Professional development

Herts offers an extensive portfolio of CPD courses designed to provide opportunities for businesses and professionals to expand their knowledge and enhance their workplace effectiveness. Courses can be academically accredited or non-credit bearing and delivered flexibly to suit organisational or individual needs.

In addition, the University can collaborate with your organisation to create bespoke, customised courses and training packages that directly target the needs of your business and employees. We can then work together to formally accredit your in-house run courses, so they count towards a formal academic award.

The University will help your organisation ensure it gets the most from its investment and truly adds value to its workforce by;

• Identifying and addressing skill gaps to increase business-wide performance
• Improving employee motivation and increasing loyalty and retention
• Driving a focused, adaptable and committed team
• Ensuring greater organisational flexibility

As a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold Award winner, Herts has been recognised for its excellence in teaching and learning, alongside a proven record of delivering exceptional work-based learning programmes.

The University’s CPD short courses are informed by industry and are led by experienced professional practitioners and academic subject experts. Partnering with public and private sector organisations at a local, regional and national level, ensures bespoke learning solutions are delivered that consistently address business needs.

This is coupled with the research we do as an institution which continually informs and improves our courses, whilst giving access to a phenomenal breadth of knowledge and extensive resources.

Executive business leadership courses

We are proud to offer a wide range of postgraduate qualifications at Hertfordshire Business School. All of these programmes are available on a part-time basis to work around your employment. Many of our executive leadership programmes are available at degree apprenticeships.

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• MSc Business and Organisational Strategy
• MSc Public Service Management
• MSc Project Management
• MA Human Resource Management

Work based business qualifications

Did you know that you can convert your business and management experience into a master's degree? We can offer you an individually tailored, work-based, distance learning degree in subject areas such as:

• Business and Management Studies
• Professional Development Studies

This route is suitable for experienced working professionals and managers with over 5 years' experience. The first step is to discuss your prior work experience and any professional qualifications you have with your employer, and then agree a tailored degree route for you.

Typically, this may consist of the production of an evidence-based portfolio and a work-based learning project. Alternatively, University modules, taught online or in the classroom, can be included along with credit for professional qualifications.

A dedicated supervisor and team will guide you through an 18 - 24 month programme. Support methods will include one-to-one mentoring through meetings, telephone and email, at a time that suits you.

CPD business programmes

Our courses are designed to provide opportunities for professionals to expand their knowledge and enhance their workplace effectiveness. All our short courses are led by experienced professional practitioners and academic subject experts.

• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Certificate in Professional Marketing
• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Diploma in Professional Marketing
• Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 5 Certificate in Management Coaching & Mentoring
• Collaborative Governance
• Creating Value in Projects
• Finance for non-financial managers
• Management Coaching
• Social Enterprise Leadership Foundation (SELF)
• Stepping Up to Leadership
• The Management of Projects

The School of Health and Social Work at Hertfordshire is one of the largest Health and Social Work providers in the UK. We work with local education and training boards to deliver our programmes, ensuring an extremely high standard and making them among the best in the country.

Our health CPD courses are designed to develop your career, giving you a professional edge within your specialist area, be it health or social care. Our dedication to educate professionals is what drives us. Through this, we aim to help improve patient outcomes, and general healthcare provision.

To view all our courses please visit our Health and Social Work CPD portal

Our School of Creative Arts offers a range of upskilling courses in the fields of art and design

• Adobe InDesign - Online CPD Course
• Alternative Printmaking at Home (Online)
• An Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
• An Introduction to Adobe Illustrator (Online)
• An Introduction to Adobe InDesign
• An Introduction to Adobe InDesign (Online)
• An Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
• An Introduction to Adobe Photoshop (Online)
• An Introduction to Computer Aided Design (CAD) with 3D Printing
• An Introduction to Film Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro
• An Introduction to Film Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro (Online)
• Autodesk Revit - Building Information Modelling (BIM) (Online)
• Autodesk Revit - Building Information Modelling (BIM) - Online CPD
• Design Your Own Website for Beginners
• Design Your Own Website for Beginners (Online)
• Photography

We can also be commissioned by employers and organisations to deliver customised in-house solutions on a variety of key business areas. We bring learning into business by creating bespoke courses and training packages around the needs of your organisation and employees as well as accrediting current in house run courses that count towards a formal academic award.