Continuing Professional Development
We can support your training needs and enhance your workforce.
Our training courses provide access to a wide range of expertise. They support the continuing professional development needs of those working in:
- life science
- health
- social care
They are flexible for both the learner and the employer. You can access support in a variety of ways to help them with their studies. We scrutinise each of our courses, both academically and professionally. Whether you chose to study a course that is credit bearing or not, it will add true value to your workplace.
Our online learning site has e-courses for clinicians, healthcare professionals and aspiring academics.
Check out our range of short online courses.
Module catalogue
These attendance modules require you to attend fixed (though infrequent) study days at the University campus. Some modules run more than once in a year and where this applies, you should choose the link for the semester in which you would like to study.
Semester 1 begins at the end of September, Semester 2 begins at the end of January, and Semester 3 begins in mid June. We list exact semester dates on the University Calendar.
Running in Semester 1 (end of September)
- Health and Health Care Policy (HSC8040)
- Health Statistics (HSC8036)
- Public Health Protection (HSC8045)
- Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (HSC8051)
- Further Qualitative Research Methods (HSC8052)
- Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods (HSC8053)
- Further Quantitative Research Methods (HSC8054)
- Introduction to Systematic Reviewing and Critical Appraisal (HSC8055)
Running in Semester 2 (end of January)
- Introduction to Global Health (HSC8056)
- Public Health Intervention (HSC8042)
- Health Care Quality (HSC8048)
- Health Economics (HSC8027)
- Health and Society (HSC8047)
- Health Statistics (HSC8036)
Running in Semester 1 (end of September)
- Developing Your Career in Clinical Research (MCR8004)
- Leadership Coaching (MCL8002)
- Research Governance and Ethics (MCR8001)
- Introduction to Research Study Design and Statistics (MCR8002)
- Writing in a Research Setting (MCR8003)
Running in Semester 2 (end of January)
- Clinical Trials (MCR8008)
- Designing a Research Proposal (MCR8006)
- Leadership Coaching (MCL8002)
- Strategic Leadership in Healthcare (MCL8003)
- Introduction to Research Study Design and Statistics (MCR8002)
- Writing in a Research Setting (MCR8003)
Running in Semester 3 (mid June)
- Designing a Research Proposal (MCR8006)
- Strategic Leadership in Healthcare (MCL8003)
- Writing in a Research Setting (MCR8003)
Introduction to Practical Bioinformatics
This intensive two-day course aims to introduce scientists to the command-line interface and the R programming environment. We start from the basics without assuming any prior knowledge. It introduces; the Linux command-line, command-line BLAST and shell scripting. Includes data handling in the R statistical programming environment.
Contact: bsu-support@newcastle.ac.uk
RNA-Seq Data Analysis
This one-day course covers important aspects of Bioinformatics and the analysis of high-throughput sequencing data. We work though an RNA-Seq Analysis using the popular DESeq2 package for differential gene expression analysis.
Contact: bsu-support@newcastle.ac.uk
Introduction to Marker Gene Sequencing (16S, 18S, ITS)
This is a two-day course that demonstrates a typical workflow for microbial marker gene (16S, 18S, and ITS) sequencing analysis, from raw FASTQ files to a wide range of plots, tables, and statistics. The course aims to teach attendees how to use the most appropriate tools for their analysis, and write their own pipeline for marker gene analysis. The primary goal of this course is not only to equip attendees with the coding skills required for their analysis, but to explain the principles behind the tools and methods.
Contact: bsu-support@newcastle.ac.uk
Home Office Licensee Training and Laboratory Animal Specialist Courses
The Comparative Biology Centre offer modules for PIL A, B, C and PPL applicants and a variety of other specialist short courses. Courses run all year round, please get in touch for further information.
Contact: cbc-office@ncl.ac.uk
An Introduction to Policy Evaluation for Public Health
This course introduces statistical techniques to evaluate public health interventions and policy. It will outline how to interpret statistical results and questions to ask yourself when reading public health papers, highlight key datasets available to evaluate public health policy and interventions, and examine three different estimation techniques that can be used for policy evaluation.
Date: 7th October 2019 with an online component to be completed after sitting the course.
Contact: heather.brown@newcastle.ac.uk
Children’s Allergy Webinars
These free webinars are aimed at healthcare professionals in both primary and secondary care who see children with allergy or have an interest in allergic conditions. Upcoming topics include cow’s milk allergy, season allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma, allergic skin disease and venom allergy.
Contact: childrensallergy@nuth.nhs.uk or cpdsupport@newcastle.ac.uk
We can create bespoke training to meet your staff’s specific needs, including:
- a huge range of Communication Skills Training through Roleplaynorth
- anatomy and clinical skills courses, with facility hire, academic input, technical support and cadaveric materials all available
- bespoke hands-on training in scientific techniques and analysis of results