Continuing Professional Development

At LJMU, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes enable employees to develop and enhance their vocational and professional skills. Our CPD programmes are designed to be flexible so that people can gain as much or as little credits towards qualification as they choose. They can take one module of a course to update a specific area of knowledge or a number of modules and work towards gaining a postgraduate diploma or Master's degree.

Our programme was designed to enable individuals, in a short time-block, to update their professional skills or to acquire new computing skills. It also provides an opportunity for individuals who, through their various professional commitments are unable to attend courses during business hours, to obtain personal or professional development. The courses are typically delivered one evening per week (6pm – 9pm) over a 12 week period (September to December or January to April).

Any module can be studied individually but a combination of any two modules will obtain the student a University accredited award entitled Certificate of Professional Development (Computing). By completing four modules, an Advanced Certificate of Professional Development (Computing) can be awarded.

Courses currently on offer

We continually update our current provision to reflect the needs of industry. We also strive to develop new modules that embrace new technologies and methods. This website will display details of the latest course offerings.

Registration details

Registration for CPD courses takes place twice a year: in September and January. For more details on registration, please visit our CPD page on the main School website.

More information

If you are interested in any of the above courses or have any queries then please contact the CPD Programme Leader, Mr Chris Wren on 0151 231 2110.

Encourage your staff to embrace CPD and you can:

provide structured staff development
ensure your workforce has up-to-date professional knowledge
provide credit-bearing training from a recognised institution

Part-time Degree Courses

We also offer and extensive range of part-time degrees for study at your own pace. All of our undergraduate degrees and taught postgraduate courses can be studied in part-time mode. Typically in part-time mode, it takes five years to complete an Honours degree (4 years for an Ordinary degree) or two years to complete a Masters degree.

While we offer all our degree programmes to part-time students, please note that only the BSc (Hons) Computing course is delivered entirely during the evening. All other degree courses require some daytime attendance.