Short Courses

Course overview

This course is a great introduction to Adobe After Effects, so you can create compelling motion graphics and visual effects. You will learn a comprehensive set of tools for compositing, animation and effects. After thoroughly exploring the fundamental concepts and features needed to use the program you will be able to apply these skills to motion graphics production and broadcast design.

Who should attend?

You’re experienced in digital media and want to move into the realm of motion graphics and broadcast design and learn to effectively use Adobe After Effects to save time and increase your creative power.

Key information

• $792
• 3 Days
• Classes run Apr to Dec 2021
• 46-52 Mountain Street, Ultimo, NSW

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Course content

• Interface and tools available
• Creating a project and importing footage
• Creating a composition and arranging layers
• Adding effects and modifying layer properties
• Animating compositions
• Previewing compositions
• Exporting compositions
• Working with Photoshop files
• Using text
• Animating text
• Working with masks
• Green screen keying
• Animating effects
• Rendering
• 3D layering and effects

N.B. Course focus can change depending on the requirements of the class. Where possible, requested topics will be included.

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Course outcome

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Be familiar with the After Effects workflow and know how to powerfully move your still Photoshop and Illustrator files into the animated realm
• Have discovered the relative ease of animating typographical elements within multilayered video and still graphics composites
• Understand the basic principles of compositing digital media

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Course overview

The Adobe CC Basic (Illustrator) short course is hands-on and gives you the chance to work to a design brief to understand the core tools and functions of Illustrator. Become comfortable with basic graphic design concepts and the fundamentals of printing. Use Illustrator to explore shapes, colours and gradients. Learn how to use the freehand drawing tool and improve your hand tracing and accuracy.

Who should attend?

You want to gain a good working knowledge of Illustrator and learn the basic tools and functions of the application.

Key information

• $286
• 1 Day
• Classes run Apr to Dec 2021
• 46-52 Mountain Street, Ultimo, NSW

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Course content 

• Learn the tool bar, options palette and how to work within Illustrator
• Shapes, colours, gradients
• Freehand drawing – the pencil and brush
• Using the Pen tool to draw – hand tracing and accuracy
• Work with and manage colour
• Using Acrobat for presentations

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Course outcome

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Use Illustrator with confidence
• Create print-ready PDF documents for digital and offset printers
• Build presentation slideshows

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Course overview

The Adobe CC Basic (InDesign) short course is hands-on and gives you the chance to work to a design brief to understand the core tools and functions of InDesign. Become comfortable with basic graphic design concepts and the fundamentals of printing. Explore page layout and learn how to create docs with bleed. You will learn how to place text and graphics and how to create a print ready PDF.

Who should attend?

You want to gain a good working knowledge of InDesign and learn the basic tools and functions of the application.

Key information

• $286
• 1 Day
• Classes run Apr to Dec 2021
• 46-52 Mountain Street, Ultimo, NSW

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Course content 

• Understand page layout
• Placing text and graphics
• Text wrapping
• Creating documents with bleed and understanding print ready documents
• Creating a print ready PDF
• Using Acrobat for presentations

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Course outcome

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Use InDesign with confidence
• Bring text, logos and images into InDesign to create business cards, flyers and multipage documents
• Create print-ready PDF documents for digital and offset printers
• Build presentation slideshows

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Course overview

The Adobe CC Basic (Photoshop) short course is hands-on and gives you the chance to work to a design brief to understand the core tools and functions of Photoshop. Become comfortable with basic graphic design concepts and the fundamentals of printing. Explore pixel depth, colour modes, create basic masks and more.

Who should attend?

You want to gain a good working knowledge of Photoshop and learn the basic tools and functions of the application.

Key information

• $286
• 1 Day
• Classes run Apr to Dec 2021
• 46-52 Mountain Street, Ultimo, NSW

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Course content 

• Understand resolution, pixel depth and colour modes
• Making selections and creating basic masks
• Retouching images – tonal arrangement, colour balance
• Using the healing brush and clone tools
• Using Acrobat for presentations

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Course outcome

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Use Photoshop with confidence
• Clean up, modify and enhance images in Photoshop
• Create print-ready PDF documents for digital and offset printers
• Build presentation slideshows

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Course overview

The Adobe CC Basic short course is hands-on and gives you the chance to work to a design brief to understand the core tools and functions of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Become comfortable with basic graphic design concepts and the fundamentals of printing. Explore how the applications within Creative Suite interact with each other, get to know the interface and learn how to customise Creative Suite to your liking.

Who should attend?

Adobe Creative Cloud – InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop - provides the most comprehensive graphic, photo editing and design environment. If you want to learn the basics of it all, this is the course for you. Gain a good working knowledge of each of the packages and become adept at using them together.

Key information

• $792
• 3 Days
• Classes run Apr to Dec 2021
• 46-52 Mountain Street, Ultimo, NSW

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Course content

Photoshop

• Understand resolution, pixel depth and colour modes
• Making selections and creating basic masks
• Retouching images – tonal arrangement, colour balance
• Using the healing brush and clone tools

Illustrator

• Learn the tool bar, options palette and how to work within Illustrator.
• Making selections and creating basic masks
• Shapes, colours, gradients.
• Freehand drawing – the pencil and brush.
• Using the Pen tool to draw – hand tracing and accuracy.
• Work with and manage colour.

