GBR University of Southampton

Southampton is a place for ambitious people keen to stretch their intellectual abilities and help change the world.

From the birthplace of the technologies which drive the Internet to ground-breaking medical breakthroughs in conditions such as cancer, Alzheimer’s and asthma, the University of Southampton has spent the last 60 years changing the world.

Ranked among the top 100 in the world, Southampton is a forward-thinking university that works at the cutting-edge of research, bringing a positive impact to global societies in a wide range of areas such as computer science, oceanography, sustainable energy, engineering and medicine.

The University has thousands of academics and staff working to unlock the potential and support the ambition of more than 22,000 students and an exciting new community of learners from around the world studying its sector-leading MOOCs.

The students themselves are also working to change the world from projects in Africa, which are raising living standards through micro finance, to providing donated ambulances for emergency services in Mongolia, helping to save countless lives.

The University of Southampton have partnered with FutureLearn to deliver online courses to learners across the globe.

Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with these short online courses from the University of Southampton:

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• Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching
• Understanding Money: the History of Finance, Speculation and the Stock Market
• World Class Maths: Asian Teaching Practice
• Understanding Insulin
• Beneath the Blue: The Importance of Marine Sediments
• Contract Management: Building Relationships in Business
• Wellington and the Battle of Waterloo
• English as a Medium of Instruction for Academics
• Jane Austen: Myth, Reality and Global Celebrity
• World Class Maths: Asian Teaching Methods
• Web Science: How the Web Is Changing the World
• Inclusive Learning and Teaching Environments
• Learning in the Network Age
• Exploring Our Ocean
• The Power of Social Media
• Introduction to Linked Data and the Semantic Web
• Digital Accessibility: Enabling Participation in the Information Society
• Archaeology of Portus: Exploring the Lost Harbour of Ancient Rome
• Developing Your Research Project
• Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds: Maritime Archaeology

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