Short Courses at QMU
We offer a range of short courses that can help you gain new knowledge and develop new skills. Generally speaking, these courses are open to all (ie you don't need prior qualifications). Details of each course are set out on this page.
Skills for Good
QMU is committed to social justice and our purpose is to create a better society through education. As such, our short courses focus on employability and skills development for the public and not-for-profit sectors.
Options to gain credit towards a PgCert or degree
Some of our short courses carry academic credit and in most cases this credit can be used towards a higher award – for example, a Postgraduate Certificate - should you wish to continue with further study. Other courses are not assessed and therefore are not credit bearing, however, participants will be provided with a certificate of attendance.
Short courses in 2025
| Name | Next start date | Application deadline |
|---|---|---|
|
Leading and Enhancing Community Learning Outdoors - Free places available (Delivered online) |
5 March 2025 | 5 February 2025 |
| Introduction to Film Education - Free places available | 1 March 2025 | 3 February 2025 |
| Film and Screen Education in Practice | Feb/March 2025 (TBC) | N/A - see course entry for details |
| Disability Confidence for Educational Practitioners (Delivered online) | 31 March 2025 | 7 March 2025 |
| Offsite Safety Management | 25 & 25 April 2025 | 1 April 2025 |
| Introduction to International Safeguarding (Delivered online) | 22 & 23 April 2025 | 1 April 2025 |
| September 2025 (TBC) | TBC | |
|
Strategy and Sustainability Within Cultural Organisations (No assessment) |
September 2025 (TBC) | TBC |
| Introduction to Dramatherapy | October 2025 (TBC) | TBC |
| October 2025 (TBC) | TBC | |
| Filmmaking in the Classroom | September 2025 (TBC) | TBC |
On demand short courses
| Name | Start date |
|---|---|
| No dates planned. If you are interested in this course, please |
Previous course that may run again
We previously ran some of the following courses. Please keep an eye out for future start dates.
| Name | Start date | |
|---|---|---|
| Stage Management Skills (No assessment) | TBC | 6 January 2025 |
| Stage Management Skills | TBC | 6 January 2025 |
| Planning and Evaluating Arts and Cultural Projects | TBC | 18 December 2024 |
| Fundraising, Development and Finance | TBC | 18 December 2024 |
| Data Skills Gateway | TBC | 20 January 2025 |
| Working with Sign Language Users and Interpreters (Delivered online) | TBC | 27 January 2025 |
| TBC | 13 January 2025 | |
| Using Research to Improve Organisational Performance in the Cultural Sector | TBC | |
| Introduction to Art Psychotherapy | TBC |
Do keep an eye on this page, as we will be adding more courses.