InDesign

• Understand page layout.
• Placing text and graphics.
• Text wrapping.
• Creating documents with bleed and understanding print ready documents.
• Creating a print ready PDF.

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Course outcome

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Use Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign with confidence.
• Clean up, modify and enhance images in Photoshop.
• Bring text, logos and images into InDesign to create business cards, flyers and multipage documents.
• Create print-ready PDF documents for digital and offset printers./li>
• Build presentation slideshows

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Course overview

Get to know the deeper tricks and tips within Illustrator with this intermediate Adobe CC course. It's all hands-on with lots of dedicated time to get you using Creative Suite to its full potential and exploring the amazing possibilities. Explore live trace and how to streamline your workflow from hand-drawn illustration to finished art. Learn about layers, gradient mesh and more.

Who should attend?

You’re already using Illustrator but want to learn some of the hidden tricks and develop a more efficient workflow.

Key information

• $286
• 1 Day
• Classes run Apr to Dec 2021
• 46-52 Mountain Street, Ultimo, NSW

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Course content

We’ll focus on several specific creative aspects by exploring a range of techniques within CC, leading to creatively successful results. Including how to:

Illustrator

• Tools, Tools, Tools
• Layers – professional approach
• Live trace and Live Paint - streamlining your workflow from hand-drawn Illustration, to Finished Art
• Transforming objects - Envelope distort, warp tools, free transform and using Effects
• Raster effects - pros and cons in relation to the print process
• Blend Tool and Gradient Mesh
• Paint Brushes - Calligraphic, Art, Pattern brushes and effective use of Wacom tablet
• Clipping masks, compound masks, pathfinder and the direct selection tool
• Text manipulation, stylesheets, text-flow, text-wrapping, type manipulation
• Editing document colour using Live Colour
• Working with Photoshop files 

Acrobat

• Using Acrobat Distiller
• Creating PDF Files – Press-ready vs Web-ready
• Photoshop PDF
• Optimisation
• Combining single PDFs
• Adding interactivity and Media to PDFs
• Commenting & Notation
• Print technique – outputting separations, ink manager, overprint and
• Pre-flight checks

Course focus can change depending on the requirements of the class. Where possible, requested topics will be included.

You'll develop the skills to gain proficiency in Illustrator, ready to take on the Advanced class.

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Course overview

Get to know the deeper tricks and tips within InDesign with this intermediate Adobe CC course. It's all hands-on with lots of dedicated time to get you using Creative Suite to its full potential and exploring the amazing possibilities. Explore auto page numbering features, photoshop paths and alpha channels. Lean how to customise your InDesign interface and more.

Who should attend?

You’re already using InDesign but want to learn some of the hidden tricks and develop a more efficient workflow.

Key information

• $286
• 1 Day
• Classes run Apr to Dec 2021
• 46-52 Mountain Street, Ultimo, NSW

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Course content

We’ll start with revision of the core elements and functions of InDesign. Then we’ll move further into the applications to gain mastery of the advanced functions.  

InDesign

• Display Settings – efficiency
• Customising the InDesign interface
• Transparency & effects
• Stylesheets & Nested Styles
• Multiple Master Pages
• Auto Page Numbering features
• Auto Text-flow
• Text-wrapping - using Photoshop paths and Alpha channels
• Tables in InDesign
• Find/Change functions
• Utilising Photoshop files - Layer Comps
• Interactivity - buttons, hyperlinks and bookmarks
• XML and XHTML - exporting for web use, importing XML
• Using Master Stylesheets and pages to synchronise long documents
• Ink Manager
• Output Preview
• PDF export – advanced options
• Pre-flight & Package tools

Acrobat

• Using Acrobat Distiller
• Creating PDF Files – Press-ready vs Web-ready
• Photoshop PDF
• Optimisation
• Combining single PDFs
• Adding interactivity and Media to PDFs
• Commenting & Notation
• Print technique – outputting separations, ink manager, overprint and
• Pre-flight checks

Course focus can change depending on the requirements of the class. Where possible, requested topics will be included.

You'll develop the skills to gain proficiency in InDesign, ready to take on the Advanced class.

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Course overview

Get to know the deeper tricks and tips within Photoshop with this intermediate Adobe CC course. It's all hands-on with lots of dedicated time to get you using Photoshop to its full potential and exploring the amazing possibilities. Learn how to retouch photos, understand true resolution, deep etching methods and more.

Who should attend?

You’re already using Photoshop but want to learn some of the hidden tricks with the applications and develop a more efficient workflow.

Key information

• $286
• 1 Day
• Classes run Apr to Dec 2021
• 46-52 Mountain Street, Ultimo, NSW

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Course content

We’ll start with revision of the core elements and functions of Photoshop. Then we’ll move further into the application to gain mastery of the advanced functions.

