16 Online programmes offered by the university

If your career involves educating other people and you'd like to improve your professional expertise or progress into a more senior role, our Education (Leadership and Management) (Online) degree at University of Derby is designed to help you.

The ability to identify and work positively with vulnerable people is a core requirement within the health and social care arena. University of Derby offers the Working With Vulnerable People programme. 

This Psychology (Online) University Certificate course at University of Derby is suited to anyone wanting to learn about the foundations of psychology, whether it’s for your career or own personal interest. 

Writing and Researching the Political Economy of Inequality is a free online course that seeks to deepen your engagement with a range of debates on global and domestic inequalities, which present the key challenges of our time. University of Derby offers the Writing And Researching The Political Economy Of Inequality programme. 

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates there are currently 35.6 million people living with dementia, a number which will double by 2030 and triple by 2050 (WHO, 2012). Dementia has already had a significant impact on society, and this will only increase. University of Derby offers the Bridging The Dementia Divide programme. 

You will have opportunities to gain an in-depth understanding of a wide range of relevant theoretical models of supervision. Additionally, you will engage in supervising art therapists or art therapy trainees; in support of which you will participate in group supervision. University of Derby offers the Art Therapy Supervision programme. 

Depression is now classed as the main cause of disability worldwide, with an estimated 3.3 people in every 100 in the UK having depression according to the World Health Organisation (World Health Organisation, 2017). University of Derby offers the Depression - A Compassionate View programme. 

This Health Psychology Masters degree at University of Derby will help you to make a real difference to people's lives whether you pursue a career as a Registered Health Psychologist or in health roles within the NHS, public, private and charity sectors such as public health or behavioural science.

Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), our online MSc Psychology (Online) course at University of Derby is ideally suited to anyone who is looking to take the next step and pursue a career in psychology, bringing you one step closer to becoming a chartered psychologist

Person-Centred Care (PCC) is becoming increasingly important within the health and social care sector due to drivers such as the NHS Long Term Plan (2019). University of Derby offers the Organisational Culture And Person-Centred Approaches To Care programme. 

The open online course provides an overview of addiction recovery science and its background, including discussion of the development of recovery research, primarily from the United States of America. University of Derby offers the Recovery Pathways programme. 

Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), the online Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology (Online) course at University of Derby is ideally suited to anyone who is looking pursue a career in psychology, bringing you one step closer to becoming a Chartered Psychologist.

One of our most popular online degrees, this BPS-accredited Psychology (Hons) course from University of Derby is an essential first step to becoming a qualified psychologist. It includes free BPS student membership, which gives you access to a valuable network, plus great resources and events.

This programme enables practitioners to develop the skills and knowledge for clinical decision-making and to practice as independent prescribers in line with the standards set by professional regulators. University of Derby offers the Clinically Enhanced Prescribing programme. 

The outcomes of this self-guided course have been developed to ensure that you have the background knowledge and skills in those areas of the geosciences that are essential to embarking successfully on a study of GeoEnergy systems. University of Derby offers the Bridge To GeoEnergy programme. 

The Business Management and Economics (Hons) course at University of Derby is designed to apply economic theory to real-life situations. Academic expertise will be used to help you make robust links between economic theoretical frameworks and the practicalities of the real world.