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UWA Plus micro-credentials are professional short courses that demonstrate your skills, knowledge and experience in a given subject area. Our micro-credentials focus on skills that are in high demand by employers and industry - complete a micro-credential for your professional development and improve your employability and future career outcomes.

We've designed UWA Plus micro-credentials to suit your needs - they are short and affordable so you can easily fit them into your lifestyle, with the flexibility to pick and choose what works for you. Update, upskill or reskill; complete a one-off micro-credential or stack them up and convert into credit towards an undergraduate or postgraduate course - the choice is yours.

Select from a range of areas, including professional writing, education and environmental science, economics, geology, engineering, health and more - with more UWA Plus micro-credentials on the way.

Email to enquire about your organisation's training needs or discounts for registering a group of employees uwaplus@uwa.edu.au.

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Featured micro-credentials

 
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Sleep Devices

This micro-credential streamlines the knowledge required by dental health professionals to successfully manage patients with obstructive sleep related breathing disorders such snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea.

6pd points

  
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Understanding Urban Soils

In this course you will explore and the past and present connections between soils and urban ecosystems, against the background of increasing urbanisation of Earth's human population.

2pd points
 
 

Teaching Outdoors

This micro-credential aims to introduce primary or secondary school teachers and educators to the wealth of opportunities for incorporating outdoor learning activities into teaching aspects of the STEM and HASS curriculums at all levels.

2pd points
 

Tailings Management Micro-Credentials

With the current acute shortage of suitably trained and qualified tailings management engineers and personnel, an advanced knowledge in tailings management will improve your employability and future career outcomes.

Registrations for micro-credentials commencing in January 2023 will open soon!
Responsible Agricultural Production 

History and Basic Characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

This micro-credential will provide you with foundational knowledge required for understanding FASD. This will include covering the historical and social context of FASD, characteristics of FASD and common comorbidities.

3pd points
 

Professional Writing and Communication

Professional Writing and Communication provides interactive instruction and practice in professional workplace communication.

Through workshops and assessments, you'll develop skills in report writing, the organisation of logical arguments, research and compositional strategies, media literacy, the use of web-based resources and forms of oral communication.

2pd points

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Micro-credentials by area of interest

Agricultural Environmental and Biological Sciences

  • Performance Measurement with Data Envelopment Analysis

    Performance measurement is important for evaluating how well firms are using available resources given the available production technology. This micro-credential introduces the fundamental concepts of performance measurement from an economic perspective, which is the basis for efficiency and productivity analysis.

    Start date
    3 October 2022
    Cost
    $990 inc. GST

  • Understanding Urban Soils

    Soils are essential to sustain terrestrial life on Earth and perform critical ecosystem functions. Increasingly, soils are just as important in the highly modified environments of cities and peri-urban areas as they are in natural or agricultural environments. In this course you will explore and the past and present connections between soils and urban ecosystems, against the background of increasing urbanisation of Earth's human population.

    Start date
    17 October 2022
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST

  • Data Analysis with R for Compositional Data

    In this course you will learn to identify and analyse compositional data, which are usually multivariate, using the relevant packages available in the R/RStudio environment.

    Start date
    7 November 2022
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST

  • Causal Inference for Policy Evaluation

    Causal inference has become increasingly important for evaluating the impact of policy interventions in a wide range of social, cultural, environmental, economic and political contexts. This micro-credential introduces key causal inference methods with examples drawn from different disciplines.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $990 inc. GST

  • Understanding Environmental DNA

    This unit will develop your understanding of environmental DNA with emphasis on the entire process from sample collection through to reporting of findings.

    Start date
    26 June 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST
Business and Commerce

  • Performance Measurement with Data Envelopment Analysis

    Performance measurement is important for evaluating how well firms are using available resources given the available production technology. This micro-credential introduces the fundamental concepts of performance measurement from an economic perspective, which is the basis for efficiency and productivity analysis.

    Start date
    3 October 2022
    Cost
    $990 inc. GST

  • Australia and the Indo-Pacific – understanding our strategic connections to Asia

    This microcredential is developed and delivered by the Perth USAsia Centre team and will provide participants with an understanding of the Indo-Pacific region and Australia's strategic relationships to Asia.

    Start date
    6 February 2023
    Cost
    $330 inc. GST
Data and Computer Science

  • Data Analysis with R for Compositional Data

    In this course you will learn to identify and analyse compositional data, which are usually multivariate, using the relevant packages available in the R/RStudio environment.

