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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a serious and deeply harmful practice affecting millions of girls and women around the world. Our FGM Awareness and Prevention Course offers clear, well-researched information to help learners understand the cultural, health, and legal issues surrounding FGM. Whether you're working in education, healthcare, social care or safeguarding, this course delivers the key facts and preventative approaches in a respectful, thoughtful way. It’s built to raise awareness, support early intervention, and equip learners with the right knowledge to identify risk and respond appropriately. Written with care and backed by expert-led research, this course strips away confusion and focuses on what matters most—safeguarding girls from harm. From the legal framework in the UK to the signs professionals should watch for, this course brings important learning into focus without sounding like a lecture. No fluff, no jargon—just clear, impactful content designed to leave a lasting impression. Whether you're refreshing your knowledge or learning it for the first time, this is the kind of course that helps you feel ready to act when it counts. Key Features CPD Accredited FREE PDF + Hardcopy certificate Fully online, interactive course Self-paced learning and laptop, tablet and smartphone-friendly 24/7 Learning Assistance Discounts on bulk purchases Course Curriculum Module 01: Introduction to FGM Module 02: History and Prevalence Module 03: Legislation and Policies Module 04: Key Issues Associated with FGM Module 05: Mandatory Duties Module 06: Prevent FGM Module 07: Safeguarding Children & Women Learning Outcomes Recognize historical factors influencing FGM prevalence globally. Navigate legislation and policies surrounding FGM with confidence. Analyze key issues associated with Female Genital Mutilation critically. Implement mandatory duties for effective FGM prevention. Develop proactive strategies to prevent FGM in diverse contexts. Champion safeguarding initiatives for the well-being of children and women. Accreditation This course is CPD Quality Standards (CPD QS) accredited, providing you with up-to-date skills and knowledge and helping you to become more competent and effective in your chosen field. Certificate After completing this course, you will get a FREE Digital Certificate from Training Express. CPD 10 CPD hours / points Accredited by CPD Quality Standards Who is this course for? Social workers Healthcare professionals Educators Legal professionals Community activists Human rights advocates NGO workers Students in relevant fields Career path Social Worker Healthcare Advocate Educator in Gender Studies Legal Consultant Human Rights Officer NGO Program Coordinator Certificates Digital certificate Digital certificate - Included Once you've successfully completed your course, you will immediately be sent a FREE digital certificate. Hard copy certificate Hard copy certificate - Included Also, you can have your FREE printed certificate delivered by post (shipping cost £3.99 in the UK). For all international addresses outside of the United Kingdom, the delivery fee for a hardcopy certificate will be only £10. Our certifications have no expiry dates, although we do recommend that you renew them every 12 months.

Childhood isn’t always carefree. Some children face emotional, behavioural, or developmental challenges that are often misunderstood or overlooked. The Understanding Childhood Disorders Course shines a light on the early signs, symptoms, and support strategies surrounding childhood mental health and behavioural conditions. From anxiety and ADHD to autism and learning difficulties, this course explores how these disorders present in children and the ways in which early awareness can make a difference. Designed for anyone with an interest in child development—parents, carers, educators, or support workers—this course offers valuable insights into childhood behaviour and psychological wellbeing. With clear explanations and thoughtful content, you’ll explore patterns, triggers, and support options in a way that feels approachable and human. Whether you're trying to better understand a child’s behaviour or simply want to expand your knowledge, this course takes a calm and informative approach to a subject that matters. Key Features CPD Accredited FREE PDF + Hardcopy certificate Fully online, interactive course Self-paced learning and laptop, tablet and smartphone-friendly 24/7 Learning Assistance Discounts on bulk purchases Course Curriculum Module 01: Introduction to Childhood Disorders Module 02: Stages and Areas of Child Development Module 03: Factors That Influence Development in Children Module 04: Cognitive Development in Children Module 05: Social and Emotional Development in Children Module 06: Personality and Intellectual Development in Children Module 07: Autism, ADHD and Dyslexia in Children Module 08: Stress and Anxiety Disorders in Children Module 09: Personality Disorders in Children Module 10: Mood Disorders and Depression in Children Module 11: Eating & Sleeping Disorders in Children Learning Outcomes Analyse stages and areas of child development for holistic understanding. Examine factors influencing children's development with critical insight. Evaluate cognitive, social, and emotional dimensions of child growth. Recognize signs and characteristics of common childhood disorders. Understand interventions for stress, anxiety, mood, and eating disorders. Apply knowledge to support children's well-being in diverse settings. Accreditation This course is CPD Quality Standards (CPD QS) accredited, providing you with up-to-date skills and knowledge and helping you to become more competent and effective in your chosen field. Certificate After completing this course, you will get a FREE Digital Certificate from Training Express. CPD 10 CPD hours / points Accredited by CPD Quality Standards Who is this course for? Parents seeking insights into child development and disorders. Educators aiming to enhance their understanding of students' needs. Healthcare professionals involved in child and adolescent care. Psychologists interested in childhood mental health. Social workers dedicated to supporting children and families. Counsellors working with young individuals. Childcare professionals and nursery staff. Individuals considering a career in child psychology or education. Career path Child Psychologist Educational Consultant Child and Adolescent Counsellor Special Education Teacher Child Development Researcher School Psychologist Certificates Digital certificate Digital certificate - Included Once you've successfully completed your course, you will immediately be sent a FREE digital certificate. Hard copy certificate Hard copy certificate - Included Also, you can have your FREE printed certificate delivered by post (shipping cost £3.99 in the UK). For all international addresses outside of the United Kingdom, the delivery fee for a hardcopy certificate will be only £10. Our certifications have no expiry dates, although we do recommend that you renew them every 12 months.

