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Business Services

Professional

Development We work with businesses to create value by developing staff. We are able to draw upon the expertise of our academic staff, who have deeply-rooted understanding and knowledge across a broad range of sectors. Our links with professional bodies enable us to provide up to date and relevant training. We work hard for all types of companies and add real, commercial value.

Staff training and professional development If you are looking for a positive impact on your company’s profitability, productivity, efficiency and staff retention, read on. We know results mean the world to your business – from tackling technical challenges, to meeting accreditation standards set by professional institutions and regulators, we help a range of forwardthinking companies to realise the potential of their staff. We support businesses from every sector and of every size, with the skills, knowledge and learning opportunities that can give you the competitive edge.

Your business can rely on our exemplary credentials – we provide great people to learn from and great places to learn in – we understand practical learning for professional practitioners and we have cutting-edge expertise and equipment.

From taster days, intensive workshops, and evening seminars to residential summer schools and e-learning, we design and deliver just what your people and business need in a way that best suits your everyday operations. We offer a range of quick, practical courses that run from half-a-day to five days in length, encompassing a broad range of subjects from management development and languages to specialist CPD. We create and deliver bespoke short courses tailored to your business needs.

Our training solutions are ideal for: n Delivering your organisation’s vision n Responding to change n Maximising workforce motivation n Nurturing talent n Improving staff retention and satisfaction Work with us to inspire, motivate and develop the knowledge and skills of your staff and help your business seize new opportunities.

Our expertise encompasses:

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THE ARTS

LEADERSHIP

THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

MARKETING

BUSINESS

MEDIA

COMPUTING

MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE

EDUCATION

SCIENCE

ENGINEERING

SOCIAL SCIENCE

LANGUAGES

SUSTAINABILITY

LAW

TECHNOLOGY

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At a glance:

HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE AND EDUCATION

Whether you are a NHS, private health sector or a public organisation you can choose from one of our professional activities or we can develop bespoke training to meet your organisation’s individual needs. Available at a venue of your choice – class-based within the excellent facilities at our university, or via flexible distance learning, these training opportunities will help your organisation to retain, educate, develop and motivate its staff.

Participants on our courses include nurses, midwives, social workers, health visitors and allied health professionals. We’ve also trained prison officers, police forces, teachers, county council and community clinic staff, Army and Navy personnel, charities and schools.

Our courses include development for administrative and support staff in NHS and GP surgeries.

LANGUAGE SERVICES

Language programmes for business Having another language is now a key factor in organisational success. A languages-trained workforce delivers better business through more effective international collaboration; enhancing customer service, client loyalty and longevity. We deliver a customised languagetraining programme – either on or off site – to meet your employees’ needs and help you put a first rate language-management strategy in place.

Our portfolio of languages for business includes: Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese and English.

We have been providing language training for over 50 years. Our teachers are fully qualified native speakers and teaching is supported by state-of-the-art language learning facilities.

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Our IELTS test centre, with venues in Cambridge, Norwich, Peterborough and Chelmsford, is one of the largest centres in the UK. The IELTS test measures language ability and is recognised by universities and employers world-wide.

Our wide range of courses covering themes such as management and leadership, personal performance, communication, finance and marketing are aimed at giving your managers the business acumen, knowledge and skills to grow and develop in their roles, and help your business take the next big step.

LEADERSHIP, BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

‘Partnering for Success’ is an innovative training programme designed to provide both the theoretical and practical knowledge required by the three management levels within your organisation. This structured programme will help you to progressively up-skill your management team: ‘Developing Managers’ will provide first line managers with the practical skills of what it takes to be a boss, make decisions, and manage people and finances; ‘Developing Leaders’ will provide middle managers with bite-sized learning that can lead to university-level credit – a mini-MBA, and ‘Future Leadership’ will provide senior managers or executives with the time and support for deeper research, self-exploration and the chance to develop new thinking on leadership approaches.

Specialist laboratories, dedicated facilities, services, training and more We offer short courses and CPD opportunities in Analytical Chemistry and Analytical Biology designed to update the skills of working laboratory technicians, particularly around laboratory skills, practice and the use of advanced instrumentation. Coupled to this we offer specialised courses in forensic and investigative science and presentation of evidence in court. In biomedical disciplines we offer laboratory skills courses in cell and tissue culture in our extensively equipped Cambridge laboratories.

We also have specialised top-up courses in ophthalmology designed for EU practitioners wishing to fulfil UK competencies to practice. Our dedicated team offers courses and development in metabolite and biomarker identification in saliva, and is able to deliver courses and consultancy in stress testing in the workplace. Further courses include those around workflow and data management, computer programming, sustainable planning for business and government institutions, and training on new construction techniques and materials training. We also offer engineering courses in the areas of modelling, prototyping and tribology. More generally we are able to deliver project management and logistics as development options.

A call away:

Visit: business.anglia.ac.uk Email: kate.drewitt@anglia.ac.uk Call: Kate Drewitt on 0845 196 2995 begins by putting our heads together.

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