Photoshop

• Using the clone, healing brush, and blend tools for retouching photos
• Adjustment layers
• Tools – important attributes
• True resolution – what is it?
• Selections – adding, subtracting & Magic Wand
• Deep etching methods – Pen and Mask
• Channels / masks / selections / paths
• Sharpening (unsharp mask) – dos & don’ts
• Efficient removal of dust & scratches, the professional way
• Colour correction techniques – replace colour, selective colour
• Advanced Deep etching – hair, etc
• Smart objects - a powerful, often unknown, feature of Creative Suite 
• Consistent colour reproduction

Acrobat

• Using Acrobat Distiller
• Creating PDF Files – Press-ready vs Web-ready
• Photoshop PDF
• Optimisation
• Combining single PDFs
• Adding interactivity and Media to PDFs
• Commenting & Notation
• Print technique – outputting separations, ink manager, overprint and
• Pre-flight checks

Course focus can change depending on the requirements of the class. Where possible, requested topics will be included.

You'll develop the skills to gain proficiency in Photoshop, ready to take on the Advanced class.

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Course overview

Get to know the deeper tricks and tips within Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign with this intermediate Adobe CC course. It's all hands-on with lots of dedicated time to get you using Creative Suite to its full potential and exploring the amazing possibilities.

Who should attend?

You’re already using Creative Cloud but want to learn some of the hidden tricks with the core applications and become more confident in using the core applications.

Key information

• $792
• 3 Days
• Classes run Apr to Dec 2021
• 46-52 Mountain Street, Ultimo, NSW

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Course content

We’ll start with revision of the core elements and functions of Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. Then we’ll move further into the applications to gain mastery of the advanced functions.

Illustrator

• Tools, Tools, Tools
• Layers – professional approach
• Live trace and Live Paint - streamlining your workflow from hand-drawn Illustration, to Finished Art
• Transforming objects - Envelope distort, warp tools, free transform and using Effects
• Raster effects - pros and cons in relation to the print process
• Blend Tool and Gradient Mesh
• Paint Brushes - Calligraphic, Art, Pattern brushes and effective use of Wacom tablet
• Clipping masks, compound masks, pathfinder and the direct selection tool
• Text manipulation, stylesheets, text-flow, text-wrapping, type manipulation
• Editing document colour using Live Colour
• Working with Photoshop files

Photoshop

• Using the clone, healing brush, and blend tools for retouching photos
• Adjustment layers
• Tools – important attributes
• True resolution – what is it?
• Selections – adding, subtracting & Magic Wand
• Deep etching methods – Pen and Mask
• Channels / masks / selections / paths
• Sharpening (unsharp mask) – dos & don’ts
• Efficient removal of dust & scratches, the professional way
• Colour correction techniques – replace colour, selective colour
• Advanced Deep etching – hair, etc
• Smart objects - a powerful, often unknown, feature of Creative Suite

InDesign

• Display Settings – efficiency
• Customising the InDesign interface
• Transparency & effects
• Stylesheets & Nested Styles
• Multiple Master Pages
• Auto Page Numbering features
• Auto Text-flow
• Text-wrapping - using Photoshop paths and Alpha channels
• Tables in InDesign
• Find/Change functions
• Utilising Photoshop files - Layer Comps
• Interactivity - buttons, hyperlinks and bookmarks
• XML and XHTML - exporting for web use, importing XML
• Using Master Stylesheets and pages to synchronise long documents
• Ink Manager
• Output Preview
• PDF export – advanced options
• Pre-flight & Package tools

Acrobat

• Using Acrobat Distiller
• Creating PDF Files – Press-ready vs Web-ready
• Photoshop PDF
• Optimisation
• Combining single PDFs
• Adding interactivity and Media to PDFs
• Commenting & Notation
• Print technique – outputting separations, ink manager, overprint and
• Pre-flight checks

Course focus can change depending on the requirements of the class. Where possible, requested topics will be included.

You'll develop the skills to gain proficiency across the core Adobe Creative Suite.  

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Course overview

In this hands-on workshop you will design and put together an effective HTML email newsletter using Photoshop and Dreamweaver. The course covers planning for effective email newsletters, email marketing basics, design constraints, optimising images and managing spam filters. Once you’ve laid out and tested your HTML email, you will learn how to evaluate the email delivery services and make sure your design can be correctly viewed in a variety of email clients including Gmail and Hotmail.

Who should attend?

You are a designer who wants to learn to put together an HTML email newsletter using Dreamweaver as a tool.

Key information

• $550
• 2 Days
• 46-52 Mountain Street, Ultimo, NSW

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Course content

Email marketing basics

• Designing an effective HTML email
• Understanding design constraints
• Anti-spam techniques
• HTML format vs plain text
• Examining legal requirements

Introduction to html email

• Difference between HTML email and web pages
• HTML email in different email clients

Creating an email newsletter

• Different layout styles: 1, 2 and multiple column layouts
• Optimal sizes & dimensions
• Using Photoshop to slice & optimise images
• Using Dreamweaver for coding HTML email
• Assign hyperlinks

Testing & sending email

• How to test email
• Creating a plain text email
• Sending email with MailChimp

Troubleshooting issues

• Layout & spacing issues
• Image issues
• Video in HTML email

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Course outcome

Course focus can change depending on the requirements of the class. Where possible, requested topics will be included.

At the end of the course you will have built at least one complete HTML email.

