University of Glasgow Courses

Early Modern Scottish Palaeography: Reading Scotland's Records

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Explore Scottish history and learn more about using historical sourcesPalaeography is the study of ancient handwriting and a vital skill in the historian’s toolkit. It is essential when conducting research on early modern Scotland – a period of profound political, religious and social change the effects of which can still be felt today.On this course you’ll travel back through Scottish history by studying material from the National Records of Scotland and other archives. You’ll explore diverse topics in Scotland’s past, get an introduction to various forms of historical sources and develop your own palaeography skills.This course is for anyone interested in the history of Scotland, but will be of particular interest to local historians and genealogists.While the Educators themselves aren’t available to facilitate this run, we encourage you to engage with other learners and there are opportunities to do this throughout the course.

Basic First Aid: How to Be an Everyday Hero

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Learn first aid - you could save someone’s lifeThousands of lives a year could be saved if more of us knew basic first aid. This 2-week course is a basic guide to first aid.You will learn how to recognise and manage emergencies and build a foundation of first aid knowledge and skills to build on. Whether it’s how to help someone who’s choking, helping someone who has passed out, or helping someone with a severe cut, this course will give you the confidence to deal with basic first aid problems.This course will hopefully provide you with a solid foundation of basic first aid skills and knowledge but it is by no means a substitute for official First Aid training.This course is for anyone interested in learning first aid, you don’t need any medical experience.While the Educators themselves aren’t available to facilitate this run, we encourage you to engage with other learners and there are opportunities to do this throughout the course.

Genomic Medicine: Harnessing the Power of the Human Genome

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Explore cutting-edge genomics data analysis tools and technologyThis course will advance your understanding of the rapidly growing use of genomics in the research, diagnosis, and treatment of clinical conditions.Discover the practical application of genomics in medicineAs medical technology advances, new hugely powerful genomics technologies enable an individual’s full gene set – and even whole genome – to be analysed rapidly and simultaneously, with the aim of identifying pathogenic DNA variants.On this course, you’ll develop your understanding of the structure, organisation, and function of the human genome, and learn how genetic variants can disturb this function and cause disease.Learn how to make sense of genomic dataAlongside leading academics from the University of Glasgow, you’ll explore how genomic analysis enables scientists to extract medically important findings.You’ll get to grips with genomic data analysis and build your skills in using sophisticated online databases and tools to analyse the latest human genomic datasets.You’ll also learn common terminology used in global genomic analysis and explore how genomic technologies can be applied in guided therapy for specific medical conditions.This course is designed for anyone interested in genomic medicine and the clinical impact of differences in our DNA.The course will be particularly useful for healthcare professionals, patients, and carer groups.

World War 1: Paris 1919 - A New World Order?

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The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 ended a Great War, but it also designed the post-war future. In 1919, world leaders assembled in Paris redrew the map of the world, partitioned and created countries, and ushered in a new era of international relations. The naivety of the peace-makers of 1919 has been justly criticised. However, in setting up a permanent ‘world organisation’, the League of Nations, they changed the management of world affairs forever.Produced in collaboration with the BBC, this three-week course will let you retrace the steps of those who took those momentous decisions almost a century ago, and to get a sense for the consequences of their decisions. You’ll have a chance to assess how, over the past century, world organisations (first the League of Nations, then the United Nations) have become a forum for international cooperation.And you’ll be encouraged to debate many of the issues that have vexed international politics since then.To find our more, read Christian J. Tams’s post for our blog: “From Islamic State to Ebola: how 1919’s Paris Peace Conference still shapes world affairs.”This course is part of a series designed in partnership with the BBC to commemorate the war.World War 1: Aviation Comes of Age (University of Birmingham)World War 1: Changing Faces of Heroism (University of Leeds)World War 1: Trauma and Memory (The Open University)You may also be interested in:World War 1: A History in 100 Stories (Monash University)

Robert Burns: Poems, Songs and Legacy

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Celebrate Robert Burns with this free online course.This free course from the Centre for Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow, will introduce you to the life, works and global celebrity of Robert Burns.You’ll examine poems, songs, manuscripts, and objects used to commemorate the poet. You’ll also develop your understanding of Robert Burns’s posthumous reputation - from Burns Suppers and Burns Night through to Hogmanay.No previous experience or qualifications are required for this course - just an interest in Robert Burns, Scottish history and culture, or poetry and song in general.It is ideal for anyone considering further study in the field, such the courses offered by the Centre for Robert Burns Studies at the University of Glasgow.

