If you are a business professional with responsibility for people in your organisation then these bite sized qualifications may be just right for you. Blue Sky Professional Development are announcing the dates of their CIPD Foundation Award in Human Resources and Learning and Development Essentials. These short courses are aimed at line managers and HR professionals who want to have the opportunity to study bite size topics and gain knowledge from a range of HR areas such as recruitment and resourcing talent, delivering training, organisational change.
Beth Russell, Director and Tutor at Blue Sky says ‘ We know that a lot of HR functions are, in reality, carried out by line managers so this allows these people to gain knowledge as well as a qualification in this area. Alternatively, some first line HR staff may want to get their foot on the first rung of a career in HR and want to gain a recognised CIPD qualification to start them off.’
Who are CIPD? The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is an awarding body for HR and L&D qualifications. Over 13,000 students join their programmes each year to enhance their knowledge on the latest theory, case studies and insights into best practice HR.
Why Blue Sky Professional Development? Blue Sky’s team has vast experience in HR and L&D, and over 20 years experience of delivering CIPD programmes with Supported Distance Learning as a speciality. All workshops are delivered by professional, approachable tutors in the Norwich area. Blue Sky also offer individual tutorials should you need them.
How are the courses delivered? The CIPD Level 3 Award in Human Resources and Learning and Development Essentials consist of just one or two units from a suite of topics. For each unit, the learners receive a distance learning pack and attend one or two monthly workshops in Norwich, finalising in a marked written assignment. Add more units together and you could receive a CIPD Certificate or Diploma in HR/L&D Practice.
Course Start Dates Recruitment and Resourcing Talent August 2014 Delivering Learning and Development Activities September 2014 Undertaking a Learning Needs Analysis November 2014 Coaching Skills February 2015 Mentoring Skills March 2015Coming soon …… Supporting Change within Organisations Reward Management Employment Relations
If you want any more information about Blue Sky and these qualifications please see www.blueskypd.co.uk, email [email protected] or call Beth or Kate on 01603 821177.
