Overview

A key feature of a work-based learning programme is the requirement to learn from and for your work context. Work-based projects are purposeful work activities focusing on the real demands of your job. Engaging in a substantial work-based project provides opportunities for you to investigate, plan, develop, implement, review and learn from experience.

The final stage of a master's qualification requires you to engage in a substantial work-based, investigative project.

This 60-credit project will be of sufficient complexity and timescale to allow you to:

• Plan and conduct a practitioner enquiry that contributes to knowledge creation and interpretation in your organisational context
• Develop mastery of key methods and techniques for undertaking practitioner enquiry, including action planning and problem-solving
• Identify, select, justify, plan and deliver a complex and multifaceted task related to the implementation of a work-based project
• Make a relevant and useful organisational impact; deploying resources effectively

Before embarking on a 60-credit project, you will complete a project proposal and ethics statement. Your mentor will provide you with formative feedback on your proposal before you submit your final version to the University Project Approval Committee.

Duration, attendance and delivery

A 60-credit project will typically take around 6-9 months to complete. You can study for your project entirely online; there are no mandatory attendance days. You will be supported with your study in the following ways:

• Access to online resources for project management and research skills
• Mentor support for your project planning and proposal
• Optional participation in face-to-face workshops and online webinars
• Becoming part of the learning community

Typically, a 60-credit project module will involve around 600 learning hours; this includes time spent on tutorials, self-study, reflection, learning and application at work, as well as completing activities and assessments.

Assessment

The aim of the assessment is for you to demonstrate how you have delivered a substantive work-based project, which includes practitioner enquiry, implementation and review. There will usually be several parts to the assessment in line with the timeline of the project, from proposal through to evaluation and critical reflection. Typically, this will be compiled into a project report with an executive summary and your reflections. As an indication, the total word count is around 12000 words or equivalent.

Entry Requirements

Entry to this module is through enrolment on a postgraduate diploma or master's course.

This module is a key part of how we support you in customising your postgraduate programme.

You will:

• Develop your learning objectives to meet your personal development needs, the needs of your workplace and the requirements of the university.
• Update your personal development plan.
• Engage with your key stakeholders to determine organisational needs and the requirements for a substantive work-based project.
• Negotiate your future postgraduate programme, selecting modules to best meet your needs.
• Outline a proposal for a work-based project to fulfil personal, organisational and university requirements.

You will also negotiate timescales, target award and award title to construct an achievable programme that meets both your career aspirations and the requirements for success at postgraduate level.

Duration, attendance and delivery

The module lasts approximately 10 weeks and includes one introductory workshop/webinar, followed by online study, tutorials with your mentor, application of your learning in your workplace, and the completion of assessment tasks.

Assessment

This module assessment is in two parts: a negotiated development plan, and a supporting rationale.

Entry requirements

You will need to be in a work role (paid or unpaid) which allows scope to apply your learning in practice. This is a core module for all Postgraduate Diplomas and Master's Degrees and is not available as a free-standing short course.

Start dates

• January
• March
• June
• September

Overview

Effective collaborations and successful team working are key features of successful organisations. This course will develop your critical understanding of the features of ‘high-performing teams’ and your skills working as a team leader or member.

You will explore key concepts, models and theories of team roles and dynamics and relate these to your own experience. You will evaluate frameworks for assessing and developing team performance and consider their usefulness and applicability to your own practice.

We will explore with you the answers to some key questions:

• What is the impact of leadership on the performance and development of teams?
• What leadership skills and strategies are effective?
• What is 'collective leadership'?
• What are the specific challenges of working with inter-agency and inter-professional teams?

You will evaluate ideas, relate them to your situation and develop practical strategies you can adopt at work.

Duration, attendance and delivery

The course usually lasts approximately 10 weeks.

The delivery of this module is through our online+model for distance learning consisting of online learning, self-study, reflection, discussion and sharing learning with and from others, application of learning to your organisational context and the completion of assessment tasks. There is also the opportunity for students who value face-to-face workshops to attend optional themed workshops.

Assessment

At the end of the course you will undertake an assessment. This is an applied work-based assessment rather than a theory-based essay. This means that typically you will be required to apply what you have learnt to your context at work, evaluating concepts for their applicability and usefulness.

The assessment format may be a reflective account, a project report, a presentation or a portfolio of evidence; all being the equivalent of 2000 words in length.

Entry requirements

You will need to be in a work role (paid or unpaid), which allows you the scope to put the concepts learned into practice. There are no formal qualification requirements for entry; we assess suitability on each individual application.

Start dates

• November
• May

N.B. CETAD reserves the right to cancel or move the course to a later date if the number of students registered for the advertised course is not sufficient.

