Online courses in economics and politics
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Online courses in economics and politics include live-time weekly classes, day and weekend schools, and flexible online courses.
Credit earned from some of these courses is transferable towards our Certificate of Higher Education – a part-time undergraduate programme in which you study a main subject discipline, but also undertake study in other academic subjects.
View all online courses in economics and politics.
Upcoming courses
Online - flexible • Short courses
Everybody is talking about 'globalisation' - but what does it really mean? What factors drive globalisation and what are the consequences for all of us? How can and should we govern processes of globalisation?
- Wed 01 May 2024 – 12 Jul 2024
Online - flexible • Short courses
This global course analyses one of the most controversial public policy issues of the 21st century: how to regulate international labour migration and the rights of migrant workers.
- Wed 01 May 2024 – 12 Jul 2024
Online - flexible • Short courses
In addition to tracing the evolution of the modern state and political ideas and ideologies, this course focuses on issues that confront people from all parts of the world on a day-to-day basis.
- Wed 01 May 2024 – 12 Jul 2024
Online - flexible • Short courses
What is the welfare state and what functions does it serve? Why and how do welfare states vary across countries and over time? What are the biggest challenges that welfare states face in the 21st century?
- Wed 08 May 2024 – 19 Jul 2024
Online - flexible • Short courses
This course provides a detailed introduction to, and encompasses the fundamentals of macroeconomics. On completion of the course you will have the ability to critically assess real-world macroeconomic developments at first-year undergraduate level.
- Mon 28 Apr 2025 – 11 Jul 2025