Courses

• Start Your Career as a Healthcare Professional: Online Work Related Learning

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-healthcare-professionals

  Distance learning | Distance learning | Part-time | 4 weeks

  Gain a unique insight into working in healthcare and the NHS as you learn what it takes to become a healthcare professional...

• Concepts in Sustainable Development: an Introduction to the Key Issues MOOC

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-sustainability

  Distance learning | Distance learning | Part-time | 6 weeks

  This is for you if... you want to explore some of the key issues in sustainability, tackling the big questions with examples from around the world...

• Physical Geography and Geology BSc

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/physical-geography-and-geology-bsc

  Undergraduate 2026 | Campus-based | Full-time | 3-4 years | UCAS code: F8F6

  This degree is for you if you have a broad interest in Earth Science and the environment, and you want to study at the boundary of physical geography and geology...

• Discovering Your PhD Potential: Writing a Research Proposal MOOC

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-preparing-a-phd-proposal

  Distance learning | Distance learning | Part-time | 5 weeks

  This is for you if... you want to learn how to write an excellent research proposal for a postgraduate application...

• Finance MSc by distance learning

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/finance-msc-dl

  Postgraduate | Distance learning | Full-time | 1 year, full-time

  Transform your career in finance with the University of Leicester's MSc in Finance (with Accredited Prior Learning).  If you are looking to expand your expertise in finance and quantitative financial analysis skills, our course will equip you with the skills you need without having to take a break from your career...

• Applied Linguistics MOOC

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-applied-linguistics

  Distance learning | Distance learning | Part-time | 6 weeks

  Language teachers, forensic linguistics, speech therapists and translators all work within the realm of applied linguistics. If you’re a lover of language, and want to know more about how it functions in our everyday lives, this online course is for you...

• England in the time of King Richard III MOOC

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-england-in-the-time-of-king-richard-iii

  Distance learning | Distance learning | Part-time | 6 weeks

  Finding the remains of King Richard III in a Leicester car park was an amazing breakthrough. If you’re interested in knowing more about this, as well as the time in England in which he lived, this short online course is for you...

• Environmental Science with Foundation Year BSc

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/environmental-science-with-foundation-year-bsc

  Foundation, Undergraduate 2026 | Campus-based | Full-time | 4-5 years | UCAS code: F775

  There’s always another way to follow your passion. If you don’t quite have the entry requirements to study Environmental Science at Leicester, this STEM Foundation Year degree is for you...

• Cardiovascular Science MRes

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/cardiovascular-science-mres

  Postgraduate | Campus-based | Full-time | 1 year, full-time

  This is for you if... you want to study the cardiovascular science at an advanced level and develop the skills needed to go on to a career in cardiovascular research. Moreover, it is an appropriate pathway to PhD studies in this specialty. ..

• People Studying People: Research Ethics in Society MOOC

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-people-studying-people-research-ethics-in-society

  Distance learning | Distance learning | Part-time | 6 weeks

  This is for you if... you want to explore the value of ethical thinking for research, using an ethical appraisal framework to develop and evaluate studies...