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Course catalogue

All 83 courses across the nine schools. Search by subject, technique or outcome, or filter by faculty.

83 courses

A · Complementary and Integrative Health

11
A01

Aromatherapy and Applied Complementary Therapies

A clinical grounding in essential oil science and hands-on aromatherapy practice, moving from plant chemistry and safe formulation to full treatment delivery. Graduates can build bespoke blends and treat clients across the lifespan, including supported oncology and maternity work.

Advanced Professional Programme·6 months·6 modules
A02

Reflexology, Including Supportive Wellbeing for Oncology Clients

Trains practitioners in the full reflexology map of the feet and hands, with an extended clinical strand on gentle, low-pressure work for people living with cancer. Emphasis sits on comfort, consent and safe integration with medical treatment.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
A03

Swedish, Holistic, Sports and Pregnancy Massage

A four-discipline massage training that builds one strong technical foundation before branching into performance, relaxation and maternity work. Includes anatomical study, clinical screening and a substantial supervised practice requirement.

Vocational Diploma Level·9 months·6 modules
A04

Indian Head Massage, Lymphatic Drainage and Trigger-Point Techniques

Three focused manual disciplines taught as a single advanced upper-body skillset. Practitioners learn safe decompression of the head, neck and shoulders, gentle lymphatic pathways and precise trigger-point release.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules
A05

Hot Cupping and Complementary Manual Therapies

A practical training in cupping alongside allied manual techniques, covering the rationale, evidence, marking expectations and consent conversations that surround them. Safety, hygiene and client understanding are treated as core clinical skills.

Advanced Skills Certificate·3 months·6 modules
A06

Reiki, Rahanni and Energy-Based Wellbeing Practices

A structured grounding in energy-based practice that keeps language honest, consent explicit and claims bounded. Covers hands-on and distant formats, client communication and the responsible positioning of energy work alongside conventional care.

Practitioner Certificate·3 months·6 modules
A07

Traditional and Culturally Informed Complementary Health Practices

Examines traditional healing systems with academic rigour and cultural respect, giving practitioners the literacy to work safely and inclusively with clients from diverse backgrounds. Includes comparative study of herbal, Ayurvedic, Chinese and African traditional frameworks.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
A08

Anatomy, Physiology and Professional Ethics

The compulsory underpinning award for all complementary health pathways, covering body systems, pathology awareness and the ethical framework of professional practice. Written to satisfy the anatomy and ethics requirement of regulated therapy routes.

Foundation Award·3 months·6 modules
A09

Infection Prevention, Safeguarding and Clinical Referral Awareness

The safety spine of every therapy qualification: hygiene control, safeguarding duty and the judgement to refer onward. Designed for practitioners working with children, vulnerable adults and clinical populations.

Mandatory Professional Module·8 weeks·6 modules
A10

Complementary Therapy Business Management

Turns clinical skill into a sustainable practice, covering pricing, marketing, financial control and the legal duties of a self-employed therapist. Built around realistic small-clinic numbers rather than abstract business theory.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules
A11

Holistic Wellbeing, Stress Management and Supportive Aftercare Education

Equips practitioners to teach rather than merely treat: stress physiology, sleep, breathwork and self-care coaching delivered as structured education. Designed for aftercare programmes, group work and long-term condition support.

Professional Certificate·3 months·6 modules

B · Psychology, Counselling and Inclusive Education

10
B01

Psychology and Human Development

A rigorous introduction to psychological theory across the lifespan, from attachment and cognitive development to identity in later life. Students learn to read research critically and apply it to real educational, family and care settings.

Foundation Diploma·6 months·6 modules
B02

Counselling Skills and Therapeutic Communication

Practical listening skills taught through structured triad work, observation and supervised feedback. Students build the micro-skills of counselling while learning where the helper role ends and therapy begins.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
B03

Mental Health Awareness

A grounded introduction to common mental health conditions, their presentation and their impact on daily life. Designed to build confident, non-clinical response in workplaces, schools and community settings.

Awareness Award·10 weeks·6 modules
B04

Trauma-Informed Care and Communication

Builds the knowledge and relational skill to work with people affected by trauma without re-traumatising them. Covers the trauma response, triggers, grounding, and the organisational conditions trauma-informed work requires.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules
B05

Autism and ADHD Awareness

A neurodivergence-affirming introduction to autistic and ADHD experience, moving beyond deficit descriptions to practical support. Includes sensory profiles, executive function, masking and communication differences.

Awareness Certificate·3 months·6 modules
B06

Neurodiversity and Inclusive Education

Prepares teachers and trainers to design genuinely inclusive learning for neurodivergent students. Combines neurodiversity theory with practical curriculum, assessment and classroom design work.

