Executive Education

Upskill your workforce with our Executive Education offer

We help people and businesses to thrive and grow. Whether you are interested in bespoke workplace learning, developing your business strategy or plugging a skills gap, we are able to assist you. Our wealth of experience, knowledge and impactful research enables us to create and deliver programmes and workshops to support sustainable and innovative business development. As we have worked with businesses of all sizes across various industries, we have flexible development opportunities to suit the needs of your organisation.

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Masters Degrees and MBA

We take you beyond the qualifications and prepare you for the business career you’ve always aspired to.

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Leadership and Management Degree Apprenticeships

Further enhance your workforce with our Leadership and Management Degree Apprenticeships. The programmes have been designed to equip your employees with leadership, project management and strategic th...

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Short courses and CPD

Accelerate your career and update your skills with professional courses in business and management.

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Sustainable futures

Our sustainable and ethical programmes are for progressive businesspeople who want to reposition their organisation for a better future.

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Bespoke Learning Developments

We are experts in bespoke learning: customised learning solutions that empower and drive high performance in individuals, leadership teams and organisations.

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Work with our students

We'll help you find and develop your future leaders or build short-term capacity in your team. Our students and graduates have high-level skills, fresh thinking, and huge potential.

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Business events

Discover our upcoming business events.

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Business support

We provide education and training that's relevant to the modern workforce, as well as offering funding and support that will help your business to grow, adapt and innovate.

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University of Derby Regional Economic Observatory

Access our latest research tools to help grow your business.

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It has been a pleasure to witness participants develop their knowledge and skills over the duration of the programme, in particular the application of theory to real scenarios and holistic thinking. The feedback from the participants continues to be very positive as the programme goes from strength to strength.

Simon Smith
Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader
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Bespoke programme benefits Holcim

Holcim, a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, reached out to the University of Derby for a company programme that would apply academic theory in the context of their business, including areas such as Marketing, Operations Management, Finance and Strategy.

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Get in touch with our experts to find the right course for you

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Brendan Abbott
Industry Relationship Manager

Brendan works across all industries deploying the University's expertise, facilities, and talent to provide real-world, tangible solutions for organisations. Brendan is a specialist in the development of Leadership, Management and Project Management within organisations.

Email
B.abbott2@derby.ac.uk

Matt Bromley
Academic Manager – Professional Executive Education

As Academic Manager, Matthew Bromley has a strong history of programme development within Business subjects and is focused on innovations in teaching.

Email
M.Bromley@derby.ac.uk
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