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With over 13,000 courses on wide ranging topics, LinkedIn Learning is a world-leading repository of on-demand study with a focus on the skills that will make you shine. And the great news is that you can benefit from LinkedIn completely free as a Man Met Student (rrp £29.99 per month) and gain Rise points for your self-study which can count towards your degree profile.

A practical guide on how to create and develop a start-up social enterprise.

Welcome to this Rise Self Study Pack focusing on Black Lives Matter and Business. It has been developed in collaboration with the United Nations Global Compact Network UK.

Explore ways to engage with learning outside of mainstream and formal learning environments.

Learn how to plan, record and create your own podcast pilot!

Claim Rise points for your own extra-curricular voluntary work or experience, independent project work or self-study

Explore the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and discover the journey to reach the current goals.

This intensive will give you an insight into today’s deaf world, the barriers deaf people face on a daily basis and strategies and communication tactics to help overcome these barriers. We’ll begin to learn British Sign Language and explore conversation techniques that will enable, encourage and give you the confidence to interact with deaf people going forward.

A beginners guide to game design. Learn how to express your ideas and feelings through personal games by turning old games into new ones, using stuff you already have at home. Publish your games online so that you can play them over video-call.

Learn to tell engaging stories in a vlogging format, exploring the full process of pre-production through to post-production and publishing

Refresh your skills around academic research before embarking on a research project.

this Intensive will equip you with the knowledge of how to identify signs of abuse and will encourage you to explore other areas of safeguarding that you may not have previously considered, but that you may come across in your future careers.

Learn to produce professional looking video projects, with everyday equipment and free software.

Through this intensive, you will explore the journey from early identification through to compiling an effective Early Year Health Care Plan.

What could be included in heritage and how can looking at objects, collections and nature connect with people today? We will look at the value and potential of engagement and look at examples of objects and engagement from Manchester and around the UK.

An introduction to digital research methods, with an emphasis on content analysis as a method of analysing digital data.

There is a wealth of data that is created for and about us and the communities in which we live. Although much of this data is available publically as open data it is often hard to locate, with the tools and understanding needed to interpret and use it unduly difficult.

Learn to listen to, and advocate for, communities and the people within them – and to bring about real change.

Take the first step to learning a range of the languages spoken across the World, including French, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. Explore how language learning can enhance your employability, and the ways in which you can take that learning further.

A course to increase your understanding of culture, diversity, prejudice and inclusion as part of your journey to becoming more culturally competent.

Develop your understanding of wellbeing, mental health and health inequalities and learn practical skills to support your own and others' wellbeing.

Learn how to design and test your own prototype app, with a focus on user-centric thinking and inclusive practice

Explore the issues concerning business practice and sustainability challenges at a local and global level.

Learn about the applied principles of Behaviour Design; the ways in which design principles can be used to positively change the behaviour of individuals, communities and societies.

Develop a stronger appreciation of the contexts and dimension of mental and emotional health in children and young people, with a strong applied focus.

Take the first step to learning a range of the languages spoken across Greater Manchester, including Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Polish and Mandarin Chinese. Explore how language learning can enhance your employability, and the ways in which you can take that learning further.

This intensive, put together by an industry leader, covers the fundamental steps of using social media to market any brand, business or project. From social strategy to content creation and analytics, you'll learn why and how to plan your own campaign.

A complete beginner's guide to creating inventions with LEDS, sensors and other components.

Learn to solve problems creatively, with a focus on creating innovative solutions, prototyping and communicating ideas

Develop your digital enterprise literacy and skills, with an externally recognised award.

For some people the words equality, diversity, and inclusion may feel complicated, and outside of our experience or understanding. This intensive will introduce you to the language surrounding equality, diversity, and inclusion, which we abbreviate to EDI to make it easy to use in your practice and life.

Guidance on pitching, designing and creating a Rise Intensive.

Understand theory and practice around relationships, communication and teamwork – and enhance your collaboration in academia, the workplace and your personal life.

Guidance on pitching, designing and creating a Rise Intensive.

Explore the PESTLE analysis tool to understand how different factors impact the world of business.

This intensive critically analyses self-employment in the UK labour market and outlines what it takes to become self-employed. Students will learn how to become self-employed and train the skills and attitudes needed to be successful.

An accessible introduction to authoring AR/VR content, appropriate for any level of experience.

Are you thinking of doing a PhD? This intensive will provide you with the information you need to get started, helping you to decide whether it’s the right choice for you.

In this Intensive you will learn about The role of the key person in a child’s life.

Learn to solve problems creatively, with a focus on developing understandings and exploring the nature of problems from the perspective of end users.

Find out more about the reading process and how we can support young readers as they get to grips with written language. Explore the many benefits of reading to support personal as well as academic development.

A skills programme for PGR’s covering extensive mentoring capabilities – also provides a great grounding for student employability/personal development. Ideal for those with aspirations of being effective professionals, mentors and teachers.

We would like to invite you to join the anti-slavery movement. We hope that through this intensive you will gain a greater understanding of the challenges but also feel inspired to create positive change.

Take the first steps to becoming a skilled data analyst, by breaking down terms and providing step-by-step guides, this course will demonstrate beginners’ level statistics.

Gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence you need to secure your dream placement or internship. This intensive prepares you to enter the job market by focussing on the practical elements of the recruitment process: the ability to analyse your strengths and skills, create a winning CV, master the art of cover letters, applications and portfolios, navigate and prepare for assessment centres, tackle psychometric tests, and develop confidence at interview. You will learn using a selection of media such as videos, quizzes, articles and interactive tools via the digital Career Centre platform. Some sprints within the intensive allow you to choose from a selection of resources to complete the topic, so you can reflect your personal interests or chosen career direction in your learning.

Systems thinking gives us the tools we need to make sense of systems and analyse the context of problems – useful skills for those wanting to change things for the better.

A critical introduction to research that explores the historical and contemporary topics around race and how we research it.

Before you do anything else, complete this introduction and earn your first 10 points.