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Discover our short online courses, designed by leading academics on a wide range of topics. Learn at your own pace and enhance your employability.

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Climate Action: Tackling the Climate Crisis for a Better World

Take action to tackle the climate crisis and help build a sustainable, fairer world through impactful climate solutions

Join Climate Action: Tackling the Climate Crisis for a Better World

Free online course: Take action on climate change
Free online course: Take action on climate change

Learn how to take meaningful action on climate change with this free 4-week online course from the University of Leeds. Explore the links between climate change and social justice, discover strategies to reduce carbon emissions, and develop your own climate action plan. The course starts 12 May — join now on FutureLearn.

This new free course is for anyone passionate about climate action and social justice. You’ll explore how addressing the climate crisis isn’t just about cutting emissions but also about creating a just, fair society. Learn how climate solutions across energy, transport, food systems, and business can reduce emissions and promote fairness for vulnerable communities.

Free digital and professional skills courses

The Click Start programme helps 16 to 30-year-old UK residents gain essential digital and professional skills to strengthen their career prospects.

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Our online courses, hosted on learning platform FutureLearn, will help you develop skills for careers in tech industries and develop digital, professional and problem-solving skills to boost your career. 

Access more than 20 courses, assignments and certificates for free.  

Key facts

Over 100 online courses

offered by the University of Leeds

90.5% customer satisfaction rate

on the FutureLearn platform

More than 2m online learners

studying short courses with Leeds, worldwide

Student profile: Annika Bremicker

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I was really impressed by the academics on the program as they are really committed and I would recommend the Environmental Challenges program to friends and colleagues that want to acquire some more knowledge on the subject.