Training & conferences

Drawing on our wide ranging expertise, we offer a selection of training courses, conferences and events to meet the needs of business. As with all academic courses taught at London South Bank University (LSBU), we ensure content reflects the needs of today's marketplace and is highly relevant for attendees.

We take a very personal approach and tailor our training courses to meet the specific needs of organisations and their staff. This improves business productivity and addresses key skills gaps. We'll work with you to design and deliver a programme focused on your needs and one that is appropriate to your timescales, budget and delivery requirements.

We also run a regular programme of events and conferences. Below are downloadable details and a booking form for each of our upcoming events.

Surveying Assessment of Professional Competence (APC)

When: various dates in 2012
Organised by: DeLever and LSBU
Location: LSBU (room number confirmed upon booking) - see map
Event type: a variety of training opportunities for candidates, supervisors and counsellors Contact: 020 7815 6944

DeLever and LSBU are working in partnership to deliver training seminars covering all main aspects of the APC. Whatever stage you're at we have a seminar to help.

For further information and to book your place download and complete the APC Booking Form (PDF 119KB - opens in new window). Further information is available on the DeLever website.

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ACCA Professional Level Course

When: Starting 21st February 2012
Organised by: LSBU
Location: LSBU (room number confirmed upon booking) - see map
Event type: 12 week short course

LSBU students who complete their BA Accounting & Finance (BAAF), BA Professional Accounting (BAPA) or BA (Hons) Accounting degree will be awarded exemption from the entire fundamentals stage (Papers F1 – F9) of the ACCA qualification. We will be running an intensive part-time course of lectures followed by revision aimed at these students and other eligible external students.

Please download the flyer (PDF 62KB - opens in new window)

Please download more details including the booking form (Word doc - opens in new window)

Enrolment for all students takes place at 6pm on Monday 20th February.

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Patient Safety Seminar

When: Monday 27 February 2012
Organised by: LSBU
Location: LSBU (room number confirmed upon booking) - see map
Event type: one-day seminar aimed at senior clinical staff, particularly nurse practitioners, senior nurse specialists and matrons. It will also be of relevance and interest to medical staff of all grades.

In this seminar, patient safety leader Eric Vohr will share with you some of the important topics and information that is covered in his book, Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor’s Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out co-written with patient safety researcher Johns Hopkins physician Dr. Peter Pronovost. Patient safety is topic that has engaged the entire world of health care. This will arguably be one of the most important classes of your training. Health care is about saving lives and preventing harm. And just as the technical knowledge we acquire is crucial to this goal, so is safety.

Please download the flyer (PDF 131KB - opens in new window)

Please download the booking form (Word doc - opens in new window).

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Non-medical Prescribing Conference

When: Tuesday 27 March 2012
Organised by: LSBU
Location: LSBU (room number confirmed upon booking) - see map
Event type: one-day conference

A one-day conference updating non-medical prescribers on current issues.

Please download the programme and booking form (PDF 112KB - opens in new window)

Please download the booking form (Word doc - opens in new window).

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Beyond Representation: Photography, Humans & Computers

When: Thursday 24 and Friday 25 May 2012
Organised by: LSBU in association with the journal Philosophy of Photography
Location: LSBU (room number confirmed upon booking) - see map
Event type: two-day conference

This conference aims to locate new ways of interrogating the relationship of theory and technology. It makes an open call for contributions that enlarge our understanding of photography and address the question of the materiality of the online image. Cutting across disciplinary borders, we welcome papers from scholars, researchers, research students, academics, practitioners and curators working in any of the areas below. The organizers are keen to encourage transdisciplinary approaches and welcome abstracts from unexpected places of enquiry.

Please download the Call for Papers (PDF 283KB - opens in new window)

A booking form will be available shortly

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Book Live! Symposium

When: Friday 8 and Saturday 9 June 2012
Organised by: LSBU & UCA Farnham
Location: LSBU (room number confirmed upon booking) - see map
Event type: two-day symposium

The event will bring together theorists, researchers and practitioners to stimulate a dialogue across disciplines  on the ability of the book to keep up with digital culture and the emergence of new modes of writing, of photographing, of reading, or archiving and of disseminating ‘on the page’ work. The purpose of this conference is to examine the current ‘transforming’ and ‘expanding’ of the book rather than its virtual disintegration.

Please download the Call for Papers (PDF 310KB - opens in new window)

A booking form will be available in April.

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Booking terms and conditions

Booking terms and conditions for all courses and conferences can be downloaded here (PDF 37KB - opens in new window)

Contact

If you would like us to design a tailor-made training programme for your organisation, or would like to attend one of our current events, contact:

Safron Drew
Enterprise Support Unit
Tel: 020 7815 6944
Email: drews2@lsbu.ac.uk

Other courses

You can find out more information about other courses offered by the university using our website.