Short courses

Microcredentials are a way for professionals to expand their knowledge with flexible study options. Discover the benefits of lifelong learning and advance your career and professional development.

This 3 hour webinar provides participants with a comprehensive overview of the changes taking place in the creative industries as a result of AI. Whether your business is pro- or anti-AI, developing, using or competing with AI tools, it is essential to understand the technology, core social issues, and associated trends.

Designed by industry-leading researchers and practitioners from the School of Built Environment and City Futures Research Centre, these short courses demonstrate how research-informed teaching, open data platforms and best-practice modelling can support sustainable development and long-term, smart urban solutions.

Stigma can exist at all levels within a healthcare setting, from interactions between patient and clinician to policies and procedures in health practice. Understanding stigma and its impact on health systems and services is an important step to better meet the needs of people in marginalised groups and create a safe space for all.

The Design for Everyone: Bridging the Gap between Desirable Designs and Accessibility short course promotes lived-experience-focused co-design, encouraging participants to go beyond textbook learning and make genuine connections that inform the design process. 

Educational Psychology in Practice will provide you with insights into these questions by learning about memory, cognition, attention, what drives people to do what they do, and how teachers can best respond to learners by taking their perspective.

Designed to help you create 3D biomedical animations, UNSW's world-leading 3DXLab's introductory short course is your first step towards mastering scientific communication.

GERRIC is our collaboration with the NSW Department of Education, focusing on education and development for gifted students. Discover more about GERRIC, including our Mini-COGE workshops for educators.

Research indicates that without appropriate identification and supportive educational opportunities, gifted children are likely to underachieve, dropout, and experience emotional disturbance and impaired wellbeing. In this course, you will consider the challenges gifted children face at school.

One of the greatest challenges for educators is articulating the purpose(s) of their school and providing a clear framework to meet that purpose and achieve desired outcomes.

This range of short courses provides prospective interpreters and/or translators with the foundations for eventual professional certification. Learners are introduced to the basic roles, ethics, theories, and skills of interpreting and translation in order to understand the critical importance of evidence-based best practice in these professions.

Our changing climate in cities is the most documented phenomenon of recent times. This course leverages the power of scientific research and globally acclaimed case studies to showcase how cutting-edge knowledge and advanced technologies can effectively combat real-world challenges.

Open Data Platforms and Licences for Cities will provide students and industry professionals with insights and skills to navigate the interactions between the cultural heritage building recognition and protection systems, the housing and commercial market system, and the contemporary land use planning systems.

Introducing PACE: Personalised Autonomous Communication Enhancement, a unique course tailored to enhance your English communication skills in the way that suits you best.

A skilled veteran and non-veteran workforce needs accredited training. Our suite of short courses for simulation-based educators offers current and future experts in simulation an opportunity to be acknowledged and accredited.

Bridge the autism knowledge gap in your classroom. Embark on a transformative journey, where you'll be guided through the complexities of teaching students on the autism spectrum with practical insights and evidence-based strategies to provide high-quality education.

Use evidence-informed frameworks to guide you to develop your skills and effectiveness in gathering, evaluating, prioritising, integrating and analysing data (from international standardised tests to qualitative teacher records) to inform your teaching and learning.

Contemporary cities have grown extraordinarily complex and are described and analysed through an increasing variety of social, economic and environmental data in different dimensions. This course provides fundamentals for understanding and using 3D spatial data to be able to solve problems and improve the way in which we live.

UNSW's Social Policy Research Centre focuses on addressing welfare issues like poverty, inequality, wellbeing, and justice. Join a community of advocates and researchers and delve into the causes and effects of poverty and inequality from an Australian policy standpoint, using evidence-based approaches to drive societal change.