Delve into the fascinating world of medical laboratory science and clinical chemistry with a course tailored for those eager to explore the processes behind diagnostic testing and biochemical analysis. This online course is designed to introduce learners to the principles of laboratory operations, quality assurance, and the interpretation of clinical data—all from a structured, theory-based perspective. Whether you're starting out or expanding your understanding of this vital healthcare sector, this course provides clarity on the methods used to assess bodily fluids, monitor patient health, and support accurate medical decision-making. Learners will gain insight into the core topics of clinical chemistry, including enzymology, electrolyte balance, and metabolic profiling. With a focus on scientific accuracy and regulatory awareness, the content is thoughtfully arranged to offer a strong academic foundation for anyone interested in pursuing knowledge in laboratory-based disciplines. This course suits those who appreciate analytical detail and are curious about the scientific reasoning behind medical diagnostics—without needing to attend a lab in person. Key Features CPD Accredited FREE PDF + Hardcopy certificate Fully online, interactive course Self-paced learning and laptop, tablet and smartphone-friendly 24/7 Learning Assistance Discounts on bulk purchases Course Curriculum Module 01: Introduction to Laboratory Technician Module 02: Medical Laboratory Services Module 03: Laboratory Equipment and Instrumentation Module 04: Microscopy Techniques and Applications Module 05: Clinical Chemistry Analysis Module 06: Haematology and Haemostasis Module 07: Immunology and Immunohaematology Module 08: Urinalysis and Body Fluid Analysis Module 09: Clinical Microbiology Module 10: Parasitology and Mycology Module 11: Laboratory Safety and Biohazard Management Module 12: Quality Assurance and Laboratory Accreditation Module 13: Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) Learning Outcomes: Analyse clinical chemistry data to support medical diagnoses. Perform haematological and haemostasis tests accurately and efficiently. Apply immunological techniques in laboratory settings for diagnostic purposes. Demonstrate proficiency in microscopy techniques and their diverse applications. Execute precise urinalysis and body fluid analyses for diagnostic insights. Employ microbiological techniques to identify and manage infectious diseases. Accreditation This course is CPD Quality Standards (CPD QS) accredited, providing you with up-to-date skills and knowledge and helping you to become more competent and effective in your chosen field. Certificate After completing this course, you will get a FREE Digital Certificate from Training Express. CPD 10 CPD hours / points Accredited by CPD Quality Standards Who is this course for? Aspiring laboratory technicians Healthcare professionals seeking advanced skills Individuals aiming for a career in clinical chemistry Science graduates interested in medical laboratory services Current laboratory staff looking to enhance their expertise Those pursuing roles in immunology and haematology Microbiology enthusiasts keen on diagnostic applications Individuals passionate about quality assurance in healthcare. Career path Medical Laboratory Technician Clinical Scientist (Clinical Chemistry) Haematology Specialist Immunology Laboratory Analyst Microbiology Technician Quality Assurance Officer in Healthcare. Certificates Digital certificate Digital certificate - Included Once you've successfully completed your course, you will immediately be sent a FREE digital certificate. Hard copy certificate Hard copy certificate - Included Also, you can have your FREE printed certificate delivered by post (shipping cost £3.99 in the UK). For all international addresses outside of the United Kingdom, the delivery fee for a hardcopy certificate will be only £10. Our certifications have no expiry dates, although we do recommend that you renew them every 12 months.

