Short professional courses

The University of Bedfordshire offers professionally accredited courses for our UK and EU students in a diverse range of subject areas which provide you with opportunities to progress your career and develop your skills.

Research & Innovation Service

Being a gateway to business support, the University of Bedfordshire’s Research & Innovation Service (RIS), understands the key challenges faced by startups, established businesses and entrepreneurs. Through the University’s academic resources and expertise, we help businesses in the public sector and social enterprises thrive through funding opportunities, professional consultancy, work placements, targeted high-level training sessions and bespoke workshops. RIS supports organisations to improve output, productivity, and profitability – often leading to increased staff motivation and better budget management, allowing the business to remain competitive in a fast-changing world. Offering a variety of accredited qualifications by Chartered Management Institute (CMI), the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management (ISMM) and the Association of Project Managers Group (APMG), our Continued Professional Development (CPD) team aim to suit the client’s needs – delivering virtually or in person at our Luton state-of-the-art centre, our Putteridge Bury Conference Centre, or at the clients’ premises.

Our short courses include:

Project Management Training

• PRINCE2® Project Management • Agile Project Management™ (AgilePM®) • Change Management™

Management & Leadership

• CMI Level 3 Award in First Line Management (QCF) • CMI Level 5 Award in Management Coaching and Mentoring (QCF) • CMI Level 5 Certificate in Management and

Leadership (QCF)

Digital Skills, Data Science and Cyber Security

• Big Data and Business Analytics • Modern Programming Fundamentals • Cyber Systems, Security and Software

Engineering

Our apprenticeship training:

Apprenticeships help people to continue their education up to and beyond degree level, while creating real impact in the workplace. With the highest Apprenticeships’ offering in the region, the University’s broad programme of 15 apprenticeship standards ranges from Level 4 (first year of higher education) through to Level 7 (postgraduate level). We train apprentices for advanced and professional roles in Digital skills, Management and Leadership, Science and Technology, Nursing, Healthcare and Social Work. For more information, please visit our website.

Lean Six Sigma training

The Lean Six Sigma philosophy is about providing change and improvement to your processes and business performance. Through our longstanding partnership with a globally operating provider, the Lean Six Sigma Company, these courses will help you implement Lean Thinking tools to look at how you work, and enable you to improve your process flow by eliminating waste and variation. We provide support both in the education and application of Lean Six Sigma. Our courses include: • Lean Thinking (in company delivery only) • Lean Practitioner • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt For more information about our short courses and apprenticeship training see our Developing Professionals brochure.

e: skills@beds.ac.uk t: 0800 328 5334 beds.ac.uk/cpd

Other short professional courses include:

The University’s NHS Business Unit

• Continuing Professional Development – Diploma to Degree

e: nhs-business-unit@beds.ac.uk English Language & Communication

• General English language courses

e: languagecentre@beds.ac.uk Psychology and Consultancy Training Unit

Our School of Psychology offers a portfolio of specialist and professional workshops and consultancy to researchers, academics, health and social services, businesses and not-for-profit organisations. Training areas include research methodology and analysis, creativity and thinking, stress management and wellbeing. For more information contact: ctu@beds.ac.uk

The Institute of Applied Social Research (IASR)

regularly designs and delivers industry-relevant courses and training events. For more information contact:

t: +44 (0)1582 743885 e: hemlata.naranbhai@beds.ac.uk

New courses

The University is constantly developing and introducing new courses and training opportunities. For the most up-to-date listing of short and professional courses please visit our website.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for each course vary, so please visit our website or contact us for more information.