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Lifelong Learning. Empowering you.
Lifelong Learning.
Empowering you.

Whether you are upskilling, meeting CPD goals, or training your team:
This is where learning meets purpose.

Our short courses are practical, flexible, and designed for real-world impact.

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August 2026

SLP Name Duration Mode Tuition Apply Description
FINANCIAL PLANNING CASE STUDIES: PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR THE MODERN FlNANCIAL PLANNER 12 weeks Online R8 500,00 Apply Now This Short Learning Programme (SLP) will equip professionals with the essential practical skills for modern financial planning. By covering key areas like tax, estate, investments, and retirement planning, focusing on practical case studies ensures that participants can confidently create uniquely tailored financial plans for their clients. It also delves into behavioural finance, exploring how psychology impacts decision-making, allowing for more personalised client strategies. With a strong emphasis on legal and regulatory frameworks, this SLP ensures students are prepared to navigate financial complexities and deliver actionable, results-driven advice to help clients reach their goals.
INTRODUCTION TO BUILDING MATERIALS 4 Weeks Online R8 900,00 Apply Now In this module, participants will learn about different building material solutions for a basic single-storey building while collaborating effectively, acknowledging and appreciating the diverse perspectives of the project team.
INTRODUCTION TO PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT 4 Weeks Online R8 900,00 Apply Now The main objective of this SLP is to offer an understanding of the property market and its workings, property economic principles, the process of property development, property investments and decision-making, Town Planning restrictions, land use and property management. Additionally, it aims to provide an introductory overview of property development and its relevance in the built environment.
NEW MANAGERS PROGRAMME 24 Weeks Online R29 900,00 Apply Now The New Managers Programme covers the basic principles and theory related to management and leadership in the business context. The content and learning activities are sequenced to develop fundamental principles and competencies of management and leadership but is also designed to facilitate the personal development of each participant. The programme is divided into six main components, each focusing on a different aspect of management and leadership, namely: Self-leadership, Business and academic skills, Digital skills, Plotting my career path, General management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING: AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE

4 Weeks Online R3 000,00 Apply Now

The content of this SLP includes an introduction to Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This will comprise definitions, benefits and the key principles of UDL. Furthermore, a practical approach (The Plus-One approach) to applying UDL will be taught and applied. In addition, an educator’s checklist on UDL will be utilised as another application tool. Finally, alternate assessment methods will be covered.

September 2026

SLP Name Duration Mode Price Apply Description
AI & Law Tech Essentials8 weeksOnline R11,000.00 Apply Now This SLP equips participants with the essential knowledge to integrate AI into legal practice. It starts with an overview of AI technologies like predictive analytics and natural language processing, highlighting their potential to enhance legal services' efficiency and accuracy. Participants will learn to use AI tools for automating tasks such as legal research and document review, with case studies illustrating these technologies' practical benefits.
Dispensing for Health Professionals 1 Day
Face to Face R2 500,00 Apply Now Evaluate the prescription and access the patient's history. Dispense the prescription and hand medication to patient. Give advice and warnings to patient regarding the safe use and storage of the medication. Maintain professional dispensing records. Manage the procurement and distribution of medicines.
Employee Benefits
5 weeks Online
R9,000.00
Apply Now The programme contains all elements that are important to giving advice related to employee benefits.  The regulatory environment of financial services forms the introduction, the core of the programme lies in the Pension Funds Act (and related Regulations) and the Income Tax Act.  A global perspective on employee benefits trends is also included.
Financial Coaching 12 Weeks
Online R11 500,00
Apply Now The purpose of the short learning programme is to equip successful participants to be able to apply the Ontological Coaching Principals, with specific context of coaching clients around their financial behaviour.
Financial Planning Case studies 12 Weeks 
Online R8 500,00 Apply Now

This Short Learning Programme (SLP) will equip professionals with the essential practical skills for modern financial planning. By covering key areas like tax, estate, investments, and retirement planning, focusing on practical case studies ensures that participants can confidently create uniquely tailored financial plans for their clients. It also delves into behavioural finance, exploring how psychology impacts decision-making, allowing for more personalised client strategies. With a strong emphasis on legal and regulatory frameworks, this SLP ensures students are prepared to navigate financial complexities and deliver actionable, results-driven advice to help clients reach their goals.

Generative AI For Research
1 week
Online
R11,000.00
Apply Now
This Short Learning Programme serves as an accessible, interdisciplinary entry point into contemporary AI-assisted research practices. It introduces participants to the foundational principles of machine learning, the capabilities and limitations of current GenAI systems, and the ethical considerations associated with their use. Through hands-on engagement with leading AI tools and modern computational research workflows, the programme empowers participants to integrate GenAI meaningfully into their scholarly and professional activities.
Introduction To Building Quantities
4 weeks
Online R8,900.00 Apply Now Building Quantities aims to provide participants with introductory knowledge on developing and using building quantities relevant to the construction industry as applied in various project stages, including Documentation and Procurement, Construction and Close-out.
Medico-Legal Practice And Courtroom Preparedness For Healthcare Practitioners
2 weeks
Online
R11,000.00 Apply Now The Short Learning Programme covers the legal and forensic dimensions of healthcare practice in domestic and sexual violence cases, with a focus on linking clinical practice and criminal justice processes. The programme introduces participants to the legal framework governing domestic violence and sexual offences, including reporting obligations, consent, confidentiality, and ethical duties. It then addresses fundamental principles of evidence relevant to healthcare practitioners, such as admissibility, chain of custody, and the legal status of medical records and forensic findings.
Principles And Processes Of Mediation
8 weeks Online R14,500.00
Apply Now This programme will empower participants with an understanding of the intricacies of conflict, the theory of dispute analysis and the practical skills to resolve disputes within various contexts including employment disputes, commercial disputes, consumer disputes, neighbourhood disputes, land claims disputes, family disputes, industrial relations disputes, disputes within religious communities, medico legal disputes, construction disputes, etc.
Visual Acuity screening (Bloemfontein) 1 Day
Face to Face R2 500,00 Apply Now This SLP is intended to equip health and safety officers and health professionals employed in the health and safety, school health and other relevant settings to conduct visual acuity screening.
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Lorraine Ries
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Lebohang Mahlabe
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