Introduction to Cyber Security CPD Award

What is special about this course?

This module is aimed at qualified primary and secondary teachers who wish to develop the knowledge, understanding and problem-solving skills related to teaching basic cyber security, and are configuring an environment suitable for cyber security education. The module will help develop an understanding of cyber security and cyber resilience, as well as the relationship between these two areas of security.

Special features

• The course is delivered online so you can fit your studies around your personal and professional commitments
• Online discussion boards allow interaction with fellow students and tutors, as well as peer-review submitted work
• Induction and tutorials are facilitated through webinars and other online software
• Course materials and assignments are designed to allow you to develop a range of teaching materials and objects that can be shared with fellow students and used in the classroom
• You will be part of an ongoing peer group of students that support each other and keep learning materials current, to allow school pupils the most up-to-date experience and information in Computing Studies

Entry requirements

Applicants must be:

• GTCS registered teachers
• qualified primary or secondary school teachers
• employed full-time or part-time within an educational setting.
• qualified to SCQF 10 or above

CPD Award

You will study the Introduction to Cyber Security module.

You will learn about:

• Client operating systems
• Cyber resilience models and key activities (Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover)
• Ethical hacking operating systems and tools
• Virtual environment security
• Virtual environments
• Virtual networks
• Vulnerable operating systems

Fees

For students normally domiciled in Scotland, with a term-time address in Scotland, the following fees apply:

This includes

• EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status in the UK,
• EEA/Swiss nationals with settled status in the UK
• EEA/Swiss nationals with pre-settled status who are self-employed or migrant workers in the UK.

Rest of UK students

For students normally domiciled in the rest of the UK (England, Wales and N. Ireland) or assessed as rest of the UK for fee status, the following fees apply:

Fees are payable in advance each academic year unless otherwise agreed.

International students

This course is not available to students domiciled outside of the UK or for international students (including EU/EEA and Swiss nationals without settled status in the UK) requiring Student Route visa sponsorship to study here. For students living in the UK and assessed as international for fee status, the following fees will apply:

• This includes EEA/Swiss nationals with pre-settled status who are not self-employed or migrant workers in the UK.

Funding

UHI has a number of scholarships, bursaries, awards, and discretionary fund opportunities available to new and current students. Please use the A-Z of funds or use the filter to see which ones may be relevant to you. All students are welcome to apply.

Further information on funding your studies is also available, please see the attached link or contact the relevant UHI partner.

Additional costs

Candidates will need access to a computer in order to carry out their coursework, and broadband access to allow interaction with the learning materials on the VLE. Existing UHI LIS advice on minimum computer specifications and broadband speeds should be followed and, wherever possible, be exceeded.