A Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) Transcript
  • Academic Credits that can be used as Accredited Prior Learning for further study
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