The Animation for Beginners Course is a wonderful learning opportunity for anyone who has a passion for this topic and is interested in enjoying a long career in the relevant industry. It's also for anyone who is already working in this field and looking to brush up their knowledge and boost their career with a recognised certification. This Animation for Beginners Course consists of several modules that take around 5 hours to complete. The course is accompanied by instructional videos, helpful illustrations, how-to instructions and advice. The course is offered online at a very affordable price. That gives you the ability to study at your own pace in the comfort of your home. You can access the modules from anywhere and from any device. Why choose this course Earn an e-certificate upon successful completion. Accessible, informative modules taught by expert instructors Study in your own time, at your own pace, through your computer tablet or mobile device Benefit from instant feedback through mock exams and multiple-choice assessments Get 24/7 help or advice from our email and live chat teams Full Tutor Support on Weekdays Course Design The course is delivered through our online learning platform, accessible through any internet-connected device. There are no formal deadlines or teaching schedules, meaning you are free to study the course at your own pace. You are taught through a combination of Video lessons Online study materials Mock exams Multiple-choice assessment Certification Upon successful completion of the course, you will be able to obtain your course completion PDF Certificate at £9.99. Print copy by post is also available at an additional cost of £15.99 and the same for PDF and printed transcripts.

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for individuals who want to improve their phone skills. Overview Upon successful completion of this course, students will be more confident in handling the phone, resulting in new customers while retaining current clientele. In this course, students will learn about different types of calls and the etiquette associated with them. Getting Started Housekeeping Items Pre-Assignment Review Workshop Objectives The Parking Lot Action Plan Aspects of Phone Etiquette Phrasing Tone of Voice Speaking Clearly Listen to the Caller Case Study Using Proper Phone Language Please and Thank You Do Not Use Slang Avoid Using the Term ?You? Emphasize What You Can Do, Not What You Can?t Case Study Eliminate Phone Distractions Avoid Eating or Drinking Minimize Multi-Tasking Remove Office Distractions Do Not Let Others Interrupt Case Study Inbound Calls Avoid Long Greeting Messages Introduce Yourself Focus on Their Needs Be Patient Case Study Outbound Calls Be Prepared Identify Yourself and Your Company Give Them the Reason for the Call Keep Caller Information Private Case Study Handling Rude or Angry Callers Stay Calm Listen to the Needs Never Interrupt Identify What You Can Do For Them Handling Interoffice Calls Transferring Calls Placing Callers on Hold Taking Messages End the Conversation Case Study Handling Voicemail Messages Ensure the Voice Mail Has a Proper Greeting Answer Important Messages Right Away Ensure Messages are Delivered to the Right Person When Leaving A Message for Others... Case Study Methods of Training Employees Group Training One-on-One Training Peer Training Job Shadowing Case Study Correcting Poor Telephone Etiquette Screening Calls Employee Evaluations Peer Monitoring Customer Surveys Case Study Wrapping Up Words From The Wise Review Of The Parking Lot Lessons Learned Recommended Reading Completion Of Action Plans And Evaluations

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Business Analysts, Technical Managers, and Programmers Overview This intensive training course helps students learn the practical aspects of the R programming language. The course is supplemented by many hands-on labs which allow attendees to immediately apply their theoretical knowledge in practice. Over the past few years, R has been steadily gaining popularity with business analysts, statisticians and data scientists as a tool of choice for conducting statistical analysis of data as well as supervised and unsupervised machine learning. What is R ? What is R? ? Positioning of R in the Data Science Space ? The Legal Aspects ? Microsoft R Open ? R Integrated Development Environments ? Running R ? Running RStudio ? Getting Help ? General Notes on R Commands and Statements ? Assignment Operators ? R Core Data Structures ? Assignment Example ? R Objects and Workspace ? Printing Objects ? Arithmetic Operators ? Logical Operators ? System Date and Time ? Operations ? User-defined Functions ? Control Statements ? Conditional Execution ? Repetitive Execution ? Repetitive execution ? Built-in Functions ? Summary Introduction to Functional Programming with R ? What is Functional Programming (FP)? ? Terminology: Higher-Order Functions ? A Short List of Languages that Support FP ? Functional Programming in R ? Vector and Matrix Arithmetic ? Vector Arithmetic Example ? More Examples of FP in R ? Summary Managing Your Environment ? Getting and Setting the