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Course overview

Got a shiny new Digital SLR camera? This 12 week online digital photography course gives you the basic knowledge of your camera’s capabilities and helps you pick up some hands-on experience capturing a range of images under different conditions. Perfect for beginners, or people looking to study our Diploma of Photo Imaging.

Who should attend?

Beginners of all ages and interest areas. Basic computer/internet skills required.

Key information

• $690
• 12 Weeks
• Coming soon
• Online

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Course content 

• Use of your DSLR
• Understanding Exposure
• Understanding Composition
• Working with different light
• Post production & workflow - Adobe Lightroom 

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Course outcome

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Understand your camera and its full capabilities
• Know how to photograph in a range of conditions

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Course overview

User Experience (UX) professionals are fast becoming one of the most sought after individuals in the Digital Media industry. UX designers adopt user-centered methods and processes to design websites, apps and interfaces that are both intuitive and engaging to their users.

Who should attend?

You want to learn how to design a digital product that will provide the optimal experience for its user.

Key information

• $1,950
• 5 Days
• 46-52 Mountain Street, Ultimo, NSW

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Course content

The topics covered have been carefully designed to give you both the practical and theoretical skills to research, design and test a website that will be communicated to you as a brief at the beginning of the course.

Intro to UX Design

• Introducing UX Design and its origins
• Industry overview
• Your brief for this course

Interaction Design

• Introduction to design frameworks and hierarchy
• Visual affordances and other key design principles
• Designing navigation systems
• Designing for Search and retrieval
• Modal windows and user flow
• Form design
• Logged-in Vs. Logged-out states
• Introduction to Axure – building interactive wireframes

Usability Testing

• Introduction to usability testing – principles, benefits and industry overview
• Measuring the user experience: Quantitative and qualitative results
• Basic test planning and participant recruitment
• Developing a test script
• Demonstration and practical usability testing workshops
• Writing a usability test report

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Course outcome

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Research and identify the user groups and archetypes for a digital product
• Communicate design research in the form of Persona matrices and customer journey maps
• Design an intuitive navigation system with language that is relevant to the product’s users
• Analyse and review the critical interactive components of a website
• Create wireframes that communicate screen design and functionality
• Build interactive prototypes that emulate the functionality of a finished digital product
• Plan and conduct usability testing

Course focus can change depending on the requirements of the class. Where possible, requested topics will be included.

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Course overview

WordPress is the most popular free and open-source blogging tool on the web, and the industry-leading content management system used for small to large websites. Learn how to set up your own website on WordPress.com and be shown how it works, step by step, and get the skills and confidence to manage and maintain sites yourself. Be limited only by your imagination!

Who should attend?

You want to quickly setup a WordPress website for yourself or clients.

Key information

• $286
• 1 Day
• 46-52 Mountain Street, Ultimo, NSW

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Course content

The content covers the steps required to setup a WordPress website from scratch. If you already have an idea for your website please bring along any image and text files you have so we can use them on your WordPress site.

Setup

• Setting up your own *.wordpress.com sub-domain
• Creating your website homepage
• Using themes and the CSS editor to customise your website design
• Creating pages and posts
• Using tags and categories
• Adding and managing users

Content

• Introducing WordPress
• What you can and can’t do on the free Wordpress.com hosted platform

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Course outcome

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Understand the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org
• Setup a new WordPress website
• Add pages with images and text to your WordPress website
• Use themes to change the look of your WordPress website
• Maintain your WordPress website and utilise its publishing work-flow features
• Manage your user permissions and access levels to allow contributors and editors to help grow your Website content

Course focus can change depending on the requirements of the class. Where possible, requested topics will be included.

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Course overview

This Micro-credential introduces the principles of agile mindset methodologies for project management.

Who should attend?

• Anyone wanting to gain the fundamental skills in Agile Project Management.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 Weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• Agile mindset uses an iterative process that breaks down projects into small pieces that are completed in work sessions that run from the design phase to testing and quality assurance (QA). Agile mindset is a project management methodology that involves securing client feedback in every step of the project development process. During this course you will explore these processes and methodologies.

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Course outcome

At the end of this micro-credential, you will be able to:

• Critically evaluate a range of agile mindset methodologies and their suitability to particular types of projects
• Examine the processes, tools and artefacts used in agile mindset project management
• Discover which methods are most appropriate to the particular problems to be solved and how they can best contribute to project success.

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Course overview

This Micro-credential examines the core concepts and principles of blockchain and its emerging importance in areas such as financial services, smart contracts, supply chain logistics and other fields where an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way may be useful.

Who should attend?

• Anyone wanting to gain the fundamental skills in Blockchain.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 Weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• While not offering an examination of the deeper mathematical and cryptographic principles underlying blockchain technology, you will gain an understanding of the fundamentals and potential impacts of blockchain to implement a ‘secure by design’ distributed computing system with high fault tolerance. This will provide you a deeper understanding of the capabilities and limitations of blockchain technology, enabling you to assess which business problems it can potentially solve.

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Course outcome

At the end of this micro-credential, you will be able to:

• Apply the fundamental principles of blockchain to implement a ‘secure by design’ distributed computing system with high fault tolerance
• Mitigate risk based on the capabilities and limitations of blockchain technology
• Assess which business problems blockchain can help solve

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Course overview

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Who should attend?