Becoming a Dentist

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Gain dentistry experience online before applying for a degree in dentistryThis course offers prospective dental students everywhere the chance to better understand what it’s like to be a dental student, how to ace the application process, and what a career in dentistry could hold.You’ll learn everything from the importance of oral health for patient wellbeing to what a typical day looks like for a dentist.Explore career opportunities in dentistry and what it takes to succeedOn this course, you’ll be introduced to the dental profession through a unique, virtual insight into the daily work of dentists. You’ll learn what qualities a dentist needs and find out the key daily activities dentists perform.Hearing from existing dentistry students, you’ll discover different topics you would study as a dental student, and hear what it’s like to be a dental student at university today.Gain dentistry work experience onlineWork shadowing in a dental setting would normally be a core part of your application to a dental course. However, due to COVID-19 and its unique impact on dentistry, this valuable experience is not an option.This course offers you vital insight into not only the unique nature of dentistry as a career, but also can be used as evidence of your dentistry understanding and passion for the subject.Learn from the University of Glasgow admissions team and practicing dentistsThis course includes contributions from the University of Glasgow admissions team who have detailed knowledge of the admissions process, as well as experienced practicing dentists in hospital and general practice.By the end of the course, you’ll have enhanced your knowledge of what to expect from a dental course and what a dental career will entail, as well as gained valuable advice and experience around your dental degree or course application.The course is designed for prospective dentistry applicants looking to study dentistry in the UK.It will also be of interest to those intending to apply for courses in dental hygiene and therapy or dental nursing.It may have a wider interest to school students, career advisors, and PSE teachers.

Interpreting for Refugees: Contexts, Practices and Ethics

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Learn about humanitarian interpreting and the role of the interpreterOn this course, you’ll discover the role of the interpreter and explore the specific challenges of interpreting for refugees.You’ll cover topics like cultural awareness, ethics and emotional reflexivity when working in situations that require cross-cultural communication.You’ll consider the different work contexts you may be in as an interpreter for refugees, and learn the importance of your own wellbeing as well as your duty of care to the people you’re working with.You’ll also have the opportunity to connect with other interpreters and tutors to share your knowledge and experiences.This course provides an interactive learning opportunity for anyone working in a humanitarian interpreter role, their trainers and service providers.The course will also be of interest to humanitarian workers and intercultural mediators as well as students interested in interpretation and mediation who aspire to work for organisations that support refugees and asylum seekers.

End of Life Care: Challenges and Innovation

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Learn about new directions and the latest thinking on end of life care.Death itself may be certain, but how we die involves many challenges. On this course, you’ll explore the care we receive when dying, cultural variations and beliefs around what makes a good death, and the planning and timing of death.With increasingly ageing populations, we are living longer but dying more slowly. New ideas around end of life care are therefore emerging in different contexts. You will discover the patterns and global trends taking place in palliative care, and explore these new approaches from a social science and humanities perspective.You’ll also be learning from health and care experts at the University of Glasgow, recently ranked as offering the number one online healthcare course and number 14 online health and medicine course by Class Central, a search engine ranking the top online classes of all time.This course is for people interested in or engaged in matters relating to death, dying, bereavement, palliative and end of life care.This course will be of special interest to those working in healthcare, including physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health and social care professionals.The course will also appeal to practitioners, students, researches, volunteers and policymakers in end of life care, as well as social activists and those working in artistic and cultural media who are working on end of life issues.It is ideal for anybody considering taking The University of Glasgow’s MSc End of Life Studies

Diversity and Inclusion in Education

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeStudent diversity is becoming the rule rather than the exception in education systems across the world. Students bring to classroom different characteristics such as ability and disability, socio-economic background, race, ethnicity, and cultural background, beliefs and religion, and gender characteristics. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 4 aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all (United Nations, 2015). However, creating inclusive quality education for all remains a ubiquitous challenge faced by educators faced with increasing student diversity. And certain groups of students are more likely to experience barriers to access, participate and success in education. During this course, you will:Develop a critical understanding of the concepts and assumptions about diversity and difference, including notions of ability and disability, socio-economic background, race, ethnicity, and cultural background, beliefs and religion, and gender.Develop awareness of historical and contemporary definitions of inclusive education, taking into account policy, theories and models.Develop the ability to critically analyse contexts in order to identify barriers to developing inclusive and equitable quality education for all learners.Develop knowledge about ways to develop inclusive and equitable quality education for all learners, taking into account their diverse characteristics and needs.

Deep learning in Electronic Health Records - CDSS 2

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeOverview of the main principles of Deep Learning along with common architectures. Formulate the problem for time-series classification and apply it to vital signals such as ECG. Applying this methods in Electronic Health Records is challenging due to the missing values and the heterogeneity in EHR, which include both continuous, ordinal and categorical variables. Subsequently, explore imputation techniques and different encoding strategies to address these issues. Apply these approaches to formulate clinical prediction benchmarks derived from information available in MIMIC-III database.

DNA, Genetics, and Genomics: Understanding their Importance in Health and Cancer

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Learn how genomics is transforming the treatment of genetic disordersEnhance your understanding of the role genetics plays in shaping our health, and how this insight can help us treat disease.

