Employability Skills (Full-time) (CertHE)
This programme provides a unique opportunity designed to enhance your career prospects and kickstart your academic journey. This comprehensive program equips you with essential professional, and digital skills needed for success in today’s dynamic workplace. Unlike traditional programs, we value your life and work experiences, making higher education accessible and inclusive.
Our curriculum focuses on developing a valuable transferable skill set, including problem-solving, teamwork, communication, enterprise management, and digital literacy. These industry-relevant skills are tailored for various fields, ensuring you are well-prepared to excel in any professional environment.
Whether you are looking to advance your career or take the first step into higher education, our program serves as the perfect gateway. Join us to enhance your employability, unlock new career opportunities, and pave the way for further academic pursuits.
Course details
- On-campus
- Full-time
- English
Home: £9,000 per year
Overseas: £13,500 per year
Why choose this course?
What you will learn
This course provides upskilling opportunities and a workplace-focused learning experience that ensures each student is given the opportunity to fulfil their potential and in turn transform the communities in which they live and work.
Graduates will enhance their skills and broaden their career opportunities, making them well-suited for roles across various industries, including non-profit, public, and private sectors.
The programme is designed to meet industry standards, embedding essential employability skills and developing key competencies needed for successful careers throughout the course.
Learner-centred learning strategies are employed throughout the programme to ensure a balance of theory and practice that is both personalised and collaborative. Learners will gain transferable skills that use technology for learning as well as academic, professional and literacy skills involved in study at this level.
Upon successful completion of this course, students can progress to the BA Developing Leadership and Management following a successful interview.
Compulsory
(20 credits; core)
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Course Disclaimer
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We listen to student feedback and insights from industry and from professionals to ensure that course content is high-quality and up-to-date, and that it offers the best possible preparation for your future career or study goals.
For this reason, there might be modifications to the content of your course over time, to keep up to date with changes in the subject area or in the sector. If a module is no longer running, we’ll make sure to keep you informed, and work with you to choose a different suitable module.
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Staff
Our People
You will be taught and supported by a wide range of professional staff and teams here to help you get the university experience you are looking for. Our teaching staff were ranked 2nd in Wales for assessments and feedback (NSS 2023) meaning the comments you get back from your work will help you learn. Our commitment to your learning has seen our students place us as Top 10 in the UK for Lecturers and Teaching Quality. Find out more about our academic staff who teach across our courses.
Accommodation
Swansea Accommodation
Swansea has a huge student population, and the variety of accommodation available will leave you feeling spoilt for choice. Various purpose-built student accommodation providers provide accommodation in Swansea, and the accommodation team can guide you through your options. It will offer ongoing support throughout your time as a UWTSD student.
Further information
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This programme attracts applicants from a variety of backgrounds and experiences in terms of employment and academic qualifications.
This programme does not require applicants to possess formal qualifications; admissions assessment of the suitability of applicants is via rigorous interview and a written test.
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Coursework and practical tasks are set in a variety of formats. These include:
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Practical in-class set exercises.
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Role play (e.g. mock interviews)
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Presentations (e.g. of business plans)
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Portfolios of work
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Research projects.
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Essays
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Reports
As the programme attracts learners from a range of backgrounds, with a variety of work and personal experience, in many cases assessments provide flexibility for the student to use their background and experience to make learning relevant to their prior work experience; students will be encouraged to develop projects that are relevant to their career aspirations.
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All additional costs detailed in this section are indicative.
Necessarily Incurred:
Learners will require access to suitable computer hardware and software: approximately £500.
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You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit our Bursaries and Scholarships section.