Short Courses in Public Administration

Short Course in Foundations of Corporate Governance

Today the term “corporate governance” is familiar to almost everyone—however, this is mostly due to the emergence of so many shocking corporate scandals, and the economic crisis.

Short Course in European Integration: the EU From West to East

This course is a joint programme on European integration of Utrecht University’s Summer School and the International Summer University of the University of Tartu.

Short Course in Mentoring and Coaching Postgraduate Certificate

Institute of Education, University of London

This programme is for practising and aspiring coaches, mentors, consultants and facilitators, and other practitioners and leaders from schools, local authorities, further education (FE), higher education (HE) or other public sector contexts who are involved in supporting learning and change.

Short Course in Corruption and Development (ECTS: 7)

University of Ljubljana

In the last decade, development scholars and practitioners have increasingly focused on corruption as development issue. Corruption has been identified as an obstacle both to development and to the effective use of development assistance. We will examine the literature on the causes and consequences of, and solutions to, corruption with four aims. First, understand why corruption is bad for development and why countries with higher level of corruption are performing worse relative to more prudent countries. Second, to understand the forms of and (social, political and economic) effects of corruption. Third, we will study a number of case studies in Slovenia and other countries; and examine some of the problems with collecting and using data on corruption. And fourth, we will also analyze the normative part in order to study the best practice and good governance in fighting corruption in a modern world. A lack of accountability in government are concerns in all countries, we will examine the case of Slovenia.

Short Course in Coaching and Mentoring Principles, Theory and Application to Practice

Institute of Education, University of London

This module offers participants an opportunity to explore the key principles and theories around coaching and mentoring and provides a safe environment in which to test out and apply these principles, to practice the core skills for effective coach/mentoring and to learn a range of coaching and mentoring models and techniques.

Short Course in Higher Education Management - the Key Issues

Institute of Education, University of London

Academics from the IOE’s highly-regarded MBA in Higher Education Management are offering a four-day sample programme during the IOE’s 2012 Summer School.

Short Course in Metropolitan Studies - Berlin’s Urban Heritage: Burden or Boomer?

Humboldt University Berlin

Berlin is a city with a complex and multilayer heritage as well as a city with tremendous social and political changes within the last two decades. In that context heritage was used, neglected and redefined. From different academic perspectives we will introduce various theoretical concepts and we will get to know planning instruments as well as experience social and architectural realities.

Short Course in Preparing Global Leaders Summit

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

This program s aimed at recruiting and training the global leaders around the world on various subjects, such as leadership, communication, international and human security, democracy and authoritarianism, social media, technology and journalism.

Short Course in Global Learning in Post-16 Education

Institute of Education, University of London

This workshop is aimed at leaders within post 16 education who are recognising the need to equip their learners for skills to live and work in a global economy.

Short Course in Innovative Approaches to Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Institute of Education, University of London

The half-day course will draw on both recent research and participants’ knowledge and experience to explore innovative ways of providing efficient learning, teaching and assessment while maintaining quality.

Short Course in Educational Testing

Institute of Education, University of London

The Educational Testing module offers an overview of the main principles and concepts in educational assessment as well as different traditions of test construction, including the more psychometric approaches found in the US and elsewhere.

Short Course in International Education Policy and Governance

University of Geneva

The program is designed for graduate students (upper-year BA students with specialized interests will be considered) and future policy-makers interested in thinking more critically about issues of globalization and education and in incorporating international, comparative and intercultural perspectives into their analysis of education, curriculum and pedagogy. The program will also expose students to various careers in the public or private sector and will include meetings and discussions with professionals from a wide range of education professions in Geneva and internationally. Contact with NGOs and IOs (UNESCO, ILO, Enfants du monde, among others) is an important part of the curriculum. Successful completion of the course will result in 9 ECTS credits, as well as a Certificate.