Program Overview

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Course Overview

The Empowering Project Professionals to Improve Performance course is a practical and interactive two-day course that enables participants to understand how human behaviours contribute to project performance. The course utilises a range of activities, grounded in project management, human factors, and human performance theory, to empower participants to have a positive impact on project performance.

Key Details

• Recruiting to: UK / RoI / Settled in UK
• Course Location: Online / Various
• Institute: Institute of Business, Industry and Leadership
• Delivery Style: In-Person or Online
• Course Duration: Part-time: 2 Days
• Course Start Point: undefined
• Award: Short course
• Open Days: All

Minimum Entry Requirements

Tuition Fees Policy

What Our Course Participants Have to Say

• Very useful and informative course with a great mix of content, exercises and open dialogue within the groups
• Excellent course, well presented and thoroughly enjoyed it. A great mix of teaching and integration of the all team
• The tutors were excellent, the course was very interactive, the technology worked seamlessly. Highly useful to anyone in a project team

Course Structure

What You Will Learn

Delivered over two days, the Empowering Project Professionals to Improve Performance course explores the following topics:

Day One

• The fundamental requirements of project delivery and current human performance culture
• Sidney Dekker and the “Field Guide to Human Error”
• The Drift and Accumulation model: Normalisation of Deviance - How does this apply to your project?
• High performing projects: Individual and team behaviours

Day Two

• Challenge for change - concern v influence
• Psychological safety
• Assumptions and biases
• Support in the workplace

Teaching & Assessment

How You Will Learn

The Empowering Project Professionals to Improve Performance short course can be delivered either online (via Zoom) or face-to-face over two days.

Participants looking to attend this course online can find more information here.

The course includes a variety of interactive exercises and maximises opportunities for discussion, networking, and collaboration.

Participants are encouraged to share their thoughts, reflections, and experiences throughout the course with an emphasis on how the learning can be seen in and applied to the workplace environment.

How You Will Be Assessed

Participants will complete a reflective workbook throughout the course capturing reflective practice and personal goal-setting that they will be able to apply back to the workplace.

Fees & Funding

Tuition Fees

2025 - 2026

Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or Government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.

Funding

To book your place, please see below for arrangements if you want to pay by purchase order and invoice or by credit card.

I wish to pay using a company purchase order and require a separate invoice

Please email the following details to: no less than 4 weeks before the first day of the course:

• Participant name(s), job title(s), email address(es) and company
• Name and date(s) of course(s)
• Purchase order and any additional details to be quoted on invoice.

If you have not conducted business with the University of Cumbria before, please be aware that both of us may have administrative procedures required to set up our respective customer/supplier accounts and the time taken to complete these may impact on the availability of places on your preferred course.

I wish to pay using a company or personal credit card and do not require a separate invoice

Please email the following details to: no less than 4 weeks before the first day of the course:

• Participant name(s), job title(s), email address(es) and company
• Name and date(s) of course(s)

On receipt of your booking and confirmation that we can accommodate you, we will send a link to take your payment.

Payment, cancellation and changes

• Bookings, including purchase orders (if applicable), to be received at least four weeks ahead of course start date.
• At our discretion, late bookings may be accepted. Please contact us to check whether we have a place for you or before sending a purchase order.
• Invoices (for customers paying by purchase order) or a payment link (for customers paying by credit card) will be issued four weeks before the course once delivery is confirmed (or immediately on receipt of an accepted late booking) and will be due for payment immediately. Your place will not be confirmed until payment is received in full.
• In the event that a booked participant is unable to attend, substitutions may be made at no cost. UoC must be notified of the substituted names prior to the course commencing. No substitutions will be accepted once the course is in progress.
• In the event of a substitute not being provided for a cancelled participant place, the unfilled place will be charged for.
• Any no-shows during the course will be charged for.
• For all cancellations and substitutions, UoC must be notified in writing via email to: .

More Information

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries, grants and funds available to support you throughout your studies with us. This includes the Cumbria Bursary - a non-repayable bursary designed to support first year students with a household income of less than £25,000.

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