17 Short courses offered by the university

 This module will appeal to a wide range of healthcare professionals who wish to develop specialist knowledge on an individually negotiated topic relevant to service needs within their area of practice. University of Derby offers the Work Based Learning - Negotiated Module programme. 

This module includes clinical and corporate governance with an emphasis on relating what happens in your area of practice to the wider organisation. University of Derby offers the Organisation Wide Approaches To Quality programme. 

Sustainable Business Management (Online) at University of Derby is a 20-credit module providing critical knowledge and understanding of the corporate sustainability challenge facing organisations as well as the skills required to drive the improvement in organisational culture and environmental performance resulting in more sustainable, future-fit businesses.

This course critically analyses the increasing need for effectively managing the global supply chain. University of Derby offers the Global Supply Chain Management And Logistics programme. 

Project management techniques are becoming increasingly important in competitive business environments to ensure effective communication and delivery of the project on schedule, within a fixed budget. University of Derby offers the Project Management programme. 

It is the foundation to service improvement knowledge and skills at a postgraduate level and responds to the quality improvement and service improvement agenda through effective employment of service improvement theories, tools and strategic planning to an individual's area of practice. University of Derby offers the Quality Improvement - Principles And Preparation programme. 

The aim of this module is to apply essential leadership and management principles to inform and assure the safe and effective delivery of services to meet the needs of the practitioner’s identified area of practice. University of Derby offers the Leading For Quality programme. 

The arena of work can provide many opportunities to develop critical thinking abilities. University of Derby offers the Work Based Project programme. 

University of Derby offers the Advancing Communication Skills module which will provide the opportunity for you to assess your individual communication skills needs and evaluate relevant theoretical principles and your application to practice. 

On this module you can propose, through a process of negotiation, an element of study equivalent to one module, or 20 credits, at undergraduate level 6. University of Derby offers the Negotiated Module programme. 

This online course takes an in-depth view of the contemporary marketing environment. It covers key concepts, models, and frameworks in the marketing discipline and explores marketing as a strategic business function in corporate strategic planning. University of Derby offers the Strategic Marketing programme. 

Accredited by the Institute of Hospitality and designed following extensive consultation with the hospitality industry, this International Hospitality Business Management (Online) course at University of Derby will help you to obtain the skills and understanding of the critical aspects affecting hospitality management. 

This course introduces you to the marketing principles and concepts, marketing planning, analysis and decision-making. You will learn about the tools and techniques required for business to succeed in a competitive marketplace. University of Derby offers the Introduction To Marketing programme. 

The aim is to bring together essential principles of leadership, management and expert practice to inform the delivery of high quality services. University of Derby offers the Leading Clinical Practice programme. 

The course will also equip you with knowledge and competencies that will enable you to critically analyse, evaluate and communicate the financial decisions that will help transform the organisation to address its key priorities. University of Derby offers the Financial Strategy programme. 

This course focuses on strategy and strategic management within the global context. You will learn about strategies that businesses can employ to identify opportunities, sustainable competitive advantages and grow. University of Derby offers the Strategy In The Global Marketplace programme. 

This module follows on from Quality Improvement- Principles and preparation putting your planned project into action. University of Derby offers the Quality Improvement- Implementing programme.