01 · DisasterReady
Project Management Essentials Certificate
Learn the core tools for designing, planning, implementing and closing projects, aligned with the Project DPro approach.
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30 carefully selected online courses across six career pathways — with free certificates, digital badges or completion credentials from respected learning providers.
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Planning · Team leadership · Delivery
5 free courses
Recruitment · Engagement · Inclusion · Coaching
5 free courses
Safety · Risk · Security · Technical awareness
5 free courses
AI · Cybersecurity · Data · Coding · Digital tools
5 free courses
Business English · Presentations · Writing · Networking
5 free courses
Procurement · Supply chain · Operations · Process improvement
5 free courses
Lead with confidence
Build practical leadership, project planning, agile delivery and team-management skills with respected global learning providers.
01 · DisasterReady
Learn the core tools for designing, planning, implementing and closing projects, aligned with the Project DPro approach.
02 · HP LIFE
Understand agile principles and how Scrum and Kanban support iterative, customer-focused project delivery.
03 · HP LIFE
Strengthen self-awareness, strategic thinking and the leadership skills needed to guide people through change.
04 · OpenLearn · The Open University
Explore project lifecycles, feasibility, planning, decision-making, risk and the responsibilities of a project manager.
05 · OpenLearn · The Open University
Learn how teams form, develop, manage conflict, allocate roles and evaluate performance effectively.
Build stronger teams
Develop practical people-management skills across fair recruitment, employee engagement, inclusion, learning and talent development.
01 · OpenLearn · The Open University
A practical guide to job descriptions, fair recruitment, candidate assessment and systematic selection decisions.
02 · OpenLearn · The Open University
Understand employee engagement, involvement, employee relations and why people are central to organisational performance.
03 · OpenLearn · The Open University
Build practical confidence around inclusive recruitment, retention, workplace culture and career progression.
04 · OpenLearn · The Open University
Explore training needs analysis, learning programmes, coaching, mentoring and foundation coaching skills.
05 · HubSpot Academy
Learn recruiting strategy, onboarding, coaching and scalable people-management practices for high-performing teams.
Work safer. Build expertise.
Strengthen practical safety and risk awareness with certificate programmes from humanitarian, UN and university learning providers.
01 · DisasterReady
Learn to assess and mitigate security risks, plan contingencies and manage security incidents using global good practice.
02 · DisasterReady · Save the Children
Prepare for field risks through training on travel, communications, assault prevention, vulnerabilities, arrest and detention.
03 · UNITAR
Study workplace safety, hazard and exposure assessment, risk management and environmental health considerations.
04 · OpenLearn · The Open University
Learn the fundamentals of hazards, risk assessment, legal duties, laboratory safety and field-work safety.
05 · OpenLearn · The Open University
Learn how organisations identify, assess, monitor and manage risk, including project and safety risk management.
Build future-ready skills
Build useful, job-relevant digital capability across AI, cybersecurity, analytics, coding and online technology.
01 · HP LIFE
Understand AI fundamentals, machine learning, generative AI, large language models and practical AI tools.
02 · HP LIFE
Recognise common cyber threats and learn practical ways to protect digital information and online activity.
03 · HP LIFE
Explore how organisations use data science and analytics for decision-making, innovation and product development.
04 · OpenLearn · The Open University
Get a beginner-friendly introduction to coding concepts and use Python to build simple programs.
05 · HubSpot Academy
Learn digital campaign strategy, audience targeting, paid media, conversion paths and performance measurement.
Communicate with clarity
Improve the communication skills that employers notice: professional writing, presentations, workplace communication and confident networking.
01 · HP LIFE
Learn to write clear, professional and impactful business emails for work and career opportunities.
02 · HP LIFE
Build stronger presentations by improving structure, delivery, audience awareness and visual communication.
03 · HP LIFE
Strengthen the communication habits needed to share ideas, collaborate and communicate professionally at work.
04 · HP LIFE
Learn practical relationship-building and networking approaches that can support long-term career growth.
05 · OpenLearn · The Open University
Develop reading, writing, vocabulary, sentence structure and formal English skills through structured practice.
Turn plans into reliable delivery
Build practical knowledge of procurement, warehousing, fleet, supply-chain sustainability and day-to-day operations management.
01 · DisasterReady · Mercy Corps
Learn procurement, warehousing, inventory, fleet and asset-management practices through scenarios and assessment.
02 · OpenLearn · The Open University
Understand environmental, financial, social and stakeholder perspectives in sustainable supply-chain management.
03 · OpenLearn · The Open University
Learn the role of operations management, the input-process-output model and how operations influence organisational success.
04 · OpenLearn · The Open University
Build a practical framework for operations across goods and services, with attention to suppliers and customers.
05 · OpenLearn · The Open University
Understand industries, sectors, suppliers and external factors so you can make stronger operational and career decisions.
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OpenLearn's free completion record. It demonstrates participation but is not an accredited qualification.
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