Information Guide

Information Guide on how to go about the NEEDS online course.

Information to universities 

Free of charge, easily accessible course and lessons opportunity for skills development and learning opportunities of your students (and staff) in the field of transnational societal security:

  • Share this opportunity with your staff and students
  • Allow your students to take the online course as part of their credit-work /regular studies
  • As a teacher, consider taking (parts of) the online course into your lesson plan
  • Add to the material, translate the material, use (some) modules to teach your students about societal security in the BSR
  • No costs, no time limits, ready provided teaching material

Information to practitioner organisations and authorities 

Free of charge, easily accessible course opportunity for professional development of your staff in the field of transnational societal security:

  • Share this opportunity with your staff (young professionals, new staff, interns)
  • Allow your staff to take the online course as part of their work (or a few hours of it) or make it a task for your interns
  • Chose sections of the course that are relevant for your organisations staff when it comes to societal security in the BSR
  • No costs, no time limits, ready provided material for professional skills development
  • Gain better educated staff

Information to students

Interested in exciting, international, easily accessible, and free of charge skills development in the field of societal security? Take this online course and get a certificate!

  • Register to the online course hosted in the e-learning platform Canvas from the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm
  • Take the course at your own pace – no time limit!
  • Ask your teacher to support your additional learning opportunity and skills development by allowing your work to feed into your studies/ papers/ getting credit for it
  • Read, learn, listen and get in contact with other experts, learners or professionals from the field
  • At the end of the online course: print your certificate and join the online community to stay connected

Information to practitioners and professionals 

Interested in interesting, international, easily accessible, and free of charge professional development in the field of societal security? Take this online course and get a certificate!

  • Register to the online course hosted in the e-learning platform Canvas from the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm
  • Take the course at your own pace – no time limit!
  • Ask your employer to support your professional development by potentially allowing you to take some of the course during working hours

  • Read, learn, listen and get in contact with other experts, learners or professionals from the field
  • At the end of the online course: print your certificate and join the online community to stay connected