Micro-credentials
Upskill at home with SRUC. Our micro-credentials can help you gain new knowledge and develop new skills. They have been designed to work around your working and home lives: study anytime, anywhere.
Micro-credentials are a new and exciting academic offering from SRUC. They are short, accredited learning experiences that facilitate flexible and innovative professional development and lifelong learning.
SRUC micro-credentials offer bite-sized accredited learning for continuing or professional development. They are all delivered by SRUC lecturers, who are experts in their field, and specifically designed to support learners wishing to keep pace with the fast-changing needs of society and industry.
Importantly, our micro-credentials are 100% online, meaning that as long as you can access the internet, you can study anywhere, anytime. They're self-paced too, so you can fit your learning in around your working and home lives.
And every micro-credential course offered is accredited, earning you 10-20 Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework (SCQF) credits upon completion.
A full list of all the micro-credential courses we offer - by subject area, are listed below.
Agriculture, agricultural sciences, and food systems:
Agriculture Communications and Journalism
Introduce yourself to the discipline of agricultural communications and equip yourself with fundamental journalistic and marketing communications skills in the context of the rural sector and natural economy.
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Data-Led Agriculture
Harness the power of data analytics to optimise your agricultural practices.
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Digital Media in Agriculture
Learn how to help organisations within the rural sector improve their marketing communications efforts.
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Integrated Marketing Communications in Agriculture
Gain an understanding of theory plus the practical skills related needed to develop targeted and omni-channel marketing communication plans in the context of the rural sector and natural economy .
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Issues Management and Crisis Communication in Agriculture
Learn the strategies and skills you need to communicate effectively about risk and crisis on behalf of your organisation in the context of the rural sector and natural economy.
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Science Communication in Agriculture
Hone your communication skills by focusing analysis and message appropriateness in communicating about scientific information related to the rural sector and natural economy.
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Animal, biological, and veterinary sciences:
Sustainability in Veterinary Practice
Gain the knowledge and tools you need to offer a more sustainable approach to healthcare in veterinary practice.
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Environment and conservation:
Managing Ecosystems for Climate Resilience
Gain a scientific understanding of the ways in which natural systems can be managed to store carbon and enhance their biodiversity and ability to respond to climate change.
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Fundamentals of Ecological Restoration
Gain an evidence-based understanding of the methods needed to restore damaged and degraded ecosystems.
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Horticulture & plant and soil sciences:
Phytotechnologies: Plant-based technologies for environmental management
Discover the innovative use of plants for environmental management.
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Soil-Plant Root Interactions in a Changing Environment
Explore plant-root strategies that have evolved to make the most of soil resources and explore if agriculture can utilise these traits for more resilient and efficient farming.
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Fundamentals in Plant Protection
Gain a practical understanding of the factors which affect plant health.
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Biology and Response of Plants in a Changing Environment
Gain insights into both the impacts of changing climate on plant biology and growth together with the critical role plants have in mitigating climate change.
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