Nottingham Business School is a leader in developing and delivering courses for the public services. Through our International Centre for Public Services Management, we deliver a full range of courses and consultancy projects for public sector organisations both locally and internationally.
A career in the public sector requires access to practical learning opportunities that suit both you and your organisation and provide the information and skills required. Our courses have been designed with these priorities in mind. They provide career progression opportunities for a wide variety of public sector organisations and have been proven to deliver real business benefits to individuals and organisations.
Delivered by experienced public services practitioners, we develop essential management practice and knowledge required by managers in the public services, developing strategic practice and knowledge, relevant innovative service delivery, effective organisation and service performance.
Our courses designed for the public sector include:
Professional Certificate in Public Service Management
Designed for practitioners who are in their first managerial role or preparing for their first substantive management role, or for experienced managers who have no management qualifications.
Postgraduate Certificate in Public Service Management
Designed for public service managers or aspiring managers, the programme enables participants to enhance their performance through a variety of learning and teaching approaches, including: workshops, small group learning and set work for personal management development
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Service Management
This course further develops strategic practice and knowledge relevant to developing innovative service delivery, effective organisation and service performance. This is achieved in collaboration with colleagues from other agencies and professions
The course emphasises and supports joint development opportunities to facilitate interagency working. It also provides an arena to network with likeminded professionals in the public services field who can inform practice through shared experiences.
MSc in Public Service Management
The MSc is designed to allow public service managers to pursue a particular management issue to greater depth through more independent and individual research. This is then translated into effective management practice, with the development of crucial research skills for underpinning evidence-based practice.
CIPFA Professional Accountancy Qualification (PAQ)
This course leads to the qualification required to become a Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting (CIPFA) professional accountant. The CIPFA qualification is recognised by the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) and all public-sector employers.
As a full service Business School, we also offer part-time professional courses on a range of other topics including human resource management, marketing and customer service management for individuals or public organisations alike.
Full details on all our courses can be found via our website www.ntu.ac.uk/nbs or by contacting our Admissions Team email nbs.enquiries@ntu.ac.uk or call +44(0)115 848 4488.
Consultancy and Research
Via the International Centre for Public Services Management www.ntu.ac.uk/cpsm a range of consultancy projects and training solutions for public-sector organisations have been undertaken. These include:
- In association with the LGEM, the ODPM and CIPFA the Centre has developed and delivered a consortia-based CIPFA training scheme aimed at capacity building priorities within the East Midlands. This programme has been instrumental in enhancing public sector qualified accountants within the region and a similar model has also been developed with the Strategic Health Authority.
- The Centre’s Masters programmes have examined a number of important work based scenarios including Mergers of NHS Acute Hospital Trusts, Social Enterprise issues, Performance Management, Self Assessment and Cultural Studies. These studies have been important to both course participants and their sponsoring organisations.
- Working with East Yorkshire Riding Council to accredit their MBA programme. The programme, which includes a Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma in Management culminating in an MBA, will see Business School academics advising on academic direction and quality assurance to ensure the ERYC programme is delivered and assessed to the correct MBA standard. Most stages are be delivered by a very experienced team from the Council’s training division and are delivered in East Yorkshire.
- NBS awarded the contract to assist in preparing the central Turkish government for a period of strategic planning and management reviews which is due to be phased in over the next two years. During this time, NBS academics will develop Turkish civil servants in key areas, based upon their experience in both the UK and abroad.
To find out more how the International Centre for Public Service Management could help your organisation, contact Nottingham Business on +44(0)115 848 8115 or email nbscorpenquiries@ntu.ac.uk
Full details can be found via our website at www.ntu.ac.uk/cpsm