    Start date
    7 November 2022
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST
Earth Sciences
Education

  • Teaching and Learning with Young Adult Fiction: Part B

    This micro-credential examines the application of young adult fiction to build curriculum content, motivate students, build literacy skills and twenty first century skills in middle school and upper primary school classes.

    Start date
    10 October 2022
    Cost
    $825 inc. GST

  • Unpacking Texts and Producing Resources in the English Classroom

    The unit explores the process of teaching fiction and non-fiction texts, from initial teacher reading to classroom delivery.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Teaching Historical Fiction

    Through a series of lectures, workshops and activities, participants will track the genre of historical fiction through time, considering traditional engagements with the genre, as well as exploring examples that blend aspects of other genres.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Teaching Poetry from Anon to AI

    This micro-credential provides interactive instruction and collaborative opportunities to explore the role of poetry in English education.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Professional Reading for English Teachers

    The unit explores several seminal texts in the field of English teaching and considers ways to embed professional reading throughout participants' careers.

    Start date
    16 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Programming and Planning for Subject English

    The unit explores the different methods through which English teachers can strategically plan and program classroom teaching and learning.

    Start date
    16 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST
Engineering

  • Tailings Dewatering Technologies

    This micro-credential has been designed for professionals working in the field of tailings management. It is best suited to practicing engineers, geoscientists or individuals with responsibility for designing and/or operating a tailings storage facility who are interested in alternative solutions for managing tailings.

    Start date
    April 2023
    Cost
    $1,100 inc. GST

  • Tailings Compliance

    This micro-credential has been designed for professionals working in the field of tailings management. It is best suited to practicing engineers, geoscientists or individuals with responsibility for managing and/or operating a tailings storage facility who are interested in the relationship between various governance approaches and associated documents, as well as the evolving landscape of tailings governance.

    Start date
    April 2023
    Cost
    $1,100 inc. GST
Health and Biomedical Sciences

  • Autism: Contemporary diagnostic frameworks

    This unit will provide students with knowledge of key diagnostic concepts and their application to autism assessment; contemporary autism diagnostic frameworks and criteria; and changes in autism assessment approaches over time.

    Start date
    20 January 2023
    Cost
    $330 inc GST

  • Autism: diagnostic features and assessment approaches in early childhood (0-5 years)

    Students who undertake this micro-credential will gain the knowledge required to identify key diagnostic features of autism and to distinguish between neurotypical and neurodivergent development in early childhood (0-5 years).

    Start date
    20 February 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc GST

  • Breastfeeding- A Foundation for Human Health 1 and 2

    No country in the world is meeting minimum recommended durations for breastfeeding. Early weaning is resulting in significant costs to human health, survival, economic and environmental outcomes. Although scientific discoveries that improve our understanding of how breastfeeding works are increasing, these discoveries are taking many years to reach patient care. These Lactology micro-credentials fast-track this new knowledge from the laboratory to the community. 

    Start date
    Breastfeeding a foundation for human health 1: Monday 20th February 2023
    Breastfeeding a foundation for human health 2: Monday 10h April 2023
    Cost
    Special introductory offer $495 (incl GST) for each micro-credential

  • Initiating a referral for autism diagnostic assessment

    Students who undertake this micro-credential will improve their understanding of the importance of a prompt referral for autism assessments, and of the key professional groups who can initiate such referrals.

    Start date
    6 February 2023
    Cost
    $330 inc GST

  • Principles of Best Practice in Autism Assessment and Diagnosis

    This micro-credential will provide students with knowledge and understanding of Australian and international best practice approaches to diagnostic assessment for autism.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc GST

  • Autism: diagnostic features and assessment approaches in children (6-16 years)

    Students who undertake this microcredential will gain the knowledge required to identify key diagnostic features of autism, and to distinguish between neurotypical and neurodivergent development, in childhood (6-16 years).

    Start date
    7 April 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc GST

  • Autism: diagnostic features and assessment approaches in older adolescents and adults (17+ years)

    Students who undertake this micro-credential will gain the knowledge required to identify key diagnostic features of autism, and distinguish between neurotypical and neurodivergent development in older adolescents and adults (17+ years).

    Start date
    14 April 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc GST

  • Differential diagnosis: distinguishing autism from other neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions

    This course explores a range of differential diagnoses relevant in diagnostic assessments for autism across the lifespan.

