Professional development programmes

• Understand key areas of contemporary employment law across various sectors and preparation for new legal developments
• Enhance your knowledge of HR practice through a focus on contemporary and complex areas of law and employment policy development
• Develop key skills needed when working in HR:

1. Research
2. Evaluation
3. Problem solving
4. Assessment of current practices

• The impact of employment law on the work of senior HR professionals
• The practical aspects of HR management
• Contemporary legal topics and likely future developments

Module 1:  

• Employment relationships and status
• Typical employment and flexible work patterns
• Key rights and duties in employment contracts and contractual change
• Performance management
• Employment relations and communication

Module 2:  

• Diversity at work and antidiscrimination law from both the EU and the UK perspective
• Worklife balance
• Equality agenda
• Occupational benefits
• Emerging topics

Module 3:

• Change management
• Outsourcing and agencies
• Redundancy
• Training and personal development
• Occupational health and safety

Each of the 3 modules covered by the course is assessed through a written assignment of no more than 3,000 words. Each assignment is different, enabling separate skills to be assessed, and is relevant to your own work or workplace.