Continuing Education
Short continuing-education courses taught by the colleges, who may enrol, and how enrolment works.
What a training course is
A training course is longer than a workshop and shorter than a degree. It runs over several sessions or several weeks, it is taught by university staff, and it is not part of any academic programme. It exists for people who need a defined skill: someone already working, a graduate adding to a qualification, or a student who wants something their own programme does not cover.
Courses are proposed and taught by the colleges, so what is available at any time follows the subjects the university teaches — see programs. Each course is announced on events before it opens.
Who may enrol
The announcement for each course states who it is open to. Usually that is one or more of:
- Current students of the university.
- Graduates, of Bayan and of other institutions — see also alumni.
- Staff of the university.
- People from outside: employees sent by an organisation, or individuals enrolling on their own account.
Where a course assumes prior knowledge — a level of English, familiarity with a piece of software, a background in accounting — that is stated as a condition of entry. Enrol honestly. A course pitched above you costs you the term and the place.
How to enrol
- Find the course on events and read the announcement in full.
- Note the entry requirement, the closing date, and the fee if the course carries one. Those figures are stated in the announcement itself; do not rely on a number heard anywhere else.
- Apply in the way it describes, to the office it names, before the closing date.
- Keep the confirmation you are given and bring it to the first session.
What you hold at the end
A course that ends in a certificate says so in its announcement and states what the certificate records. A certificate of attendance or completion shows that you took the course. It is not academic credit: it does not shorten a degree, substitute for part of one, or transfer into one. If academic credit is what you want, the route in is register.
Courses for an organisation
An employer, school or public body may ask the university to run a course for a group of its own staff. Write through contact with the subject and level, the number of participants, and the timing you have in mind. The relevant college will say what it can teach and what would be involved. Ask early — teaching staff are timetabled a term ahead.