• Anyone wanting to gain the fundamental skills in Cloud Computing.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• You will gain knowledge of the different cloud segments and service models, architectures/platforms and cloud deployment models and of the key players active in the market
• Learn to assess how the various models can be applied to solve particular business problems and to make ‘fitness for purpose’ decisions based on a comprehensive understanding of user case needs

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Course outcome 

• Articulate and assess the different approaches to cloud computing infrastructures for your business
• Evaluate the different service and deployment models available to your business
• Design strategies based on use case needs

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Course overview

This Micro-credential introduces the principles of cybersecurity and explores the scale of the cybersecurity challenge globally, including the social factors informing individual, organisational and international attitudes.

Who should attend?

• Anyone wanting to gain the fundamentals skills in Cybersecurity.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• You will examine risk and governance frameworks and cybersecurity strategies, create a risk treatment plan and an incident response plan, and review and apply cyber prevention strategies and techniques
• The entire development lifecycle of IT systems in a secure environment will be examined, including secure design methodologies, software development models, architecture design and industry ‘secure by design’ standards

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Course outcome 

• Analyse risks and apply frameworks to solve security challenges
• Create a risk treatment and response plan, and lifetime management plan
• Articulate and apply secure design methodologies to secure applications

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Course overview

This Micro-credential will introduce you to the areas of Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.

Who should attend?

• Anyone wanting to gain the fundamental skills in data analytics and artifical intelligence.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• You will gain insight into basic knowledge representation, problem-solving techniques and explore data science processes, data ingestion, cleansing, and transformation fundamentals that turn data analytics into insights to drive decision-making
• You will learn techniques and best practices in the analysis of data sets, which are useful for crucial organisation decisions
• You will explore how data and tools can be used to solve complex, real-world business problems through the application of machine learning, algorithms and other artificial intelligence techniques
• In addition, you will be challenged to understand the ethical and privacy issues related to machine learning and artificial intelligence

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Course outcome 

• Use data to develop and derive insights for decision making
• Apply the appropriate analysis techniques for your data sets
• Apply Machine Learning, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence solutions to problem solving
• Evaluate business solutions with regards to data usage and impacts in an ethical way

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Course overview

Data Science Essentials 1 introduces you to the rapidly growing field of data science providing an overview of the fundamentals.

Who should attend?

• Anyone wanting to gain the fundamental skills in Data Science.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• During this course, you will learn to identify and propose solutions to problems in organisational contexts, and explore techniques, concepts and common tools used by data scientists to gather and analyse data

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Course outcome 

• Evaluate the role of data science in business and organisational contexts
• Identify the disciplines and careers that contribute to the field of data science
• Analyse specialised technical and theoretical knowledge of data science and explain its role in business decision-making
• Critically analyse a range of possible business or organizational issues and develop a constructive data science approach to solve them
• Completion of this micro-credential as part of the Graduate Certificate in Digital Transformation and Creative Intelligence is subject to Academic approval

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Course overview

Data Science Essentials 2 examines various processes used to identify different patterns in collected data and how to construct data sets to solve distinct data science problems.

Who should attend?

• This course builds on the skills gained in Data Science Essentials 1.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• During this course you will learn to develop data into different models, evaluate these models and use them to create stories
• You will also learn to apply this knowledge to different domains and deploy the models created and refine them based on feedback and how to explore and rationalise ethical and privacy issues related to data science

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Course outcome 

• Examine the different stages of the data science life cycle including ethical and legal implications in data science
• Generate and transmit data models
• Apply them to construct stories about a business problem
• Completion of this micro-credential as part of the Graduate Certificate in Digital Transformation and Creative Intelligence is subject to Academic approval

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Course overview

In this Micro-credential, you will explore the Design Thinking and Creative Intelligence methodology as a framework for creative problem solving within the context of Digital Transformation.

Who should attend?

• Anyone wanting to gain the fundamental skills of Design Thinking and Creative Intelligence.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• You will be guided through the iterative design process of understanding through the lens of empathy, ideation, development and delivery. It will expand your problem-solving skills through the application of both creative and critical thinking skills and will explore concepts such as convergent and divergent thinking processes. You’ll develop the strategic thinking and entrepreneurial skills that are required for successful leadership and the implementation of innovative management practices.

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Course outcome 

• Explore the application of methodologies, processes and tools of problem-based learning within an interdisciplinary group
• Demonstrate autonomy, collaboration, and well-developed judgment and responsibility in the context of Digital Transformation

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Course overview

Human Centred Design for Software Engineers 1 explores several non-technical aspects of software development, especially pertaining to human behaviour and interactions to emphasise the human aspects of technology.

Who should attend?

• This course is specifically designed for software engineers wanting to develop their skills in the area of user centred design.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• The micro-credential covers the basic theories of knowledge, human cognition, ethical and moral values, creative aspects of the human mind and social interaction among human beings through a technological context. Students will use their existing knowledge and specialised skills to help formulate and suggest innovative solutions to problems that affect diverse societies

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Course outcome 

• Synthesise theoretical models of human knowledge
• Investigate moral philosophy to learn about real-world ethical actions
• Analyse ethical theories in ways that are sensitive to variations in cultural values
• Completion of this micro-credential as part of the Graduate Certificate in Digital Transformation and Creative Intelligence is subject to Academic approval

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Course overview

Human Centred Design for Software Engineers 2 further explores several non-technical aspects of software development.

