University of Newcastle Courses

Fairy Tales: Meanings, Messages, and Morals

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Build your skills in literary analysis and creative writing by exploring the meaning of fairy tales.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural History Illustration 101

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Learn how to see and draw nature like an illustrator. Build observational and visual interpretation skills in an interactive and enjoyable way.

• edX
• 3-6 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Developing Your Educational Leadership and Management Vision

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Develop your leadership and management skills to establish a school vision, support your staff and make meaningful change in your school or organisation.

• edX
• 3-4 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

A History of Violence: From the Middle Ages to Modern Times

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Examine the origins, changing nature, uses, and attitudes towards human violence in western history.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Food for Kids: Discovering Healthy Eating

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Learn about the science of food, nutrition and digestion using a fun approach. Investigate how the food you eat contributes to your health and wellbeing.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Applying Strategic Leadership in Education

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Learn strategic leadership perspectives and practices and how to apply them in your workplace. Investigate the transformative behaviours and beliefs of leaders aligned with your current educational organisation.

• edX
• 3-4 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Science of Weight Loss: Dispelling Diet Myths

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Arm yourself with the knowledge and tools to make healthy eating decisions as you learn the science behind weight loss and dispel diet and nutrition myths.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Fairy Tales: Meanings, Messages, and Morals

Build your skills in literary analysis and creative writing by exploring the meaning of fairy tales.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

International Climate Change Law and Policy

Learn about the evolution and architecture of international law and policy to combat climate change. Take a close look at the 2015 Paris Agreement (UNFCCC) from both a legal and economic perspective.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

What is Poetry? An Introduction to Literary Analysis

Understand the basics of poetry analysis and learn key skills for studying English literature by exploring a variety of texts.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Modern Monetary Theory: Economics for the 21st Century

Demystify macroeconomic principles and terminology and discover how Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) provides explanations for some of the world's most troubling financial concerns.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Mao to Now: On Chinese Marxism

An insightful study of Chinese Marxism, socialism and capitalism - critical for anyone who wishes to engage with China today.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Leading Transformative Change in Education

Develop a comprehensive plan for increasing your personal leadership capacity to effect meaningful change now and into the future.

• edX
• 3-4 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

High Conflict in Law: Personality Disorders and Disputes

Learn about the relationship between some personality disorders and high-conflict behaviour. Discover how to deal with high-conflict behaviours and manage conflicts in legal and business disputes.

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Human Reproduction: Sex, Science and Society

A cross-disciplinary look at the biological factors that influence sex, fertility and making babies in modern society.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)