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Skills Bootcamp in Leadership and Management for the Visitor Economy
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2025-01-01 | - |
| 2026-01-01 | - |
Program Overview
Skills Bootcamp in Leadership and Management for the Visitor Economy
Course Overview
The Skills Bootcamp in Leadership and Management for the Visitor Economy is aimed at learners who are already employed in the Visitor Economy in Cumbria, and who are looking to progress into a management role.
Key Details
- Recruiting to: UK / RoI / Settled in UK
- Course Location: Ambleside
- Institute: Institute of Business, Industry and Leadership
- Delivery Style: Face to face at our Ambleside campus
- Course Duration: Part-time: 12 weeks
- Course Start Point: January
- Award: Short course
- Open Days: Ambleside
Minimum Entry Requirements
- Tuition Fees Policy
Course Structure
What you will learn
The course includes 10 one-day taught workshops focussing on different aspects of leadership and management in the Visitor Economy, and a relevant work-based project. Workshop sessions will include:
- Orientation and Introduction
- Managing Self
- Managing others
- Creativity and Innovation
- Strategic Thinking
- Data Analysis
- Finance and decision making
- Customer Service and Consumer Behaviour
- Risk Management and Planning
- Building the Business Model Canvas
Teaching & Assessment
How you will learn
The Skills Bootcamp in Project Management is delivered at our Ambleside campus.
The full day workshop sessions include a mixture of tutor input, use of learning materials (videos, podcasts etc.), group and individual exercises and formative assessment activities.
You will be supported to complete your work-based project with suggested templates and exercises to guide you.
How you will be assessed
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
The programme is funded by the Department for Education (DfE) Skills for Life scheme, with employers making a contribution towards the fees. Contributions are payable on enrolment, via our online store. A payment link will be provided on enrolment.
Application
- Please contact for information on course dates, fees and applying. You will then need to complete an application form, providing details of your employer who has agreed to fund the contribution. We will assess your application for eligibility and if you meet the requirements and there is space on the course, we will offer you a place.
- We will contact your employer to obtain confirmation of their support. If they do not confirm their support, our offer to you may be withdrawn
- If you do not meet the requirements, or there is not space in the course, we will contact you to advise on possible actions.
- At our discretion, applications received after an advertised closing date and before the start of the course may be accepted. Applications will not be accepted once the course is in progress.
- In the event that a participant is unable to accept an offer, no substitutions can be accepted for that participant. Another employee may submit a new application in their own right.
- In the event that a participant has enrolled and started the course, no substitutions can be accepted for that participant. No refund can be given for the employer contribution.
- For all questions relating to application, enrolment and withdrawal, 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.
Student Finance
Additional Costs
- Location: Ambleside Campus
- Nestled in the Lake District National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Ambleside campus is the perfect place for world-savers, animal lovers, and adventurers. There is never a dull moment when surrounded by such natural beauty and opportunity.
