Microcredential 1: Core Issues in Digital Trust and Security

Microcredential 2: Understanding Digital Society

Microcredential 3: Digital Markets and Trust

Microcredential 4: Online Harms

Course Description

 

Microcredential 1: Core Issues in Digital Trust and Security

This online micro-credential delivers training in digital security threats and mitigation techniques. It covers core concepts related to cybersecurity.

 

The course will run for 10 weeks beginning on

·       Monday 25^th January 2027 (sign-up will close on Monday 11^th January 2027)

·       Monday 31^st May 2027 (sign-up will close on Monday 17^th May 2027)

 

Microcredential 2: Understanding Digital Society

This online micro-credential considers the impact of digital technologies on society. It covers core concepts related to digital technologies and examines their influence on social, economic, and political developments. 

 

The course will run for 10 weeks beginning on

·       Monday 25^th January 2027 (sign-up will close on Monday 11^th January 2027)

·       Monday 31^st May 2027 (sign-up will close on Monday 17^th May 2027)

 

Microcredential 3: Digital Markets and Trust

This online micro-credential delivers training on the opportunities, risks, and challenges that arise in digital markets. It introduces examines how digital technologies influence trust, competition, and governance in online markets. 

 

The course will run for 10 weeks beginning on

·       Monday 25^th January 2027 (sign-up will close on Monday 11^th January 2027)

·       Monday 31^st May 2027 (sign-up will close on Monday 17^th May 2027)

 

Microcredential 4: Online Harms

This online microcredential delivers training on the challenges of online harms in a connected world. It examines misinformation, cyber abuse and harmful online content, and the responses designed to create safer digital environments.

 

The course will run for 10 weeks beginning on

·       Monday 25^th January 2027 (sign-up will close on Monday 11^th January 2027)

·       Monday 31^st May 2027 (sign-up will close on Monday 17^th May 2027)

 

 If you want to book onto a future cohort, click on the appropriate link below. You will be given the option to select which cohort you wish to join at a later stage. 

 

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