Short courses and CPD

Executive and continuing professional development

Our global reputation for innovation, focused on real-world problems facing the management of the built environment, attracts research active academics, students and industry professionals of the highest calibre.

Main benefits

• Leading edge research and practice for leading edge performance
• University certificate awarded on completion
• Potential for MSc qualification

Some of our clients

• ARUP
• British Airport Authority Plc
• Building Research Establishment
• British Airways
• Bovis Lend Lease
• Dytecna
• John Laing
• Unilever
• WS Atkins

Modular CPD

The modular format of the school’s MSc courses provides students with the most flexible and focused means of acquiring and applying professional knowledge. Each of more than 60 modules from these programmes can be taken as a CPD course.

The flexibility of many of the MSc courses allows students to study while remaining in employment and is invaluable for professionals wishing to enlarge their career opportunities. This flexibility offers twofold benefits:

• University certificate awarded on completion (counts towards your CPD)
• Can lead to MSc qualification if, within 5 years, students acquire 180 credits

Please click on the module links below for further information

Applied Informatics (pdf)
Building Systems Architecture and People(pdf)
Carbon Management (PDF)
Communication in the Built Environment(pdf)
Concepts Strategy and Management(pdf)
Construction Contract Law(pdf)
Construction Cost Engineering(pdf)
Construction Economics(pdf)
Design Management(pdf)
Disability Access Legislation(pdf)
Energy Carbon and the Environment (PDF)
Engineering Intelligence into Buildings(pdf)
Facilities Management(pdf)
Financial Analysis and Investment Appraisal(pdf)
Housing Assistive Technology(pdf)
Human Resource Management(pdf)
Inclusive Design(pdf)
Information Technology and Communication Systems(pdf)
International Construction(pdf)
Introducing Accessibility Inclusion(pdf)
Learning from Other Industries(pdf)
Principles of Project Management(pdf)
Real Estate Development Appraisal and Analysis(pdf)
Research Methods (pdf)
Risk Value Management(pdf)
Strategic Management(pdf)
Sustainable Design Construction and Operation(pdf)
Transport(pdf)

Bespoke solutions

Our prestigious clients often require specific one-off training solutions that cannot be attained through modular and even occasional courses. These may include:

• In-house one-on-one training (i.e. personal tutors)
• In-house short courses (i.e. for specific groups like project managers)

Some of our bespoke courses include:

• Profitable Project Management for ARUP; a series of 5 bespoke two-day modules per annum covering the whole spectrum of Project Management with approximately 15 delegates per module.
• Management Development Programme for Dean & Dyball; a bespoke series of 2 two-day events per annum with 15 delegates per event and mainly targeted at graduates but not exclusively, the aim is to stretch those with good potential for senior management. Content: Project management, leadership and personal development, Value Management, Business Case for projects, Commercial Management.
• Management Development Programme for Drivers Jonas; a bespoke single annual event varying between 2 and 4 days that would typically attract between 22 and 25 high-fliers and young associates.
• Structuring, Financing and Managing Key Infrastructure and Development Projects; these programmes are aimed at developing nations especially in Africa. Initiated by and run in co-operation with Associates for Research and Development [Arrdel], 4 x 5 day programmes, have been run in the UK, Kenya, Ghana and Uganda. Typically the programmes would attract 25 to 30 delegates from senior positions in government or state enterprises from the Energy, Transport, Water, Mining and Development Banking sectors. Content: Project Finance, Leadership and the Management of Major projects.

Student feedback

"The amount of coursework given reflected the fact that I was in full time employment and deadlines were achievable."

Grace Mair, Assistant M&E Surveyor for Gardiner & Theobald LLP

"The Reading programme answered all my questions and I was really impressed by the robustness of the programme in terms of course content and flexibility."

Clement Okwuegbuna, MACE Ltd.