We offer a range of postgraduate short courses which can be taken individually or combined over a period of time towards a Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Development.
Each short course is worth credit points. Details of credit points are available on the information about each short course.
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The Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Development is awarded when a combination of short courses worth 60 credit points in total have been successfully completed.
You can choose to complete one short course and then return to take a further course at a later stage (any credits will be retained for you). To maintain currency, it is recommended that combinations of short courses leading to the award of the Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Development are completed within a five year timeframe.
Short courses are also available in a range of different formats to help meet the flexibility required by those currently in employment such as block (three full consecutive days during one week), weekly (morning, afternoons or evenings), staggered (three or four days across a twelve week semester) or online (with no need to attend a University campus).
Payments for each short course can also be made over a number of months.
Please contact us if you want to find out any further information about any of the short courses available.
View course page for Attitudes, Health and Well-being
This short course will explore the biopsychosocial model of health, advocated by health psychologists.
View course page for Bidding for Success
This course provides participants with the necessary skills and understanding of what a successful bid entails.
View course page for Biomass Process & Technologies
This course introduces participants to the diverse sources, technologies and applications of energy from biomass.
View course page for Business Performance
This short course explores current strategic issues facing managers in international hospitality, tourism and event operations.
View course page for Customising GIS Applications
This course gives participants the opportunity to develop their programming skills by specialising in ESRI ModelBuilder and Python programming.
View course page for Digital Marketing Communications
This course supports participants to deliver richer and more productive consumer experiences through digital marketing platforms.
View course page for Employment Law and Practice
This unique course is ideal for busy professionals who need an underpinning knowledge of employment relations law.
View course page for Energy Policy, Markets and Economics
This course is designed to meet a need for engineers and energy professionals to deliver energy conscious and environmentally sustainable solutions.
View course page for Entrepreneurial Marketing
This course is highly interactive and is targeted at SME owners/managers keen to explore how to develop the marketing potential of their enterprises.
View course page for Entrepreneurship
This short course is designed to build participants' awareness of their entrepreneurial potential and assess the viability of an innovative project.
View course page for Environmental Toxicology
This course provides knowledge and skills necessary to understand the impact of chemicals in the environment.
View course page for Equality Law
This course seeks to explore inequality in society and the legal strategies deployed to combat it.
View course page for Gender and Transition
This course offers an expert introduction and overview to issues of gender, conflict and transition.
View course page for GIS in Business and Society
This course introduces GIS relevant management and decision making concepts in business and society.
View course page for Global Business
This short course focuses on firm internationalisation and the key issues that affect marketing decisions in an international and global context.
View course page for Global Marketing
This course covers a range of concepts, issues and practices that are relevant to the study of global marketing.
View course page for Health Communication
This course will provide the conceptual understanding of and an overview of the current issues within health communication.
View course page for Health Psychology Interventions and Behaviour change
This short course explores how psychological theories and models of behaviour change are applied to intervention strategies to maintain well-being.
View course page for Human Growth and Transition
This course facilitates understanding of human development across the lifespan and social and psychological responses to transition.
View course page for Hydrogen Safety Technologies
This course focuses on advances in hydrogen safety technologies, including but not limited to prevention and mitigation strategies.
View course page for Hydrogen Safety Technologies
This course focuses on advances in hydrogen safety technologies, including but not limited to prevention and mitigation strategies.
View course page for Management of Coastal Water Resources
This course aims to provide knowledge and practical understanding of the scientific basis for management of coastal water resources.
View course page for Managing and Leading People
This short course aims to enable participants to acquire an understanding of organisations and the behaviour which occurs within them.
View course page for Niche Tourism Development
This short course aims to develop a knowledge and understanding of the niche tourism provision within the tourism industry globally.
View course page for Principles of Hydrogen Safety
This course focuses on the fundamentals of hydrogen safety applicable to existing and foreseeable hydrogen and fuel cell systems and infrastructure.
View course page for Principles of Research Design
The aim of this course is to facilitate participants to become informed consumers and producers of research.
View course page for Psychodynamic Approaches
This course focuses on the key theories and concepts underpinning the psychodynamic approach to counselling.
View course page for Psychology of Health Promotion
This short course will explore how psychological theory contributes to our understanding of health and illness.
View course page for Strategy and Innovation
This course focuses on strategy and particularly on innovation and business development using innovative business modelling techniques.
View course page for Survey Methodology
This course will enhance participants’ knowledge of all aspects of survey methodology.
View course page for Visitor Attractions & Events
This course aims to develop knowledge and understanding of the key issues in the development and operations of a visitor attraction.
View course page for Web-based GIS
This course provides an introduction to web-based GIS using a range of languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.