Continuing Professional Development
Continuing your professional development is crucial for keeping up to date in your field in a rapidly changing world. Our courses offer flexible learning, so you can boost your career without stepping away from your responsibilities.
What is CPD?
Continuing Professional Development courses offer you the chance to take charge of your career development and gain the skills you need to stay up to date and get ahead in your field.
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Our CPD courses range from two days up to 12 weeks of part-time study. Teaching can take place in person or online or sometimes a mix of both. You may study over a weekend or throughout the week depending on your chosen course.
Most of our CPD courses are postgraduate level modules, without the requirement of completing a formal assessment at the end of the course. This means you could be taught alongside full Masters or Postgraduate Microcredential students.
Why study CPD?
Our CPD courses enable you to boost your skills, whilst learning from experts, empowering you to get ahead in your field.
For 33 years I taught English and Drama in secondary schools and have been attending the RSC summer school since 1986. At the first summer school, I told myself that one day I would do the Shakespeare Institute MA having taught EFL abroad for a year instead of completing a Masters after my undergraduate course. Having retired, I wanted to see if I could manage deadlines and writing assignments. I also wanted to test the quality of the course before signing up for more.
Study something you love
As well as gaining the practical skills you need to stay up to date in your chosen field, you may wish to study a CPD course just because you enjoy the subject area.
Explore Shakespeare
Our ‘Spring into Shakespeare’ and ‘Fall in with Shakespeare’ courses offer you the chance to develop a strong understanding of key concepts relating to the study of Shakespeare, such as language, genre, early modern playing practices, and contemporary performance.
CPD can be used to upskill and develop in your career, as a pathway back into education and onto one our Masters programmes or for exploring a new subject or topic.
Medicine and Health
Medicine and Health
Our College of Medicine and Health is the biggest provider of CPD courses within the University.
They offer a wide range of CPD short courses and Masters level modules as standalone courses. You will learn from experts and work alongside supportive and innovative staff in our world-leading centres.
Skills Bootcamps
Skills Bootcamps
Closely linked to our specialised CPD courses are our Skills Bootcamps. We offer a range of flexible Skills Bootcamps that allow you to gain skills for life alongside your existing commitments.
Whether you want to climb the career ladder or change professions entirely, bootcamps are an excellent way to gain the latest technical and digital skills. Some of our Skills Bootcamps are free to study, allowing you to upskill to progress your career.
Building your workforce
We design CPD courses to develop skills and help organisations advance in fast-changing environments.
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You can enrol your employees on one of our existing CPD courses or enquire with our teams to discuss more opportunities on how we can support the development of your workforce.