Overview

• Managing people for effective performance through the life cycle of employment
• Managing day-to-day performance
• Dealing with performance issues
• Understanding an individual’s motivation, personality, and behaviours
• Developing appropriate, effective people management responses
• Leading and developing your staff

Upon completion of the course, you will have developed an understanding of best practices in terms of managing staff performance and will have developed a range of skills to enhance your ability to lead and manage staff routinely. You will have increased your understanding of the behaviours and motivation of others, explored a range of tactics to engage staff and improved your own ability to manage staff performance.

Duration, attendance and delivery

The course usually lasts approximately 10 weeks.

The delivery of this module is through our online+model for distance learning consisting of online learning, self-study, reflection, discussion and sharing learning with and from others, application of learning to your organisational context and the completion of assessment tasks. There is also the opportunity for students who value face-to-face workshops to attend optional themed workshops.

Assessment

At the end of the course, you will undertake an assessment. This is an applied work-based assessment rather than a theory-based essay. This means that typically, you will be required to apply what you have learnt to your context at work, evaluating concepts for their applicability and usefulness.

The assessment format may be a reflective account, a project report, a presentation or a portfolio of evidence; all being the equivalent of 2000 words in length.

Entry requirements

You will need to be in a work role (paid or unpaid), which allows you the scope to put the concepts learned into practice. There are no formal qualification requirements for entry; we assess suitability on each individual application.

Start dates

• June
• November

N.B. CETAD reserves the right to cancel or move the course to a later date if the number of students registered for the advertised course is not sufficient.

Overview

• Leadership in times of change
• Transitional to transformational leadership
• Appreciative leadership
• Stakeholder analysis
• Supporting staff in embracing change
• Capacity building to cope with uncertainty
• Achieving sustainable change
• Dealing with resistance to change
• Emotional Intelligence - self and social awareness
• Influencing skills

On completion of the course, you will have developed your understanding of a range of approaches to leading others through times of change. You will have developed your ability to understanding how to engage and influence others and how to take into account different individual’s responses to change. This learning will enhance your own capacity to lead and manage people through change.

Duration, attendance and delivery

The course usually lasts approximately 10 weeks.

The delivery of this module is through our online+model for distance learning consisting of online learning, self-study, reflection, discussion and sharing learning with and from others, application of learning to your organisational context and the completion of assessment tasks. There is also the opportunity for students who value face-to-face workshops to attend optional themed workshops.

Assessment

At the end of the course you will undertake an assessment. This is an applied work-based assessment rather than a theory-based essay. This means that typically you will be required to apply what you have learnt to your context at work, evaluating concepts for their applicability and usefulness.

The assessment format may be a reflective account, a project report, a presentation or portfolio of evidence; all being the equivalent of 2000 words in length.

Entry requirements

You will need to be in a work role (paid or unpaid) which allows you the scope to put the concepts learned into practice. There are no formal qualification requirements for entry; we assess suitability on each individual application.

Start dates

• June
• October

N.B. CETAD reserves the right to cancel or move the course to a later date if the number of students registered for the advertised course is not sufficient.

Overview

• What is leadership? What is management?
• Leadership and management: current debates and issues in relation to the challenges of your own role
• Social and ethical challenges for management and leadership in changing organisational contexts; managing with integrity
• Organisation culture, values, power – impact on expectations and behaviours of leadership and management
• Understanding your own leadership style, behaviours, habits
• Evaluating your own strengths and development needs in the context of management and leadership
• Developing authentic leadership effectiveness – aligning your approach to fit with organisational current and future needs

On completion of the course, you will understand different perceptions of effective leadership and management and be able to examine the effectiveness of leadership and management in the context of your own organisation. You will be able to devise a strategy for your own personal leadership development to help you to address the current challenges of your role.

Duration, attendance and delivery

The course usually lasts approximately 10 weeks.

The delivery of this module is through our online+model for distance learning consisting of online learning, self-study, reflection, discussion and sharing learning with and from others, application of learning to your organisational context and the completion of assessment tasks. There is also the opportunity for students who value face-to-face workshops to attend optional themed workshops.

Assessment

At the end of the course you will undertake an assessment. This is an applied work-based assessment rather than a theory-based essay. This means that typically, you will be required to apply what you have learnt to your context at work, evaluating concepts for their applicability and usefulness.

The assessment format may be a reflective account, a project report, a presentation or a portfolio of evidence; all being the equivalent of 2000 words in length.

Entry requirements

You will need to be in a work role (paid or unpaid) which allows you the scope to put the concepts learned into practice. There are no formal qualification requirements for entry; we assess suitability on each individual application.

Start dates

• January
• March
• September