Professional Diploma·6 months·6 modules
B07

Disability Advocacy

Trains advocates to work alongside disabled people on rights, access and choice, grounded in the social model of disability. Covers representation, negotiation and the legal frameworks that support challenge.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules
B08

Special Educational Needs

A comprehensive grounding in special educational needs for practitioners in schools, tutoring and care. Covers identification, individual planning, multi-agency working and the statutory assessment process.

Professional Diploma·6 months·6 modules
B09

Family, Youth and Community Support

Prepares practitioners to support families and young people through difficulty, from early help conversations to structured group work. Strong emphasis on strengths-based practice, safeguarding and community assets.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
B10

Accessible Education and Inclusive Practice

The practical implementation award for inclusive education, focused on materials, platforms and pedagogy that remove barriers before they arise. Includes a full accessibility audit of the learner's own teaching materials.

Advanced Certificate·4 months·6 modules

C · Business, Management and Entrepreneurship

10
C01

Business Administration and Management

A complete grounding in how organisations actually run: operations, people, finance and information. Graduates can hold administrative responsibility with confidence and move into team leadership.

Professional Diploma·8 months·6 modules
C02

Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Innovation

Takes an idea from first hunch to tested business model, with real customer conversations and financial modelling rather than theory alone. Ends with a fundable, evidence-based venture plan.

Professional Diploma·7 months·6 modules
C03

Strategic Leadership

For leaders who set direction rather than only manage tasks: strategy formation, organisational culture, stakeholder politics and leading through uncertainty. Built around a live strategic challenge the participant brings from their own context.

Advanced Professional Programme·6 months·6 modules
C04

Project Management

Covers the full project lifecycle with practical tools for scope, schedule, cost, risk and stakeholders. Method-agnostic, teaching when to use predictive planning and when iterative delivery serves better.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
C05

Business Consultancy and Mentoring

Teaches the craft of advising organisations and mentoring founders: diagnosis, questioning, intervention design and the ethics of influence. Includes supervised consultancy with a real client.

Advanced Certificate·5 months·6 modules
C06

Organisational Governance

For board members, trustees and senior administrators: the duties, structures and judgement that keep an organisation lawful, accountable and effective. Case-based, covering both commercial and charitable governance.

Advanced Certificate·4 months·6 modules
C07

Marketing, Advertising and Digital Commerce

Builds a full commercial marketing skillset: brand, positioning, content, paid media and online conversion. Every module is measured against real campaign data rather than assumed best practice.

Professional Diploma·6 months·6 modules
C08

Financial Literacy

Practical financial confidence for individuals and small enterprise: money mechanics, credit, tax and long-term planning. Explicitly designed for learners who were never taught to read a financial statement.

Foundation Award·3 months·6 modules
C09

Nonprofit Management and Social Enterprise

How mission-led organisations stay solvent and effective: funding strategy, governance, impact measurement and trading income. Uses live cases from small charities through to social enterprises.

Professional Diploma·6 months·6 modules
C10

International Business Development

For organisations and entrepreneurs entering new markets: cultural intelligence, market entry, regulation and international partnerships. Includes practical due diligence on a target market of the participant's choosing.

Advanced Professional Programme·6 months·6 modules

D · Music, Film, Broadcasting and Creative Industries

10
D01

Music Theory, Performance and Songwriting

A musician's core training: theory that explains what you hear, technique that delivers it, and a disciplined songwriting practice. Students leave with a recorded body of original work and stage-ready performance skills.

Professional Diploma·9 months·6 modules
D02

Music Production and Sound Engineering

Studio-craft from first idea to finished master: DAW fluency, synthesis, sampling, arranging, mixing and acoustics. Taught through weekly production assignments with critique on real finished tracks.

Professional Diploma·8 months·6 modules
D03

Artist Management and A&R

The business side of an artist's career: development, deal structures, release planning and long-term strategy. Students build a real development plan for an artist, including financial forecasting.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
D04

Recording, Mixing and Mastering

A focused engineering programme for those who already produce: tracking technique, advanced mixing decisions and mastering as a craft. Every module is assessed on finished audio, not on written theory alone.

Advanced Certificate·6 months·6 modules
D05

Music Publishing and Intellectual Property

How songs earn money and who owns what: copyright, publishing splits, collection societies and licensing. Practical and contract-literate, with real royalty statement analysis.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules
D06

Film Production and Direction

End-to-end narrative filmmaking: development, directing performance, cinematography, sound and post. Students complete two short films with full crew roles and finished deliverables.

Professional Diploma·9 months·6 modules
D07

Screenwriting, Acting and Performance

A dual craft programme for writers and performers who need to understand each other's work. Writers complete a shooting script; actors complete filmed scene work and a showreel.

