We are currently offering the following short courses:
Introduction to Sport and Exercise Science
This course will introduce learners to the multidisciplinary field of sports and exercise science. The focus will be the scientific principles behind sports and exercise, including training and fitness testing. In completing this module learners will develop an understanding and be knowledgeable about the human body’s anatomy and physiology, psychology, nutrition. It will also provide learners with a comprehensive understanding how to enhance performance and tackle injury and rehabilitation.
Fundamentals of Sport Psychology
The aim of this course is to provide learners with an understanding of fundamentals of core psychological dimensions of sport. Learners will examine theories of sport psychology, covering topics such as motivation, competence, anxiety and the role of significant others in sport.
Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
This course will introduce learners to the core functional and professional areas of sports injury prevention and rehabilitation. Additionally, learners will be introduced to injury screening methods and into the use data to design bespoke injury prevention strategies. Learners will explore real world case studies to build their understanding of returning an athlete after injury. It will offer an excellent foundation and knowledge and skills that will be useful in another course of strength and conditioning, namely Foundations in Strength and Conditioning.
Foundations in Strength and Conditioning
This course will introduce learners to the discipline of strength and conditioning and the requirements of a career as a strength and conditioning coach. Learners will learn about the role of strength and conditioning and the development of this discipline and its place within the sport and exercise science. Learners will identify, analyse and apply the key technical aspects enhancing performance in sport and exercise.
Sport Marketing & Sponsorship
Marketing drives every aspect of sport-from competition formats and consumer demand to media rights and merchandise. Its core aim is to align market needs with an organisation’s resources and capabilities.
This unit explores how sport organisations market their unique mix of images, values, and services to meet both commercial and social goals. It examines their products, regulatory obligations, stakeholder expectations, and strategies to enhance communication campaigns.
Sponsorship is introduced as a key marketing tool linking brands with sport organisations. The unit concludes with an overview of the strategic marketing process and how to secure a strong market position.
Communications and the Media
This course approaches the communications field by initially focusing on the critical role that internal communication can play within a sport organisation. It emphasises that the success of external communication is often dependent on first getting your internal communications environment in good order. The next section then builds on this by examining the area of external communication and developing good communications strategy in practice. One of the central components within the communications mix is of course the media. Thus, the second half of this study unit looks at the practical aspects of media operations and the growing role social media can play in a sport organisation’s strategic thinking. The media industry has changed; increasingly we live in a 24/7 ‘always on’ media news culture; the speed at which information flows has never been greater, media are more mobile, there is more user generated content (UGC) and communication is potentially global in terms of digital and web based communication. Sport managers need to recognise that this mediated age, offers both challenges and opportunities to their respective organisation.
Event Management
Sporting events go beyond competition by creating identity, unity and a sense of belonging, while also contributing to regional development. Though they require years of preparation for just a few days of activity, their impact can last for generations. As Maltese sport organisations increasingly host international events, effective management is essential to maximise attendance, sponsorships and public image, ensure proper use of facilities, and leave a positive environmental and community legacy.
Financial and Management Accounting
To lead organisational change, strategic leaders must manage both people and finances, as effective financial management underpins business success. Finance funds operations, ensures stability, and provides data for informed decision-making.
This course examines how to assess a business’s financial health, focusing on profitability and stability. It covers the use of balance sheets to show sources and uses of finance, and income statements to measure profit. Managers use this information to guide decisions.
The course also explores management accounting and its role in pricing, make-or-buy choices, and investment decisions. Overall, it provides tools to evaluate sustainability and ensure business objectives are met.
Human Resources Management
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the organizational context of managing and leading people and provide students with the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical application of leading and managing people focusing on necessary leadership skills and an understanding of human resource management.
A Woman in Leadership: Discovering Your Leadership Style
The aim of this course is to provide students with the underpinning principles of leadership. In particular, they will be able to understand the difference between leadership and management, define and evaluate leadership and visualise goals for the future.
Driving Results through Emotional Intelligence and Negotiation Skills
The aim of this course is to provide students with an understanding of how relationships at work are managed by applying interpersonal skills. The concept of emotional intelligence will be explained. In addition, students will be exposed to the importance of teamwork and how to build effectively working teams. Finally, learners will be exposed also to the skills and art of negotiation.
Work Psychology
This course will focus on individuals and groups in relation to their work. It will look at the contribution psychology can make to achieving ‘best fit’ between people and their jobs, thereby to enhance productivity, satisfaction and well-being at work.
Project Management
This course introduces students to the principles and practices of project management. It will equip the students with the skills, knowledge and competences required for a project manager to overlook a successful project. Upon successful completion of this module, students shall be able to assist their project manager and carry out tasks successfully under the supervision of the project manager.
Health Management
This short course introduces students to the principles and guiding methods of health management. It will allow them to understand how healthcare organisations operate within an extremely complex environment and require continuous change. This means that managing in healthcare industries requires exceptional managerial and leadership skills.
Business Management & Planning
This course will develop the skills and understanding you need to understand different business careers. Learners will explore business issues in realistic contexts. In addition, learners will apply business management theory and develop business plans relevant to the real world and develop perspectives, critical awareness and appreciate diverse global issues. This module of study provides an underpinning knowledge of the subject of business, and will allow learners to apply the knowledge learned for their own specific and particular context at the place of work.
Principles of Accounting
This course introduces students to the main principles of accounting and allows them to become familiar with the functions and objectives of accounts within organisations. Students will be introduced to systems and procedures such as double-entry, book keeping, cash and assets, cash flows, purchases and sales, and others.
Strategic Learning and Development
This course critically examines the importance of leading and supporting a Learning and Development strategy in an organization as it qualifies employees with the right skills and knowledge, crucial in today’s competitive business environment. Learning and Development strategy will not only impact the culture of an organisation. but also affect an organisation’s ability to respond to the market’s internal and external forces, demands of change, and geopolitical events. It is therefore an important element in the portfolio of skills that a manager should possess. It will equip managers in developing a targeted Learning and Development strategy, to putting it into practice by building the learning culture and landscape within the organization. In this process, the learner will identify key learning needs, analyze skills gaps, and use learning analytics to evaluate the effectiveness of learning interventions. Lastly, the learner will immerse in mentoring and coaching and learn the skills to set up managerial mentoring and coaching programs.
Risk Management
This course introduces learners to the fundamentals of risk management and its role within organisations. This module allows learners to understand the complexity of risk management and to the various factors, both internal and external that influence risk. Following the successful completion of this module, learners shall be able to implement effective and relevant techniques to assess and mitigate risks.
Quality Management
This course introduces learners to the fundamentals of quality management. It allows them to appreciate the importance of overlooking all activities and tasks within organisation to ensure that they are conducted with maximum efficiency and to a level of excellence. Furthermore, this module allows them to understand the principles of conducting quality assurance and planning, as well as control and improvement within organisations.
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