Business and management skills

Business and management online and in person CPD courses

These short and intensive professional development courses are for professionals at all stages of their career, from a wide-range of global organisations.

Whether you are new to management, in the early stages of your managerial career, or an experienced middle manager, our courses provide valuable market insights and practical skills.

They are also ideal for entrepreneurs and individuals looking to expand their expertise across a broad range of business subjects.

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If you are looking for business degree programmes, MBAs and short executive education programmes, please visit the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.

Online and in person CPD courses - dates confirmed

Online CPD courses

We offer online courses, which do not require attendance at Oxford - they can be taken from anywhere in the world.​​​​

• Effective Leadership through Emotional Intelligence (23 - 26 June 2025) - Fully booked

• Technical Team Leadership (30 June - 4 July 2025) - Fully booked

• Design Thinking Practitioner (8 - 12 September 2025)

• Financial Analysis and Analytics (8 - 18 September 2025)

• Mastering Team Communication (15 - 18 September 2025)

• Effective Leadership through Emotional Intelligence (22 - 25 September 2025)

• Financial Investment Principles (22 September - 2 October 2025)

• Project Management (30 September - 2 October 2025)

• Critical Thinking for Business (14 - 23 October 2025)

• Agile Project Management (20 - 24 October 2025)

• Project Risk Management (20 - 23 October 2025)

• Technical Team Leadership (27 - 31 October 2025)

• Generative AI for Finance: Use Cases, Applications, and Regulation (10 - 20 November 2025)

• Advanced Emotional Intelligence Skills for Business (17 - 21 November 2025)

• Systems Thinking Approach to Change Management (25 - 28 November 2025)

In person CPD courses

We offer a range of in person courses here at the University of Oxford.

Business and Management Skills: Discount Registration Week (9 - 14 June 2025)

These six in person courses can be taken separately or together as part of a discounted package:

• Starting a Successful Business (9 June 2025)
• Managing Innovative Technology (10 June 2025)
• Branding and Marketing (11 June 2025)
• Added Value Marketing Approaches (12 June 2025)
• Financial Investment Principles (13 June 2025)
• Financial Analysis and Analytics (14 June 2025)

In person courses (continued)

• Procurement Demystified (19 September 2025)
• Public Speaking Masterclass (22 September 2025)
• Applying Knowledge Management: Principles and Practices (10 November 2025)
• Successful Change Management (11 November 2025)
• Strategic Planning and Foresight: Learning from and Managing for the Future (12 November 2025)
• Technical Team Leadership (18 - 19 November 2025)

• Mastering Team Communication (20 - 21 November 2025)

Online and in person courses – dates not yet confirmed

Online CPD courses (no dates confirmed)

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• Added Value Marketing Approaches

• Artificial Intelligence Demystified

• Branding and Marketing 

• Increasing Diversity and Inclusion: Women in Leadership

• Introduction to Global Financial Systems

• Lean Six Sigma Leadership Yellow Belt

• Managing Workplace Behaviour for Better Performance 

• Managing Innovative Technology

• Starting a Successful Business

• Systems Engineering Fast-Track

In person CPD courses​ (no dates confirmed)

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• Advanced Emotional Intelligence Skills for Business (1-day course)
• Advanced Project Management (1-day course)

• Agile Project Management (Theory and Practice)  (2-day course)

• Artificial Intelligence Demystified (1-day course)
• Critical Thinking for Business (1-day course)

• Design Thinking Practitioner (3-day course)

• Effective Leadership through Emotional Intelligence (1-day course)
• Essentials of Project Management (1-day course)
• High Impact Supply Chain Management (2-day course)

• Increasing Diversity and Inclusion: Women in Leadership (1-day course)

• Leadership and Entrepreneurship (1-day course)
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (5-day course)

• Lean Six Sigma Leadership Yellow Belt (1 day course)

• Managing Workplace Behaviour for Better Performance (1-day course)
• Systems Engineering Fast-Track (4-day course)
• Systems Thinking Approach to Change Management (3-day course)
• Project Risk Management (1 day course)

Bespoke CPD courses

Ask us about tailored courses for groups – we can arrange bespoke courses in Oxford or in house.