Professional Diploma·8 months·6 modules
D08

Television and Digital Broadcasting

Multi-platform broadcast production: live studio operation, field production, streaming and audience strategy. Trains for both traditional broadcast and creator-led digital channels.

Professional Certificate·6 months·6 modules
D09

Journalism, Podcasting and Media Presentation

Reporting, interviewing and audio storytelling across written, podcast and on-camera formats. Strong emphasis on accuracy, verification and law, alongside a complete published portfolio.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
D10

Photography, Fashion and Creative Enterprise

Visual production for fashion and culture: photography, styling, direction and the commercial structures that make creative work pay. Culminates in a self-produced editorial shoot and a business plan.

Professional Certificate·6 months·6 modules

E · Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation

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E01

Information Technology and Computing

A broad technical foundation covering hardware, operating systems, networks, data and support practice. Prepares learners for IT support and infrastructure roles or further specialism.

Professional Diploma·9 months·6 modules
E02

Digital Literacy

Confident, safe and capable use of everyday digital tools, from documents and spreadsheets to online services and communication. Designed for learners starting out or returning to technology.

Foundation Award·10 weeks·6 modules
E03

Artificial Intelligence and Responsible Innovation

A practical, critical grounding in AI: how models work, where they fail, and how to deploy them accountably. Includes hands-on building with hosted models and a governance framework for real use.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
E04

Website and Application Development

Full-stack web development from first HTML page to deployed, data-driven application. Taught project-first with version control, testing and delivery discipline throughout.

Professional Diploma·9 months·6 modules
E05

Digital Business Systems

How digital systems hold an organisation together: CRM, finance, HR, e-commerce and the integrations between them. Focused on selecting, configuring and connecting systems without waste.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
E06

Cybersecurity Awareness

Practical defensive security for staff and small organisations: what attackers do, how incidents start, and the daily habits that stop most of them. Includes incident response rehearsal.

Awareness Certificate·8 weeks·6 modules
E07

Interactive and Immersive Educational Technology

Designs learning experiences using interactive, game-based and immersive media, grounded in how people actually learn. Covers 3D and browser interactivity plus the pedagogy that stops novelty from replacing understanding.

Advanced Certificate·6 months·6 modules
E08

Game Development and Multisensory Learning

Builds complete games from first mechanic to released build, with a dedicated strand on multisensory and accessible game design for learning and wellbeing. Project-led with a public release.

Professional Diploma·8 months·6 modules
E09

Multimedia Design and Production

Visual and motion design for screen: typography, layout, video editing, motion graphics and brand consistency. Produces a portfolio of finished multimedia pieces for real briefs.

Professional Certificate·6 months·6 modules

F · Education, Research and Professional Training

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F01

Teaching Methodologies

A practical teaching qualification built on how learning actually works, covering planning, explanation, questioning and assessment in face-to-face and online settings. Assessed through real observed teaching.

Professional Diploma·7 months·6 modules
F02

Curriculum Development

Designs coherent curricula rather than collections of lessons: sequencing knowledge, defining outcomes, mapping assessment and building progression across a whole programme.

Advanced Certificate·5 months·6 modules
F03

Train-the-Trainer Programmes

For subject experts who must train others: turning expertise into teachable structure, managing groups and certifying competence fairly. Practical and heavily observed.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules
F04

Educational Leadership

Leadership of learning institutions and programmes: staff development, quality culture, resource decisions and leading change with people who did not ask for it. Built around a live improvement project.

Advanced Professional Programme·6 months·6 modules
F05

Academic Research Methodology

Rigorous training in designing and conducting research: literature review, methodology, data collection, ethics and analysis. Prepares candidates for dissertation or doctoral study.

Postgraduate Certificate·6 months·6 modules
F06

Instructional Design

Designs effective digital and blended learning: needs analysis, objective writing, content structure and evaluation. Produces a complete online course with all assets and assessment design.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
F07

Assessment and Quality Assurance

The profession of making judgements about competence that stand up to scrutiny: assessment design, evidence, moderation and appeals. Suited to assessors, verifiers and quality leads.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules
F08

Continuing Professional Development

Teaches professionals to design, record and evidence their own development meaningfully, and to build CPD programmes for others. Focused on reflective practice rather than certificate collecting.

Professional Award·3 months·6 modules
F09

Professional Supervision and Academic Leadership

Prepares experienced practitioners to supervise others and lead academic work: supervision models, formative feedback, research oversight and the ethics of holding power over someone's progression.

Advanced Certificate·5 months·6 modules

G · Humanitarian Studies, Community Development and Sustainability

10
G01

International Humanitarian Development

The professional foundations of humanitarian work: humanitarian principles, needs assessment, programme design, coordination and accountability to affected people. Strong emphasis on doing no harm.