TESOL Strategies: Supporting ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms

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Explore strategies to support the language needs of learnersWith increased migration and refugee flows, most teachers are encountering increasingly diverse students in their mainstream classrooms. This course is designed for teachers at all levels, working with language learners across the curriculum.This course will give you new insight into the different aspects of language, the language learning process and the demands of different curricular areas. It will enable you to enrich your daily practice to ensure the needs of the language learners are met.Practising teachers, both primary and secondary, offering English medium instruction in schools. An initial teaching qualification, or experience working in English medium classrooms, is desirable.While the Educators themselves aren’t available to facilitate this run, we encourage you to engage with other learners and there are opportunities to do this throughout the course.

MSc End of Life Studies

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Examine new theories, studies and methods surrounding end of life care issuesAs the global population ages and grows, so too does the number of deaths in the world each year. With this comes new patterns of ageing and dying, but access to good quality end of life care varies enormously around the world.On this degree, you’ll explore issues surrounding where, how, and when we die. You’ll learn about varying cultural beliefs surrounding what makes a good death, and consider global attempts to improve end of life care. Using examples of legalised assisted dying, you’ll consider the debates and issues of end of life care from a social science and humanities perspective.

Data-Driven Leadership Skills

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This microcredential is designed for a wide range of professionals. You could be in a management structure, leadership role, or looking to gain more knowledge to develop the leadership and management skills required to lead engaged, productive, and high-achieving teams in business today and into the future.You’ll discover new leadership strategies and methodologies that build on traditional leadership models, incorporating the new challenges and opportunities impacting leaders in the age of data and digital technology.Boost your knowledge of data driven leadershipThe impact of the 21st century’s fourth industrial revolution means that many traditional leadership research and models are now outdated.Traditional leadership training encourages leaders to be responsible for analysing all information and then to make decisions. This course shows how modern leadership models can be more agile and responsive by sharing data analysis and decision-making.Analyse and evaluate traditional models of leadership and managementOn this microcredential, you’ll delve into traditional leadership models and ask how these traditional theories of leadership can be critiqued in light of how businesses operate today.You’ll discover decision science tools for organising and managing data as a leader and learn how to apply lean principles to the integration and optimisation of information.You’ll also be introduced to traditional management science concepts and learn why their data-based origins mean they’re still relevant today.Discover new strategic leadership planning toolsAs you consider traditional leadership planning tools, you’ll familiarise yourself with the planning paradox, whereby the efficiency of 20th Century planning tools – like PESTLE and SWOT analyses – are limited in dynamic 21st century contexts.Starting with early commentators like Henry Minzberg, you’ll trace critical approaches to leadership and strategy using more exploratory tools such as Cynefin.You’ll discover how to interpretdata as a leader using your lecturer’s own data driven strategic decision making tool, and practice using the SWAN model as well as military tools used for dynamic planning.Explore efficient and agile leadership structuresAs agile leadership continues to dominate 21st Century organisations and decision-making, you’ll identify how agile models differ from 20th century hierarchies.You’ll evaluate how a move towards agile working is affecting modern leadership and collective decision-making, before learning how agility can be coded into any organisation.Using real-world case studies, you’ll explore the differences between agility and efficiency, and assess how to balance this dichotomy when applying agile and responsive leadership practices.Assess your identity and role as a leader in data rich environmentsThe final sections of the course explore how holding on to a traditional view of leadership can deter leaders from identifying with data skills – to their own detriment.You’ll consider how this can lead to data skills being siloed from leadership and decision making, as well as leaders being overwhelmed with data instead of harnessing the power of collaborative decision making.You’ll be encouraged to explore the role data has to play in your future as a leader, and define how your leadership experiences match the evolving digital workplace.Learn with experts at the University of Glasgow’s triple-accredited business schoolThis microcredential is offered by the business school at top Russell Group university, the University of Glasgow.You’ll learn with esteemed lecturer, Dr. Matt Offord, a former Naval Officer with extensive experience leading agile 21st-century teams in high technology and data rich environments.Dr. Offord has also published research into agile information- and data-based leadership behaviours and informal decision-making networks, and is a regular speaker on data-driven leadership and communication at the UK Defence Academy.Data-Driven Leadership Skills flyer

The Scottish Highland Clans: Origins, Decline and Transformation

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Discover the important history of the Highland clansThe Highland, Gaelic speaking clans are a vital part of Scotland’s history. They also shape how the world imagines Scotland today.This course uses the expertise of University of Glasgow academics to explain the structure, economy and culture of the clans. It covers the centuries between the fall of the MacDonald Lords of the Isles in 1493 until around 1800, when the clans dissolved away as a result of social economic change. It then discusses how the legacies of clanship shaped global images of Scotland up until the present.This course is for anyone interested in Scottish History, Gaelic culture, and the way Scotland is represented in the modern world. No prior knowledge is required; all learners are welcome.