Our courses

This course is designed for students who seek a deeper understanding of sustainability across a broad range of fields and concepts. You will gain a comprehensive vision of sustainability theories in order to critically assess issues and find solutions in social, economic and environmental dimensions.

How do early experiences during infancy affect a developing brain, and how do the structures of the brain influence child behaviour? This course will lead you through key concepts of child development and individual differences, with topics like ‘nature vs nurture’ and the impact of socioeconomic factors. You will also investigate how child development creates long-term impacts, such as attachment relationships and social abilities.

With this course, you are prepared to use existing research results in order to write short, easy to understand policy briefs. Through a skill toolkit, you will understand the modes of research dissemination and how to effectively translate research into a policy brief usable for employers or public content.

This course is designed to help you understand and navigate the complexities of communication in a globalized world. Through interactive activities like case studies and role-playing, you will develop the skills to communicate effectively, adapt to different cultural settings, and handle conflicts with sensitivity and understanding.

This course offers a comprehensive exploration of the major psychological disorders found in adults. You will examine the impact of biological, psychological and environmental causes in these disorders, and the relevance of gender, race and culture in their treatment. Contemporary issues like stigmas and new treatment research will also be discussed for effective application in a modern clinical practice.

Negotiation and mediation are essential skills that, against common belief, can be studied and developed. By linking theory and practice, this course aims to increase your knowledge of negotiation and mediation theories and practical skills. Through core concepts like distributing value and active listening, alongside simulated practices, you will develop as effective negotiators and mediators.

What does it matter what people speak when no one listens? How does listening relate to the world and society, and vice versa? This is a crucial question to understand in order to tackle many issues in all fields of life. This course will focus on the transdisciplinary inquiry of listening (what listening is) and its wider relation to society, through an exploration of the philosophy of listening and its application in psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, sociology and communication science.

This course provides an insight into the attitude and behaviour of all nine personality types of the Enneagram model, and the way each type manages their communication, work ethics, reaction to leadership and how they can further develop their personality. This knowledge will be life changing as it will help you deal with your own defence mechanism and patterns, and find a way to cooperate with the other personality types.

Managing your own knowledge has been a key success factor in many different disciplines. This course walks you through the basics of knowledge management such as creating nodes and synchronising across devices. Through the knowledge manager “Obsidian”, you will learn how to build a knowledge repository that will immediately expand your insight and capabilities across fields.