    Start date
    14 April 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc GST
Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Unpacking Texts and Producing Resources in the English Classroom

    The unit explores the process of teaching fiction and non-fiction texts, from initial teacher reading to classroom delivery.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Teaching Historical Fiction

    Through a series of lectures, workshops and activities, participants will track the genre of historical fiction through time, considering traditional engagements with the genre, as well as exploring examples that blend aspects of other genres.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Teaching Poetry from Anon to AI

    This micro-credential provides interactive instruction and collaborative opportunities to explore the role of poetry in English education.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Australia and the Indo-Pacific – understanding our strategic connections to Asia

    This microcredential is developed and delivered by the Perth USAsia Centre team and will provide participants with an understanding of the Indo-Pacific region and Australia's strategic relationships to Asia.

    Start date
    6 February 2023
    Cost
    $330 inc. GST

  • Professional Reading for English Teachers

    The unit explores several seminal texts in the field of English teaching and considers ways to embed professional reading throughout participants' careers.

    Start date
    16 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Programming and Planning for Subject English

    The unit explores the different methods through which English teachers can strategically plan and program classroom teaching and learning.

    Start date
    16 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Causal Inference for Policy Evaluation

    Causal inference has become increasingly important for evaluating the impact of policy interventions in a wide range of social, cultural, environmental, economic and political contexts. This micro-credential introduces key causal inference methods with examples drawn from different disciplines.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $990 inc. GST

  • Gateway to Business Mandarin

    Through this course, participants will learn and practise the language and culture applicable in Mandarin-speaking professional environments, from communications and common protocols to dealing with daily work in a cross-cultural setting.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST
Physical Sciences and Mathematics

  • Advanced Structural Geology

    This micro-credential aims to provide professional geologists with the opportunity to build upon their existing knowledge and skills in structural geology and to be able to expand their understanding of structural analysis applied to ore deposits.

    Start date
    19 September 2022
    Cost
    $990 inc. GST

  • Advanced Structural Geology Field Excursion

    This micro-credential provides professional geologists with an opportunity to build upon their existing knowledge and skills in structural geology on a field excursion focusing on the tectonic and metallogenic evolution of the Kalgoorlie Terrane (WA).

    Start date
    24 September 2022
    Cost
    $1,850 inc. GST
Psychology
Research

  • Data Analysis with R for Compositional Data

    In this course you will learn to identify and analyse compositional data, which are usually multivariate, using the relevant packages available in the R/RStudio environment.

    Start date
    7 November 2022
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST

  • Causal Inference for Policy Evaluation

    Causal inference has become increasingly important for evaluating the impact of policy interventions in a wide range of social, cultural, environmental, economic and political contexts. This micro-credential introduces key causal inference methods with examples drawn from different disciplines.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $990 inc. GST
Transferrable skills

  • Unpacking Texts and Producing Resources in the English Classroom

    The unit explores the process of teaching fiction and non-fiction texts, from initial teacher reading to classroom delivery.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Teaching Historical Fiction

    Through a series of lectures, workshops and activities, participants will track the genre of historical fiction through time, considering traditional engagements with the genre, as well as exploring examples that blend aspects of other genres.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Professional Reading for English Teachers

    The unit explores several seminal texts in the field of English teaching and considers ways to embed professional reading throughout participants' careers.

    Start date
    16 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Programming and Planning for Subject English

    The unit explores the different methods through which English teachers can strategically plan and program classroom teaching and learning.

    Start date
    16 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

Frequently asked questions

What are micro-credentials?

Micro-credentials are short courses. Successfully completing a micro-credential showcases mastery of specific skills, knowledge and/or experience in a given subject area or capability. Designed to meet students’ flexibility requirements, micro-credentials focus on skills that are in high demand by employers and industry, and provide the opportunity for you to update, upskill or reskill in specific areas. UWA Plus micro-credentials are delivered by UWA or by an external provider via an agreement with UWA.

Are micro-credentials right for me?

If you’re interested in upskilling in a specific area with the option of gaining university credit, micro-credentials may be right for you. Check the specific micro-credential listing for details.

How is a micro-credential different from other types of study?

Micro-credentials are short, specific courses designed to be stackable. They give you the flexibility to pick and choose what works for you, so you can complete a one-off micro-credential or stack multiple micro-credentials to convert to academic credit towards an undergraduate or postgraduate course.

What are ‘stackable’ micro-credentials?

Micro-credentials are ‘stackable’ because you can combine multiple micro-credentials that may be converted to academic credit towards an undergraduate or postgraduate course.

Why are micro-credentials valuable?

Successfully completing a micro-credential showcases mastery of specific skills or knowledge. Micro-credentials contribute to your skillset and employability, and create pathways for continued learning.

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