Who should attend?

• This course builds on the skills gained in Human Centred Design for Software Engineers 1.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• Continuing from Human Centred Design for Software Engineers 1, this subject dives further into the human-centred design space, covering advanced concepts such as differing knowledge, human cognition, regional ethical and moral values, creative aspects of the human mind and how different contextual instances shape design at a higher level
• You will use your existing knowledge, prior experience in Human Centred Design for Software Engineers 1, and specialised skills to help research and develop innovative solutions to problems that affect diverse societies

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Course outcome

• Examine and justify the political, social and cultural effects of design on human behaviour
• Develop critical thinking by using a creative design approach
• Investigate trends of human social groups, and societies to understand how people interact in various contexts
• Completion of this micro-credential as part of the Graduate Certificate in Digital Transformation and Creative Intelligence is subject to Academic approval

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Course overview

Secure By Design 1 deals with integrating the entire development lifecycle of IT systems in a secure environment through secure design methodologies, software development models, architecture design and industry standards such as OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project).

Who should attend?

• Anyone wanting to develop an awareness of the approaches and methodologies to secure technical solutions. This is ideal for IT and project specialists responsible for the design solution stage of a project.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• During this course you will explore the stages of lifecycle IT development
• You will learn and follow industry standard protocols, design methodologies, software development models, architecture design processes

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Course outcome

• Demonstrate capabilities to incorporate security requirements in system specifications, design, development and testing phases of software development
• Administer the implementation of security controls, security risk mitigation approaches, and secure design architecture principles
• Explain Secure Development Lifecycle models and identify an appropriate model for a given situation
• Completion of this micro-credential as part of the Graduate Certificate in Digital Transformation and Creative Intelligence is subject to Academic approval

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Course overview

Secure By Design 2 continues the integration of the entire development lifecycle of IT systems in a secure environment through further investigation of secure design methodologies.

Who should attend?

• This course builds on the skills gained in Secure by Design 1.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• Continuing from Secure by Design 1 — you will explore concepts such as secure failure, domain-driven design, and common cyber-attack techniques. This Micro-credential continues to explore the construction of security as a component of IT systems.

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Course outcome

• Explain Secure Development Lifecycle models and identify appropriate models for a given situation
• Assess the maturity of secure systems development in the IT work environment
• Apply Security by Design industry-standard principles in real-time systems development
• Completion of this micro-credential as part of the Graduate Certificate in Digital Transformation and Creative Intelligence is subject to Academic approval

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Course overview

This Micro-credential introduces the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the underlying connections between people, processes and platforms that can drive the digital transformation of organisations.

Who should attend?

• Anyone wanting to gain the fundamentals skills to develop and understand how the Internet of Things can be used in a business context.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• You will be introduced to the key technological components underpinning IoT and how their implementation can serve a business strategy by increasing organisational efficiencies, improving synergies and driving productivity
• Throughout the micro-credential, you will learn and understand how to articulate how key IoT technologies can improve organisational productivity, recommend strategies for developing the necessary foundational capabilities to support the implementation of IoT technologies within an organisation and create a road map for the implementation of IoT in a business context

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Course outcome

• Articulate how key IoT technologies can improve organisational productivity
• Recommend strategies to support IoT technologies within an organisation
• Develop a road map for the implementation of an IoT solution

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Course overview

This Micro-credential develops conceptual knowledge and skills in User Experience Design. Tackle the world of user experience and use industry-standard software and research methods to analyse both audience and content requirements.

Who should attend?

• Anyone wanting to gain the fundamentals skills in User Experience.
• This course credits into further study, or can be taken stand alone.

Key information

• $1,299
• Credits into further study
• 6 weeks
• Online
• Start dates: Classes run in 6-week blocks. Enquire now for specific course start dates.

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Course content

• You will examine qualitative and quantitative research methods and explore personas, mindsets, customer journeys and user touchpoints. You will develop your knowledge and skill set in creating usable and user-centred design experiences and gain insight into the processes that lead to improved user experience and its application in both physical and online environments

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Course outcome

• Use industry-standard software to develop user experience solutions
• Apply a variety of research methods and analysis techniques
• Develop personas, customer journeys and design fit for purpose user experience solutions

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Course overview

The Hotel Leadership Capstone Project will provides you with the opportunity to apply the analytical and theoretical skills developed in the program to an online hotel-based simulation project. This short course will provides an unrivalled opportunity to demonstrate your ability to apply the management and leadership skills you’ve learned so far, in addition to drawing on the considerable experience acquired in your career. Think you’ve got what it takes?

This course can be credited towards our MBA International Hotel Leadership.

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Key information

• $3,750
• 6 weeks
  
• Scholarships available
• Enquire now for specific course start dates

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Course overview

Organisational change is a reality that you’ll face at all levels of the business. A true leader understands the complexities associated, from technical through to human challenges. In this course, you’ll learn how to meticulously analyse and execute changes necessary to succeed. Discover how to appropriately respond to shifts in the business environment from Tim Mayoh, Development Manager, Choice Hotels.

