University of Southampton

The University of Southampton is already one of the top 15 research universities in the UK and has achieved consistently high scores for its teaching and learning activities.
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.
More info: http://www.southampton.ac.uk

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Beneath the Blue: The Importance of Marine Sediments (FutureLearn)

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Beneath the Blue: The Importance of Marine Sediments (FutureLearn)
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Understand the importance of our planet's seafloor and get an introduction to the exciting field of ocean science. Discover fascinating seafloor habitats and learn how humans affect them. Exactly what lies beneath our oceans? Why is the sea floor, and its marine sediments, so important? And how are humans [...]

Developing Your Research Project (FutureLearn)

Undertaking an Extended Project Qualification, IB extended essay or any other scholarly research? This guides you step-by-step. Curiosity is one of humanity’s most important characteristics. It has enabled us to make the unknown known, to break barriers and to shine a light on all aspects of life, from our [...]

Digital Accessibility: Enabling Participation in the Information Society (FutureLearn)

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Digital Accessibility: Enabling Participation in the Information Society (FutureLearn)
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With a better understanding of users' needs, technologies can be developed to be accessible & provide a more inclusive environment. This course will help you to understand how those with sensory, physical and cognitive impairments may be disabled by barriers encountered when using digital technologies. The course will highlight [...]

Inclusive Learning and Teaching Environments (FutureLearn)

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Inclusive Learning and Teaching Environments (FutureLearn)
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Explore the barriers experienced by disabled students and learn how to overcome these barriers through inclusive practices. According to research by the UK government, disabled people are around half as likely to hold a degree-level qualification than people without disabilities. It raises an important question: how can we make [...]

Learning in the Network Age (FutureLearn)

What does it mean to learn in a networked world? Find out, and discover how to make use of your own personal learning network. Digital technologies have fundamentally changed how we learn. The web is no longer simply an information resource, but also a space for interaction, scholarship and [...]

Agincourt 1415: Myth and Reality (FutureLearn)

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Agincourt 1415: Myth and Reality (FutureLearn)
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Mark the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, exploring its history and legacy, with this free online course. The Battle of Agincourt, in 1415, is one of the most famous battles in the history of warfare, and one of the most important and memorable English victories. It still [...]

Archaeology of Portus: Exploring the Lost Harbour of Ancient Rome (FutureLearn)

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Archaeology of Portus: Exploring the Lost Harbour of Ancient Rome (FutureLearn)
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Learn how ancient artefacts, written evidence, excavation and digital technologies are transforming understanding of this harbour. The Roman harbour city of Portus lay at the heart of an empire that extended from Scotland to Iraq. Established by Claudius and enlarged by the emperor Trajan with spoils of the Dacian [...]
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Secure Android App Development (FutureLearn)

Get an introduction to mobile app security and learn how to develop secure Android applications, with this free online course. 84% of security breaches are at the application layer, according to Gartner research. With mobile devices and their applications holding more and more sensitive data – from people’s locations [...]

Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds: Maritime Archaeology (FutureLearn)

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Shipwrecks and Submerged Worlds: Maritime Archaeology (FutureLearn)
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Learn how maritime archaeology investigates our changing relationship with the world’s oceans and seas, from 2.5 million years ago until today. People have explored and depended on the oceans of our planet for millennia. During that time the geography of our world has changed radically as coastal regions have [...]

Web Science: How the Web is Changing the World (FutureLearn)

Explore how the web has changed our world and what the future might hold, with this free online course introducing Web Science. You may already be an avid user of the Web, but this introduction to Web Science will help you better understand it as both a social and [...]