Workforce development

The University of Westminster offers consultancy to business, the not-for-profit sector, professional organisations and private educational providers to develop and accredit their in-house training.

There is growing recognition of the value of structured forms of employee development within the workplace to enable staff to become more competitive, productive, motivated and engaged in their own continuing development.

Westminster Accreditation Services works with you to:

• Quality assure and accredit your provision against higher education standards
• Award higher education credits to those completing an accredited programme
• Advise on course design for embedding learning in practice
• Extend your in-house training through collaboratively designed work-based learning degrees that bring the intellectual discipline of higher education to your specific workforce development needs

For further information about professional learning or accreditation services please contact:

Sibyl Coldham
Director of Professional Learning and Accreditation
T: +44 (0)20 7911 5192
E: S.Coldham@westminster.ac.uk

We can design and deliver bespoke training programmes led by practically-focused academics to meet a specific need. If your one-off learning need falls within the subject area of one of our eight schools, please contact the relevant business development officer directly.

If you're not sure where you fit, please contact the Director of Research and Enterprise Services, Alun Tlusty-Sheen, who will put you in touch with the right person.

Bespoke training is delivered by our eight schools:

• Architecture and the Build Environment
• Electronic and Computer Science
• Law
• Life Sciences
• Media, Arts and Design
• Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages
• Business
• Westminster Exchange

Look to the University of Westminster for executive coaching and mentoring services to achieve your professional and personal best. We provide services for both organisations and individuals. The programmes are tailored to your requirements so whether you're looking to support your top performers or manage organisational change, you'll find the appropriate expertise here.

Visit our executive coaching and mentoring services webpage

Are you looking to take that next big step in your career? We provide CPD courses and postgraduate degrees that could help boost your skill set, and CV. Our programmes cover a vast array of subject areas. Many of our programmes are accredited by industry associations and, where appropriate, we've developed strong industry links to offer practical but forward-looking learning.

If you're not sure which programme is best for your situation, contact the course enquiries team. Please call between 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.

T: +44 (0)20 7915 5511
E: course-enquiries@westminster.ac.uk

The University of Westminster offers a number of professional networking channels to help you build professional relationships.

Take a look at the networks you can join here

We can work with you to prepare short courses or longer training programmes for your employees. We can deliver these in-house, here at the University of Westminster in central London or prepare your staff to execute the training back at base.

We define a partnership as a relationship that encompasses at least one, but probably several, transactions over a longer period of time for our mutual benefit. We want to learn about your organisation's goals and desired training outcomes so we can deliver a series of training opportunities that are responsive to your needs.

This could include accreditation or establishing an Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) value for your in-house training activities. We can adapt our existing courses to suit your training needs, or advise on course design to make best use of accreditation and APEL.

Contact us to begin developing your workforce together

If you're looking for a course to be delivered as a one-off, please read the information about bespoke training programmes above.

Taking a short course, or hiring our academics to deliver training in-house, is a quick way to provide an efficient skills boost to your workforce. Whether it's bringing a team up to speed on a new computer programme or learning a new language to aid relations with an international client, there's a relevant course for your staff and your organisation at the University of Westminster.

Industry-specific training is provided by our schools:

• The Westminster Business School provides Association of Chartered Certified Accountants exams and project management PRINCE2 training.
• The School of Architecture and the Built Environment deliver BuildUp, a professional development and consultancy service for architecture and built environment professionals.
• The School of Life Sciences provide courses for scientists and complementary medicine practitioners including practical training on specific pieces of specialised equipment (eg gas chromatography) or therapies (eg massage).
• Professional law courses, run by the School of Law, include Institute of Legal Executives qualifications and the Graduate Diploma in Law (for non-lawyers wishing to enter the legal profession). The Solicitors Exempting Law Degree LLB Honours is one of only four such courses in the country, and the only one in London.
• The School of Electronics and Computer Science can bring your team up to speed on Linux, predictive modelling technologies and aspects of electronics. They also provide Cisco CCNA certification.
• Evening language courses, Teaching English as a Foreign Language programme and EU exams for linguists are among many of the courses on offer through the School of Social Sciences Humanities and Languages.

Courses vary in length, level and required resources. They are priced individually at competitive rates. Indicative costs are available within course descriptions.

View all of our short courses