This course can be credited towards our MBA International Hotel Leadership.

Featured Industry Leaders

Tim Mayoh, Development Manager, Choice Hotels

Key information

• $3,750
• 6 weeks
  
• Scholarships available
• Enquire now for specific course start dates

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Course overview

Coaching as a tool is considered to be an integral strategy for aspiring hotel leaders. Coaching skills are particularly valuable for leaders working in volatile, emergent and ambiguous contexts where new approaches are required to meet unique challenges. A major focus for this project is exploring coaching practice and how they equip executives to lead their teams effectively. This project gives the students the knowledge and foundation for becoming an executive coach and instructs them on how to help others understand, apply, and integrate various metrics and results into their respective lives and roles.

This course can be credited towards our MBA International Hotel Leadership.

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Key information

• $3,750
• 6 weeks
  
• Scholarships available
• Enquire now for specific course start dates

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Course overview

Do you lead the way when it comes to creating the best experiences possible for your guests? Service innovation is a rapidly expanding area of practice and crucial source of competitive differentiation. In this course, you’ll learn about design thinking, and how it can be used to bring together key stakeholders to collaborate and formulate innovative approaches to the overall guest experience. You’ll take an entrepreneurial approach to customer service challenges and present fresh solutions to create guest experiences that surprise, delight, and surpass expectations.

This course can be credited towards our MBA International Hotel Leadership.

Featured Industry Leaders

James Walkden – Area Director Operations Australia, New Zealand & Pacific, Marriot International

Key information

• $3,750
• 6 weeks
  
• Scholarships available
• Enquire now for specific course start dates

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Learn the origins of design thinking and its applications across different competencies and contexts.

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Learn how to recognise and support individuals with dyslexia in the classroom.

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International markets present significant opportunities, but only to those companies who know what they’re doing. To the untrained eye, it may even be surprising which countries should be targeted. In this subject, you’ll see for yourself how leaders make the right decisions on emerging marketing to encourage growth. Better still, you’ll walk away with a blueprint for researching and evaluating markets, setting clear and realistic goals and growing your business for the long term.

This course can be credited towards our MBA International Hotel Leadership.

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Key information

• $3,750
• 6 weeks
  
• Scholarships available
• Enquire now for specific course start dates

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Course overview

First impressions count. Though your first days in a new role will seem like a complete whirlwind, they provide a critical window for you to set the tone and assert yourself as the kind of leader you really want to be. In this short course, you’ll discover the best way for you to approach your first 90 days, exploring various leadership styles and approaches – and how to tailor them to your new team.

This course can be credited towards our MBA International Hotel Leadership.

Featured Industry Leaders

Jan Smits – CEO, Intercontinental Hotel Group, Asia, Middle East, Africa

Key information

• $3,750
• 6 weeks
  
• Scholarships available
• Enquire now for specific course start dates

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Course overview

Unfamiliar with intrapreneurship? You’ll learn to use the innovation typically associated with entrepreneurial start-ups within your bigger business, by identifying new opportunities and redirecting resources to them. Discover how best to respond to, and even out-manoeuvre your competition while implementing the most effective policies to deal with new challenges. During this course, learn how to drive results via incubation and disruption, taking guidance from entrepreneurial mindsets that are currently leading the pack.

This course can be credited towards our MBA International Hotel Leadership.

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Key information

• $3,750
• 6 weeks
  
• Scholarships available
• Enquire now for specific course start dates

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Learn the basics of supporting individuals with anxiety, depression and eating disorders.

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Course overview

Interested in making the world a better place? You’re not alone. These days, it’s rare to find businesses which aren’t open to helping to drive change and address societal issues. In this short course, you’ll build on your knowledge and follow in the footsteps of top social entrepreneurs. We’ll empower you to develop creative solutions to address social and environmental problems and to see social entrepreneurship as a force for positive change.

This course can be credited towards our MBA International Hotel Leadership.

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Key information

• $3,750
• 6 weeks
  
• Scholarships available
• Enquire now for specific course start dates

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Course overview

Do you know what to do in a crisis? Extreme circumstances can make or break a leader, and can be very testing indeed. In times of uncertainty and even danger, hotel professionals ought to demonstrate appropriate leadership knowledge and skills. You’ll focus on leadership under intense pressure – whether in response to crisis, global issues or ethical dilemmas. By the end, you’ll have explored the facets of working with a Crisis Management team and executing a Crisis Management plan.

This course can be credited towards our MBA International Hotel Leadership.

Featured Industry Leaders

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Key information

• $3,750
• 6 weeks
  
• Scholarships available
• Enquire now for specific course start dates

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Develop your understanding of different learning types through history and context.

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Course overview

The Hospitality industry isn’t immune to the evolution of digital technology and neither is society. We are at a unique point in history where we are able to inspire two-way conversations with customers, to gain their engagement and advocacy. As part of this short course, you’ll learn more about the opportunities presented by this rapid shift in digital technology, and how it has forever altered the way hotels communicate with their audiences. You will also learn about the challenges of managing a Hotel brand and how rich and compelling content marketing, combined with omnichannel distribution, are integral to brand engagement.

