About us

Salford Professional Development helps delegates to achieve their career goals through lifelong learning and development programmes that draw upon over 100 years of educational excellence.

Continued professional development (CPD) is fundamental to career progression, helping people to learn new skills, keep up with the changing demands of the workplace and gain valuable qualifications in the process.

With this in mind, Salford Professional Development has been established with the aim of consolidating the University’s expertise in this area, providing a wide selection of courses that have been designed specifically to further the careers of those who study with us.

What you can study

Our highly experienced tutors provide a first class learning experience.  We offer a comprehensive range of professional development courses across our specialist divisions that are available to both individuals and organisations. The majority of training carried out through Salford Professional Development is accredited by professional bodies that are widely recognised throughout industry. We also offer a diverse range of non-accredited short courses to address your business needs.

We offer a comprehensive range of professional development services across the following sectors:

• Health and Social Care
• Leadership and Development
• Education
• Local Government
• Central Government
• Research and Innovation
• ICT and Digital
• Emergency Services
• Higher Education
• Media and Digital
  
• Energy
• The Built Environment
• Business and Law

How professional development provision can help you

People may choose to undertake CPD training for a variety of reasons, to maintain a professional accreditation or membership, embrace new technology or working practices, or even to embark on a completely new career.

Benefits of continued professional development include:

• Learning new skills and gaining recognised qualifications 
• Developing new ways of working, approaching problems and managing yourself and others
• Preparation to take on additional responsibility and increase earning potential
• Increased confidence
• Learning at a pace that is right for you and fits around your existing responsibilities.

Helping businesses to identify and fulfil their training needs

Many of our programmes can be offered on an in-company basis. At Salford Professional Development we understand our clients' industries and we appreciate the importance of our customers' organisational culture and how that impacts their learning experience.

Previous clients who have benefited from our expertise include the Bank of England, British Nuclear Fuels, Balfour Beatty, the NHS, Capita Symonds, Vestas Blades and Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue Service.