ESF fully funded courses at the University of Sunderland - Places still available!

The University of Sunderland are proud to be the lead partner on the Northeast Workforce Skills Programme funded by ESF – and this programme boasts a huge number of fully funded short courses available to businesses in the Northeast. Some of the courses available have a broad appeal, they have learning that could be used in a multitude of settings and job roles.

The following courses still have funded places up for grabs – so get in touch!

Intro to Workplace Wellbeing – 1 day – Mar 21st - On campus

Workplace wellbeing is thoroughly explored within this one-day event. Wellbeing has become synonymous with workplace health issues though there remains a lack of clarity and understanding about what constitutes wellbeing and therefore how well being risks can be effectively managed. This one-day introduction will allow delegates to appreciate the scope of wellbeing issues within the workplace leading to a greater understanding and appreciation of the complexity that workplace wellbeing includes.

Applied Workplace Wellbeing – 3 days - Mar 21st-23rd - On campus

After day 1 the remaining two days will focus specifically on a number of approaches and tools that can be used within the workplace to effect meaningful change for the health and wellbeing of all employees. This can include the importance of a health needs analysis which provides targeted and evidence-based data from which interventions and strategies long, medium short, medium and long term

Project Management - 1 day – 6th April - On campus

This course is an overview of what is required to manage and develop projects within various environments.

What defines a course? We look at the core components, objectives and expected outcomes of a course.
What do projects have in common? We look at the common aspects of projects across several areas and how we can use common ground to develop courses.
Identifying special features of your project? Finally, we also look at the more specialised areas of a project and how they can be developed and fully utilised.

Project Planning - 1 day –11th May – On campus

This course is an introduction to the wider field of Project planning and project management. The course itself is aimed at a wider field of professionals and will cover several areas: