Learn in your own time from the comfort of your own home through open learning. Study one of our short courses to enhance your qualifications, improve your skills or learn something new.
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Maths and English
Enhance your Maths or English skills with an opening learning qualification at Dumfries and Galloway College.
This could help you with maths in real-life situations, such as managing your finances or help you build up your communication skills and sense of emotional understanding.
Working within SCQF level 5 or 6, as a student, you can comfortably work from home at your own pace with support from our tutors. Our Maths and English courses can help you progress to higher education, including teacher training and nursing.
Literature 1 @ SCQF Level 6
Develop your literary analysis skills and build your awareness of social and moral concerns with Literature 1.
Gain a qualification in Social Studies that helps you understand and care for people.
You can choose to study human behaviour with psychology or learn safe practices which can help you support individuals with dementia or be able to safely handle medicines.
You can comfortably work from home at your own pace with the support from our tutors.
Understanding the Safe Handling of Medicines
Develop your knowledge of safe handling of medicines with Understanding the Safe Handling of Medicines course.
This exciting brand-new six-week, part-time programme is being delivered entirely online in conjunction with College Development Network to help give you the flexibility to study around your other commitments.
This course aims to give learners an introduction to the issues around stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination. It will also help you to identify the basic rights that all people should enjoy and the shared values people have.
This vital course combines three interrelated themes: safeguarding in general; online safety; and the Prevent duty. This course is aimed at anyone who works with children, young people or vulnerable adults, have a legal duty in respect of safeguarding and Prevent.
Principles of Working with Individuals with Learning Disabilities
This course is aimed at learners who work with, or would like to work with, individuals with learning disabilities. Although it will be particularly useful to those working in health and social care, it will also be of interest to those who work in education or housing support roles.
Develop your understanding of children’s wellbeing by learning about issues that affect them, including mental health and illnesses.
You will pick up the ability to spot signs of illnesses and understand how to react.
You can comfortably work from home at your own pace with support from our tutors.
Understanding Children and Young People’s Mental Health
Develop awareness and knowledge of caring for children and young people’s mental health with Understanding Children and Young People’s Mental Health course.
Understand and gain the knowledge of why children develop illness and knowing what to do in these situations with Understanding Childhood Illnesses courses.
Enhance your career prospects and learn the principles of sustainability.
Help your business to meet the needs of the future and ensure you’re putting the right practices in place to become more efficient and help Scotland meet its net zero targets.
Our range of courses provide an understanding of sustainable goals, the benefits of an environmental management system and how organisations can help prevent pollution. You could also learn how to set energy saving targets and how legislation and international agreements might have an impact on your business.
Social Responsibility of Business
Social responsibility in business is becoming increasingly important for the environment and consumers looking to buy from responsible companies.
This course has been designed to explain what sustainable energy management is, ways to manage energy usage and energy conservation techniques that can help reduce carbon footprints.
Sustainable development is defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
