Useful sources of free education

We are living through challenging times, with many furloughed or having been made redundant recently. It could be an excellent time to educate yourself and up skill. There are some great free sources of education which we have compiled for you below:

Open University

The Open University have several excellent courses, ranging from legal courses to project management however you can find some of the ones we think may be especially useful below:

• List of free courses - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses/full-catalogue
• Company Law in Context - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/society-politics-law/company-law-context/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab
• Changing Law: Mental Capacity in Legislation - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/society-politics-law/changing-law-mental-capacity-legislation/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab
• Equity, Law and Ideas - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/society-politics-law/law/equity-law-and-idea/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab
• Innovation, Markets and Industrial Change - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/people-politics-law/politics-policy-people/sociology/innovation-markets-and-industrial-change/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab
• Asset Allocation in Investment - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-business/asset-allocation-investment/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab
• Entrepreneurship, from ideas to reality - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-business/entrepreneurship-ideas-reality/content-section-overview?active-tab=description-tab
• Risk Management - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-business/risk-management/content-section-overview?active-tab=description-tab

Other Sources

• University of Oxford Podcasts - http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series
• London School of Economics, YouTube Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK4elntcUEy3aVZM1dxkpIcI-jJer8tYh
• Open Culture, free online courses ranging from philosophy to law - http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
• UK Government skills toolkit - https://theskillstoolkit.campaign.gov.uk/
• Open University, succeed in the workplace - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/succeed-the-workplace/content-section-overview?active-tab=description-tab

We hope you find these educational resources helpful. If you have any suggestions please get in touch and we will update this list.

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