PgCert Resilience Leadership and Management

It is acknowledged that the development of resilience within organizations is a key priority and a mainstream business function. Organisations must be equipped to build resilience into every aspect of their operations ensuring their ability to function fully, meet stakeholder needs, and maintain the required level of service.

Organizations face constant challenges from both external and internal environments and need managers who can deal with this appropriately. This can be achieved by understanding the importance of resilience while planning and executing suitable strategies. 

This new PgCert Resilience Leadership and Management will provide those working within a resilience context with a meaningful and contextual continuing professional development (CPD) award.

You will be introduced to the concepts of resilience in the UK and wider context and develop a critical understanding of legislation as well as theoretical models and tools. You will reflect on the tensions between planning to be crisis-prepared, and the realities of managing an actual crisis. Integrated emergency management philosophy is key to managing resilience and this is explored in depth enabling you to apply this to your context.

The program also explores key theories of leadership and management and allows for reflection on your practice through different perspectives. A further key element of the program is the module focusing on managing cyber risk. This is designed to provide you with an understanding and deeper knowledge of how institutional cyber resilience is improved using established communications, leadership, and management frameworks.

Special features

• You will combine specialist knowledge in cyber resilience and risk with key management and leadership skills

• Provides continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities for those in the field who wish to upskill their current knowledge, and for those looking for a career in this area

• You will study part-time and online through the university's virtual learning environment (VLE) which means you can fit your studies around your personal and professional commitments

• 2.2 honours degree or above

• An ordinary degree or equivalent at SCQF level 9 will also be considered with a minimum of three years of relevant work experience

20 hours work permit for international students