Online courses in economics and politics
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Online courses in economics and politics include online courses with live-time sessions, flexible online courses, and day and weekend schools.
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
This course provides a detailed introduction to microeconomics. On completion of the course, students will have the ability to understand and apply the principles of microeconomics at first-year undergraduate level.
- Mon 12 Jan 2026 – 27 Mar 2026
Online - live • Short courses
Economists and politicians have assumed that growth is good. In recent decades this has been challenged. Is it right that society should no longer aim for economic growth? What are the alternatives?
- Tue 13 Jan 2026 – 24 Mar 2026
- 10 meetings
- 6:00 – 7:00pm
Online - live • Short courses
Apologist for the Prussian state? Proto-totalitarian? Or liberal? This course will cut through the misconceptions and present Hegel's political philosophy in its full complexity and subtlety, by means of a close reading of his Philosophy of Right (1821).
- Wed 14 Jan 2026 – 25 Mar 2026
- 10 meetings
- 5:00 – 6:00pm
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 14 Jan 2026 – 27 Mar 2026
Online - flexible • Short courses
Students on this course will gain knowledge about social entrepreneurs, and how to develop creative solutions to address social problems utilising Gandhi's model of 'be the change you wish to see in the world' to make a difference in the lives of others.
- Wed 14 Jan 2026 – 27 Mar 2026
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?
- Mon 19 Jan 2026 – 10 Apr 2026
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