This course can be credited towards our MBA International Hotel Leadership.

Featured Industry Leaders

Amanda Cottome – Group Director Brand Experience & Culture, Ovolo Hotels

Key information

• $3,750
• 6 weeks
  
• Scholarships available
• Enquire now for specific course start dates

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Course overview

Your online presence is the most powerful tool in your arsenal for generating demand in today’s competitive hotel environment. Prospective customers have access to infinite resources about brands, and it’s your job to understand their needs and capture their attention. In conjunction with Lance Batty, Senior Manager-Account Management Airline Customer Unit, Amadeus, this course will help you appreciate online behaviour and expose you to an array of digital business resources.

This course can be credited towards our MBA International Hotel Leadership.

Featured Industry Leaders

Lance Batty, Senior Manager-Account Management Airline Customer Unit, Amadeus

Key information

• $3,750
• 6 weeks
  
• Scholarships available
• Enquire now for specific course start dates

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Develop your knowledge and skills in supporting individuals with Autism throughout their education.

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Course overview

As a leader in a hotel environment, you’ll be measured on your ability to optimise revenue. Being able to think on your feet is a given, but there’s a science to it too. During this course, discover how to make strategic, proactive decisions thanks to input from experts like Nikita Beresnev, Group Director of Revenue with Nesuto Hotels. Learn to use various tools to understand customer demand, interpret financial data and, most importantly, increase revenue.

This course can be credited towards our MBA International Hotel Leadership.

Featured Industry Leaders

Melissa Kalan – Founding Director at ARMA (Australian Revenue Management Association

Key information

• $3,750
• 6 weeks
  
• Scholarships available
• Enquire now for specific course start dates

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Course overview

Let’s be honest. Hotel businesses are ultimately focused on one thing – growth. Influencing and negotiating investments will be critical to your success as a leader. In this course, you’ll gain a full understanding of the investment process and insight into identifying the most lucrative opportunities. Discover how to get the best outcomes and maximum ROI to fit with your corporate strategy, with experts like Mehran Mossadegh, Founder & Managing Director of the aptly named NegotiationWise.

This course can be credited towards our MBA International Hotel Leadership.

Featured Industry Leaders

Raphael Antonini – Director, Hotel Investments, Crystalbrook Collection

Key information

• $3,750
• 6 weeks
  
• Scholarships available
• Enquire now for specific course start dates

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Develop your skillset and better prepare yourself for a path to creating lasting, systemic change.

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Extend your understanding of web-design principles and user-experience design for web, apps or IOT.

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Extend your knowledge by building on your academic background or professional work experience.

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Enhance your career with key in-demand skills; AI, IoT, cybersecurity, design and agile thinking.

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Learn the core concepts and principles of software engineering and traditional design.

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This course focuses on contemporary theories and practices of learning and teaching.

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Learn how to create supportive and effective learning environments for people on the Autism spectrum.

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Develop knowledge that will serve as a foundation for educational leadership.

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This course highlights diversity in learning differences, providing skills for support and teaching.

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Learn how to apply positive support for mental health in a range of educational environments.

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Learn how to promote teaching where the needs of the individual are actively considered.

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Learn the theoretical, practical, and communication skills required for a career in counselling.

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Get a stand-alone qualification or a pathway to a Graduate Diploma or Master of Public Health.

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Graduate with experience and in-depth knowledge of Revenue Management in an accommodation context.

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Extend your understanding of web-design principles and user-experience design for web, apps or IOT.

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Enhance your career with key in-demand skills; AI, IoT, cybersecurity, design and agile thinking.

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Learn more

Learn the core concepts and principles of software engineering and traditional design.

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Learn more

Extend your understanding of web-design principles and user-experience design for web, apps or IOT.

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Learn more

Extend your knowledge by building on your academic background or professional work experience.

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Learn more

Enhance your career with key in-demand skills; AI, IoT, cybersecurity, design and agile thinking.

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Learn more

Learn the core concepts and principles of software engineering and traditional design.

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Learn more

This course focuses on contemporary theories and practices of learning and teaching.

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Learn more

Learn how to create supportive and effective learning environments for people on the Autism spectrum.

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Learn more

Develop knowledge that will serve as a foundation for educational leadership.

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Learn more

This course highlights diversity in learning differences, providing skills for support and teaching.

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Learn more

Learn how to apply positive support for mental health in a range of educational environments.

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Learn more

Learn how to promote teaching where the needs of the individual are actively considered.

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Learn more

Learn the theoretical, practical, and communication skills required for a career in counselling.

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Learn more

Get a stand-alone qualification or a pathway to a Graduate Diploma or Master of Public Health.

---

Learn more

Graduate with experience and in-depth knowledge of Revenue Management in an accommodation context.

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Learn more

Extend your understanding of web-design principles and user-experience design for web, apps or IOT.

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Learn more

Enhance your career with key in-demand skills; AI, IoT, cybersecurity, design and agile thinking.

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Learn more

Learn the core concepts and principles of software engineering and traditional design.

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Learn more