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Pedagogy Practices Surrounding Dyslexia
This teacher training course shows you how to diagnose students with dyslexia and help them with cutting-edge pedagogic practices and educational technology.

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
In this free course, learn about Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and gain the skills to respond to life-threatening events in children's breathing.

Pedicure Treatment and Nail Polish Application
This cosmetology course covers the techniques and regulations you need to know to professionally perform pedicure treatments and apply and remove nail polish.

Penetration Testing Consultant
This cyber security training course covers everything you need to know to become a penetration testing consultant who protects information from hackers.

People Management Skills in the Workplace
This management training course explains how to boost office productivity by building healthy relationships that keep everyone happy and focussed on their work.

Perfect Posture
In this free online course, learn how to have good posture with the help of 5 simple exercises that can boost confidence in your body language.

Perl Fundamentals
Learn all about Perl programming and its key elements such as variables, loops, conditional statements, lists and arrays, syntax, hashing and subroutines.

Permanent Eyebrow Makeup With Machine
Learn how to create permanent eyebrow makeup with a machine in this cosmetology course that explains each step needed before, during and after the procedure.

Permanent Makeup for the Lips, Eyes and Brows
Learn how to apply permanent cosmetics in this makeup tutorial that explains how beauty professionals provide treatments for the eyebrows, lips and eyes.

Personal / Business Networking Skills For Maximum Success!
You’ll learn the secrets of great networkers, including the steps needed to improve your likeability, and how to establish trust and rapport.

Personal Branding for Professionals
Shape your identity and stand out with our Personal Branding course. Attract opportunities and elevate your career success with this free online course.

Phlebotomist Training
Learn about drawing blood correctly, venipuncture procedures, the anatomy and physiology of the veins and safety standards involved in working a phlebotomist.

Phlebotomist Training Essentials
Develop the skills and techniques essential for success in phlebotomy. Learn blood collection methods, venipuncture skills, lab procedures, and medical ethics.

Phlebotomy, Venipuncture and Specimen Handling
Join our free comprehensive Phlebotomy course to become a skilled Phlebotomy Technician, learning venipuncture, specimen processing, and quality assurance.

Phlebotomy: Basic Principles and Practices
Learn all about phlebotomy, what phlebotomists do, and where they work to decide whether collecting blood samples is the proper career choice for you.

Phonics Teaching Guide
Learn how to teach children to read using the phonics method of matching sounds to the alphabet and explore the option of becoming a professional phonics coach.

Photo Editing Using Adobe Lightroom
Soar to new creative heights with your photo editing skills by learning the many features in Adobe Lightroom to really set your images apart from the rest.

Playwork in Child Development
This childcare course explains how letting children exercise more control over their playtime can improve the development of their physical and social skills.

Podcasting Essentials
Make yourself heard with this free online course that explores the podcasting process from finding a topic to broadcasting and editing to promotion.

Poetry Writing for Beginners
This creative writing course examines sixteen poetic forms and explains how to employ a range of poetic devices to create and publish memorable verse.

Poetry in the Romantic Period
Discover the importance of emotion and imagination in Romantic poetry through close reading of famously beautiful verse.

Practical Dementia Management: Strategies and Support
Use these caregiving techniques to support those living with various types of dementia and help them to overcome a wide range of mental health symptoms.

Practical Excel 365 for Beginners
Master Excel basics today! Learn to navigate, edit, format, and organise data like a pro. This course lays the foundation for your success with spreadsheets.

Practical Genetic Algorithms in Python and MATLAB
This free online course on practical genetic algorithms in Python and MATLAB will teach you how to implement genetic algorithms and solve optimization problems.