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Open University Online Continual Professional Development (CPD) Courses at the CIOB

The CIOB having formed a promising relationship with the Open University, has been able to negotiate for our Members a 10% discount in fees for their new range of flexible online courses.

The Open University Centre for Continuing Professional Development (CPLD) offers a range of flexible online courses especially for people who wish to extend or update their skills but who are unable to commit to long-term study. OU CPD courses can give new skills, knowledge and ideas which can be applied in the work place. Most take around 30 hours to complete divided into 1-3 hour bite-sized chunks which can be studied at a time and pace to suit each individual.

About the Open University

The Open University (OU) provides continuing professional development (CPD) to thousands of executives and professionals by offering flexible, accessible and value-for-money courses.
Every one is based on our ability to blend learning delivery with personal or organizational situations rather than requiring regular classroom attendance

Benefits of CPD

Each course, taken from the continually expanding range of online CPD courses draws on all The Open University’s expertise in work-based professional development offers:

Relevance to your work - each course is designed to help you respond to the actual challenges you face in your day-to-day work.
Immediate applicability - the strong link between course learning and your work practice means that you can immediately use newly acquired skills and knowledge.
Online flexibility - courses are ‘chunked’ into convenient 1-2 hour elements to enable you to spread your skills development to keep pace with your work patterns and take in total around 20-30 hour, starting and finishing when it suits you (within course presentation patterns).
Online convenience - you can learn online at work or wherever is convenient.
Guidance and feedback - an expert learning adviser will provide you with continuing guidance and feedback.
Action orientation - by the end of a course you will have built your own Personal Development or Action Plan.
An Award of Certificate - each course can enhance your CV with an OU Certificate of successful completion.