Professional Diploma·7 months·6 modules
G02

Sustainable Development Goals

Examines the global goals as practical frameworks for local action: indicators, data, trade-offs and financing. Students build a goal-aligned project using real local data.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
G03

Community Leadership

Builds the practical leadership skills to mobilise a community around its own priorities: listening, facilitation, representation and conflict handling. Learns from residents, not about them.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
G04

Social Inclusion and Disability Rights

Advances the rights and participation of disabled people in community, education and work. Grounded in the social model and the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, with practical inclusion planning.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules
G05

Human Rights Education

Teaches human rights as a subject and as a practice: the frameworks, the history, and how to facilitate rights education in schools, communities and organisations without turning it into abstraction.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules
G06

Peacebuilding and Cultural Cooperation

Works on division and repair: conflict analysis, dialogue facilitation, reconciliation and intercultural cooperation. Designed for practitioners working across community, faith and identity lines.

Advanced Certificate·5 months·6 modules
G07

Environmental Conservation

Practical conservation science and practice: ecology, habitat management, monitoring and community-based conservation. Includes field survey methods and a site management plan.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
G08

Species Preservation

Focused on preventing extinction: species assessment, threat mitigation, captive breeding ethics and reintroduction. Combines conservation biology with the hard practical decisions of prioritisation.

Advanced Certificate·5 months·6 modules
G09

Community Health Promotion

Improves health at population level through evidence-based promotion, community engagement and behaviour-change design. Covers health inequalities and how to reach the people most at risk.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
G10

International Voluntary and Nonprofit Development

For people building or running voluntary organisations and international partnerships: governance, volunteer management, funding and ethical partnership. Addresses the real risks of well-intentioned work.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules

H · Sport, Fitness and Physical Wellbeing

7
H01

Fitness Instruction

The complete entry qualification for fitness instructing: anatomy, exercise physiology, technique coaching, programme design and professional practice. Assessed through live client instruction.

Professional Diploma·6 months·6 modules
H02

Athletics and Sports Coaching

Coaching science applied to track, field and multi-sport performance: skill acquisition, periodisation, testing and long-term athlete development. Includes supervised coaching hours.

Professional Diploma·7 months·6 modules
H03

Football Coaching

Football-specific coaching from fundamentals to team tactics: technical development, game understanding, session design and match management. Practical throughout, with supervised team coaching.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
H04

Exercise and Health Education

Uses exercise as a tool for health improvement in clinical and community populations. Covers long-term conditions, behaviour change and safe programming for people who are not athletes.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
H05

Inclusive Sport and Adaptive Physical Activity

Opens sport to disabled participants through adapted technique, equipment, classification awareness and genuinely inclusive session design. Practical and participant-led.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules
H06

Sports Leadership and Community Fitness

Trains leaders to run sport and fitness activity in community settings, often with limited resources. Covers session leadership, group management, funding and safeguarding.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules
H07

Complementary Approaches to Sports Recovery

Recovery as a discipline: sleep, nutrition timing, soft tissue work, hydrotherapy and load management. Separates what the evidence supports from what the industry sells.

Advanced Skills Certificate·4 months·6 modules

I · Fashion, Beauty and Personal Development

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I01

Fashion Design and Production

Design through to finished garment: research, illustration, pattern cutting, construction and fit. Students produce a six-look collection with technical documentation.

Professional Diploma·9 months·6 modules
I02

Beauty and Skincare

Professional facial and skincare practice grounded in skin science: analysis, treatment planning, product chemistry and client education. Includes advanced treatment techniques and retail consultation.

Professional Diploma·6 months·6 modules
I03

Cosmetics and Product Development

Formulation science for cosmetics: emulsifiers, actives, preservation, stability and safety. Students formulate, test and document a small product range to regulatory standards.

Advanced Certificate·5 months·6 modules
I04

Modelling and Professional Presentation

Prepares models and presenters for professional work: movement, camera technique, industry expectations and personal safety. Includes a professional portfolio and agency-ready materials.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules
I05

Beauty Entrepreneurship

Builds the commercial side of a beauty business: pricing, booking systems, retail margin, marketing and client retention. Designed for therapists moving from chair rent to owning a business.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules
I06

Clothing and Retail Business Development

Retail and wholesale for fashion and clothing: buying, merchandising, stock control, e-commerce and customer experience. Uses real margin and sell-through mathematics.

Professional Certificate·5 months·6 modules
I07

Personal Branding and Professional Image Development

Helps individuals and clients present themselves deliberately: identity, wardrobe, communication and reputation. Practical styling work alongside a defensible personal brand strategy.

Professional Certificate·4 months·6 modules