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.
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.
This course links statistical modelling concepts and data analysis to establish a firm knowledge of statistical models to analyse longitudinal data.
This short course will explore the biopsychosocial model of health, advocated by health psychologists.
This course provides participants with the necessary skills and understanding of what a successful bid entails.
This course introduces participants to the diverse sources, technologies and applications of energy from biomass.
This short course explores current strategic issues facing managers in international hospitality, tourism and event operations.
The course explores community planning from different perspectives in terms of integrated service provision.
This course has been developed in association with Harvard Business School and is closely based on their Microeconomics of Competitiveness module.
This course provides knowledge to enhance understanding of fundamental principles and key aspects of law and contractual procedures.
This course provides participants with the opportunity to develop an in-depth knowledge of the key elements of construction procurement.
This course supports participants to deliver richer and more productive consumer experiences through digital marketing platforms.
This course provides an introduction into how energy is measured, techniques for saving energy and how to influence those around us in saving energy.
This course is designed to meet a need for engineers and energy professionals to deliver energy conscious and environmentally sustainable solutions.
This course is highly interactive and is targeted at SME owners/managers keen to explore how to develop the marketing potential of their enterprises.
This short course is designed to build participants' awareness of their entrepreneurial potential and assess the viability of an innovative project.
This short course introduces participants to information technology and presentation skills relevant to the environmental manager/researcher.
This course provides knowledge and skills necessary to understand the impact of chemicals in the environment.
This course seeks to explore inequality in society and the legal strategies deployed to combat it.
This course introduces participants to the events industry, the event planning process and the complexities involved in organising events.
This course introduces methodological concepts and data analysis techniques necessary to develop an understanding of conducting scientific research.
This course introduces participants to the subject of management, organisational structures and strategy.
This course examines the methods by which data can be stored, accessed and manipulated in order to provide high quality databases for GI Systems
This short course focuses on firm internationalisation and the key issues that affect marketing decisions in an international and global context.
This course covers a range of concepts, issues and practices that are relevant to the study of global marketing.
This short course explores how psychological theories and models of behaviour change are applied to intervention strategies to maintain well-being.
This course facilitates understanding of human development across the lifespan and social and psychological responses to transition.
Focuses on the key theoretical concepts and techniques which underpin the humanistic approach to counselling
This course focuses on advances in hydrogen safety technologies, including but not limited to prevention and mitigation strategies.
This course focuses on designing and delivering inclusive engagement opportunities to empower communities.
This short course explores organisational innovation from an operational or practice perspective as a key aspect of business development.
The course will focus on three areas of counselling: person-centred therapy, psychodynamic therapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy.
This course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to specify and test a range of statistical models within a LVM framework.
This course provides participants with a firm working knowledge of a wide range of statistical models.
This course provides participants with the opportunity to explore and critically appraise leadership and management communication within healthcare.
This course aims to provide knowledge and practical understanding of the scientific basis for management of coastal water resources.
This short course aims to enable participants to acquire an understanding of organisations and the behaviour which occurs within them.
This course provides an advanced understanding of how marketing can be managed from both practical and theoretical perspectives.
This short course aims to develop a knowledge and understanding of the niche tourism provision within the tourism industry globally.
This course introduces the theory and practice of GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
This course focuses on the fundamentals of hydrogen safety applicable to existing and foreseeable hydrogen and fuel cell systems and infrastructure.
The aim of this course is to facilitate participants to become informed consumers and producers of research.
This course is designed to allow participants to master the twin tracks of managing a construction project and leading a business organisation.
This course focuses on the key theories and concepts underpinning the psychodynamic approach to counselling.
This short course will explore how psychological theory contributes to our understanding of health and illness.
This course provides understanding of core communication approaches, models and principles in a range of healthcare contexts.
This course addresses the scope of remotely-sensed images as another source of GIS data as well as extending mutual benefits of data integration.
The aim of this course is to appreciate, analyse and evaluate current solar thermal and solar photovoltaic technologies.
This course focuses on strategy and particularly on innovation and business development using innovative business modelling techniques.
This course will enhance participants’ knowledge of all aspects of survey methodology.
This course forms the essential framework to enable participants to understand the concepts of counselling and psychotherapy.
This course identifies how an online digital communication strategy can enable an organisation to critically evaluate online performance.
This course aims to develop knowledge and understanding of the key issues in the development and operations of a visitor attraction.
This course will introduce participants to wind energy theory and technology, resource assessment and wind farm site development.
