Professional development
If you are looking for personal career development, we have a range of options to help you achieve your goals.
Our expert staff and diverse portfolio of professional training courses offer you the opportunity to acquire new skills and enhance your existing work-based experience. We'll facilitate the skills to give you the competitive edge and take your career to the next level - whatever the stage of your career is right now.
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Achieve your career ambitions
Business
Our continuing professional development programmes enable professionals and organisations to achieve their goals and exceed their aspirations.
Business
Health
Explore our range of professional short courses in health. Find out about funded opportunities, industry-specific courses and bespoke training.
Health
Digital skills
Learn new and develop existing digital skills and capabilities for your current and future needs.
Digital skills
Sustainability and the Built Environment
Our courses expertly blend theory and practice, empowering you with the skills and creative solutions needed.
Sustainability and the Built Environment
Art and Design
Acquire new skills and techniques, or enhance the knowledge already acquired, whilst honing your artistry and craft with leading experts in the field of art and design.
Art and Design
Creative Technologies
Invest in and develop skills to support business, transport, entertainment, social enterprise and connectivity.
Creative Technologies
Education and Childhood
Develop your staff with the confidence, knowledge, and skills in the field of education.
Education
Skills Bootcamps
Gain subject-specific knowledge and hands-on skills to apply immediately with these short professional courses.
Skills BootcampsProfessional Development Awards
Build your own degree using previous qualifications and experience as well as new learning. With a focus on work-based learning, the flexible structure allows you to tailor your course to match your continuing professional development.
Professional Development AwardsFees, funding and applications
Information about fees, funding and how to apply for our professional short courses.
Course enquiries
If you wish to apply for a course, can’t find what you’re looking for or have questions about professional and short course study, please contact our professional development teams for more information.
"The course was exactly what I was looking for; a really engaging programme exploring leadership, change, power and politics with credible and inspiring lecturers and fellow students from a variety of industries. It was highly instrumental in acquiring my next role."
Amy Jankiewicz Chief of Staff, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
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Study support
Study support and advice for UWE Bristol students including referencing, research, study spaces and more.
Get help if you are disabled
We have a range of specialist disability support services to help you make the most of your academic potential.
Terms and conditions
Terms and conditions for professional development courses (excluding Health), including information on fees and payment, cancellation and deferring your place.