Unit 1 – Understanding Critical Thinking
This unit explains what critical thinking is and highlights the traits and thinking styles of effective critical thinkers. You will explore left-brain, right-brain, and whole-brain thinking to better understand your own reasoning style.

Unit 2 – The Critical Thinking Process
Learn the steps in the critical thinking model and understand how to assess information for credibility and consistency. This unit also builds your skills in probing, active listening, forming arguments, and identifying assumptions.

Unit 3 – Critical and Creative Thought Systems
This unit teaches creative thinking techniques that complement logical reasoning. You’ll discover how combining critical and creative thinking can improve decision-making and problem-solving in personal and professional settings.

Completing the Critical Thinking QLS Level 2 course opens doors to a wide range of careers where problem-solving and decision-making are essential. Roles in business, education, management, customer service, marketing, and administration all benefit from strong critical thinking skills. This course can help you pursue positions such as office administrator, team leader, customer support executive, or junior analyst. It also supports career progression for professionals seeking to take on leadership or supervisory roles. By sharpening your analytical and creative thinking abilities, this qualification enhances your employability across multiple sectors and professional environments.

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

This course and/or training programme has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course and/or training programme is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.