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Online course: Analyse data with R
Turn your hard-earned conservation data into insights with VerdantLearn's affordable online course "Analyse data with R". Four weeks part-time, starting Monday 21 July 2025. Generous discounts for students, and professionals in low- or middle-income countries
Registration is open for VerdantLearn's latest course: Analyse data with R, for four weeks from 21 July - 15 August 2025
Benefits
- Make better evidence-based decisions for conservation action
- Build your confidence with coding and statistics
- Boost your employability by demonstrating your skills
Learning outcomes
This introductory course will help whether you're a complete beginner, need to refresh your analytical skills, or are moving into teaching these skills. If you don't have your own data, you can use our training datasets
After completing the course, you will be able to:
- Select the appropriate test for your data and conservation questions
- Import and process data with R and the tidyverse
- Run statistical tests within a General Linear Model framework, or non-parametric alternatives
- Interpret the output to answer your questions
- Generate plots and tables to illustrate your results
The exercises, discussions and assignments will take 4-6 hours each week, and the timing is completely flexible - study whenever it suits you during the week
Fee and discounts
The course fee is 144 GBP, which includes:
- Access to online learning materials and interactive knowledge tests
- Access to a private community area for discussions with your fellow learners
- 30min one-to-one with your tutor to focus on your specific learning goals
- A certificate to demonstrate your new competence
We offer generous discounts for students and those based in low- or middle-income countries. Depending on your situation, you may be able to claim a fee reduction of 40% to 90%! Complete our Discount enquiry form to find out the discount you're entitled to
Please share this announcement with your conservation networks, especially those for whom access to training is challenging! Thank you
Lucy Tallents
(She/Her)
Conservation educator, VerdantLearn
Affordable, flexible and sociable online learning in technical skills for conservation and open education. Support for virtual and hybrid conferences and events
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Hello Lucy Tallents.
This looks like a brilliant course for anyone wanting to sharpen their conservation decision-making through data analysis! Whether you're a student just starting or a practitioner refreshing your skills, VerdantLearn's ‘Analyse data with R’ is flexible, beginner-friendly, and packed with practical benefits. The generous discounts also make it accessible to conservationists in low- and middle-income countries.
I have shared some people working in Protected Area monitoring and ecological analysis
@MKS Pasha @David Manski @Ghislain Brice BEUKOU CHOUMBOU
Thanks, Simon! Happy to answer any questions from yourself or your contacts