Strathclyde Executive Education & Development Personal and Professional Development

Our open programmes support professionals at every career stage with flexible, impactful learning opportunities.

  • Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Maintain and enhance professional competence through structured learning and reflective practice, resulting in a certificate of participation.
  • Short Courses: Focused upskilling on specific topics, awarding badges or certificates and providing practical knowledge for immediate application.
  • Micro-credentials: Modular, credit-bearing learning aligned to qualification frameworks, offering flexible pathways to further qualifications or career advancement.

Our open programmes provide accessible, high-quality learning that empowers professionals to develop expertise, meet career goals, and drive organisational impact.

Our Expertise

SEED offers a distinctive series of open programmes, designed to develop essential capabilities aligned with four core pillars critical to contemporary organisational success. These programmes are structured to provide practical, evidence-based learning that equips leaders and professionals to thrive in complex, dynamic environments.

  • Leadership and Management: Strengthen leadership presence, influence, soft skills, decision-making, and team management skills.
  • Strategy and Innovation: Build strategic thinking, innovation capabilities, and the ability to drive organisational change.
  • Digital Transformation and Emerging Technologies: Develop knowledge and skills to harness digital tools, emerging technologies, and data-driven decision-making.
  • Specialism: Deepen expertise in specific functional areas or sector-focused skills, providing targeted knowledge to support professional growth and organisational impact. For example, we have partnered with the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL) to support the launch of their Skills Academy.

Address

Strathclyde Business School
University of Strathclyde
199 Cathedral Street
Glasgow
G4 0QU

 

Triple accredited

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