The University prides itself on its business-connected learning and teaching, and has a strong commitment to work-based and work-related learning. These short courses will enhance your understanding and equip you with relevant and transferable skills across a variety of business functions.
Short Courses & Professional Development
Business and Management - Short Courses
Study at the Business School of the Year 2020 (THE Awards 2020) and build on new or existing knowledge across a variety of business subjects.

This course will allow students to develop knowledge and skills in the principles and practice of starting a new business encompassing key components required to compile a sustainable business plan.

Enhance your digital skills to transform health and social care! This module equips you with the tools to communicate effectively, share best practices, protect personal data, and tackle digital exclusion. Gain experience in using technology to deliver person-centred care and make a real impact.

Explore world energy markets and the evolution of, and challenges facing, the carbon economy. Consider the role the economics of energy transition plays in the decision making within the energy industry. Examine the direction and pace of the clean energy transition and sustainability.

Study this unique cross-industry data management course for new and current practitioners.

Explore energy, sustainability, and climate issues, assess supply dynamics, and analyse policy to support the transition to a low carbon economy.

Explore the technical, financial, commercial, and contractual activities involved in energy transition.

For women who are keen to grow their businesses this course will empower you to explore viable opportunities, understand customers, generate creative ideas and consider risks. During the course you will create a strategy and a plan to take you to the next level and realise your growth aspirations.

This short course is designed for aspiring marketers, content creators, and professionals looking to upskill. Across the course you will explore how influencers shape behaviour and brand engagement. You’ll gain practical knowledge in content creation, collaboration, audience building, and personal branding delivered by industry-informed academics through flexible and supported online delivery.

Learn to assess the techniques, tools, processes and strategies undertaken by project managers to define, plan, monitor, evaluate, control and deliver project requirements.

Learn how integrated supply chains contribute to the achievement of organisational efficiency and effectiveness.

Change is an intrinsic part of occupational life today and change management is a wide term that covers all elements of bringing about changes in organisations. Therefore, effective change management interventions ensure that an organisation makes wise decisions at the appropriate time to increase productivity and profitability; and decrease risk.

Explore how multinational enterprises formulate and implement responsible and sustainable strategies that respond to the grand societal challenges of our time exploring volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA).

This course will provide an overview of the key principles, practices and concepts of project management operations, the tools and techniques used and will provide an overall understanding of the broad project environment.

This short course is designed for managers and professionals seeking professional development opportunity. Participants would delve into the intricacies of business opportunities of low-carbon energies including the industry structure, market framework, energy policies, financing, risk management, regulatory mechanisms and technologies.

Resilience is now considered an important factor in the contemporary workplace. In the increasingly and endlessly turbulent context of the modern world of work, the resilience of both individuals and organisations becomes vital in order to survive and thrive.

This short course will provide an overview of the key principles, practices and concepts of search engine optimisation and paid search, the tools and techniques used including keyword optimisation, on- and off-page SEO and link building strategies and the opportunity to apply this to a project of your choice.

The future facing the energy industries can appear confusing and uncertain. This course aims to give aspiring/serving managers an introduction to some of the key tools of strategic analysis and strategic planning in an energy-specific context in order to help make sense of this volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.

Explore the digital marketing landscape, strategy, tools & tactics for effective communication.

In order to maximise efficiency as well as achieve organisational goals, it is accepted that leadership is a vital function within any business. Leadership skills can be learned and this course is the start of this learning for those who want to develop or hone their leadership skills.

Learn about the key principles of risk management in the professional working environment.