Working Directory ? Getting the List of Files in a Directory ? The R Home Directory ? Executing External R commands ? Loading External Scripts in RStudio ? Listing Objects in Workspace ? Removing Objects in Workspace ? Saving Your Workspace in R ? Saving Your Workspace in RStudio ? Saving Your Workspace in R GUI ? Loading Your Workspace ? Diverting Output to a File ? Batch (Unattended) Processing ? Controlling Global Options ? Summary R Type System and Structures ? The R Data Types ? System Date and Time ? Formatting Date and Time ? Using the mode() Function ? R Data Structures ? What is the Type of My Data Structure? ? Creating Vectors ? Logical Vectors ? Character Vectors ? Factorization ? Multi-Mode Vectors ? The Length of the Vector ? Getting Vector Elements ? Lists ? A List with Element Names ? Extracting List Elements ? Adding to a List ? Matrix Data Structure ? Creating Matrices ? Creating Matrices with cbind() and rbind() ? Working with Data Frames ? Matrices vs Data Frames ? A Data Frame Sample ? Creating a Data Frame ? Accessing Data Cells ? Getting Info About a Data Frame ? Selecting Columns in Data Frames ? Selecting Rows in Data Frames ? Getting a Subset of a Data Frame ? Sorting (ordering) Data in Data Frames by Attribute(s) ? Editing Data Frames ? The str() Function ? Type Conversion (Coercion) ? The summary() Function ? Checking an Object's Type ? Summary Extending R ? The Base R Packages ? Loading Packages ? What is the Difference between Package and Library? ? Extending R ? The CRAN Web Site ? Extending R in R GUI ? Extending R in RStudio ? Installing and Removing Packages from Command-Line ? Summary Read-Write and Import-Export Operations in R ? Reading Data from a File into a Vector ? Example of Reading Data from a File into A Vector ? Writing Data to a File ? Example of Writing Data to a File ? Reading Data into A Data Frame ? Writing CSV Files ? Importing Data into R ? Exporting Data from R ? Summary Statistical Computing Features in R ? Statistical Computing Features ? Descriptive Statistics ? Basic Statistical Functions ? Examples of Using Basic Statistical Functions ? Non-uniformity of a Probability Distribution ? Writing Your Own skew and kurtosis Functions ? Generating Normally Distributed Random Numbers ? Generating Uniformly Distributed Random Numbers ? Using the summary() Function ? Math Functions Used in Data Analysis ? Examples of Using Math Functions ? Correlations ? Correlation Example ? Testing Correlation Coefficient for Significance ? The cor.test() Function ? The cor.test() Example ? Regression Analysis ? Types of Regression ? Simple Linear Regression Model ? Least-Squares Method (LSM) ? LSM Assumptions ? Fitting Linear Regression Models in R ? Example of Using lm() ? Confidence Intervals for Model Parameters ? Example of Using lm() with a Data Frame ? Regression Models in Excel ? Multiple Regression Analysis ? Summary Data Manipulation and Transformation in R ? Applying Functions to Matrices and Data Frames ? The apply() Function ? Using apply() ? Using apply() with a User-Defined Function ? apply() Variants ? Using tapply() ? Adding a Column to a Data Frame ? Dropping A Column in a Data Frame ? The attach() and detach() Functions ? Sampling ? Using sample() for Generating Labels ? Set Operations ? Example of Using Set Operations ? The dplyr Package ? Object Masking (Shadowing) Considerations ? Getting More Information on dplyr in RStudio ? The search() or searchpaths() Functions ? Handling Large Data Sets in R with the data.table Package ? The fread() and fwrite() functions from the data.table Package ? Using the Data Table Structure ? Summary Data Visualization in R ? Data Visualization ? Data Visualization in R ? The ggplot2 Data Visualization Package ? Creating Bar Plots in R ? Creating Horizontal Bar Plots ? Using barplot() with Matrices ? Using barplot() with Matrices Example ? Customizing Plots ? Histograms in R ? Building Histograms with hist() ? Example of using hist() ? Pie Charts in R ? Examples of using pie() ? Generic X-Y Plotting ? Examples of the plot() function ? Dot Plots in R ? Saving Your Work ? Supported Export Options ? Plots in RStudio ? Saving a Plot as an Image ? Summary Using R Efficiently ? Object Memory Allocation Considerations ? Garbage Collection ? Finding Out About Loaded Packages ? Using the conflicts() Function ? Getting Information About the Object Source Package with the pryr Package ? Using the where() Function from the pryr Package ? Timing Your Code ? Timing Your Code with system.time() ? Timing Your Code with System.time() ? Sleeping a Program ? Handling Large Data Sets in R with the data.table Package ? Passing System-Level Parameters to R ? Summary Lab Exercises Lab 1 - Getting Started with R Lab 2 - Learning the R Type System and Structures Lab 3 - Read and Write Operations in R Lab 4 - Data Import and Export in R Lab 5 - k-Nearest Neighbors Algorithm Lab 6 - Creating Your Own Statistical Functions Lab 7 - Simple Linear Regression Lab 8 - Monte-Carlo Simulation (Method) Lab 9 - Data Processing with R Lab 10 - Using R Graphics Package Lab 11 - Using R Efficiently

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