Academics

Programmes for every stage of a public career

Designed with practitioners and scholars, delivered on campus and online, assessed against real-world standards.

Course Catalogue

Featured Programs

Certificate and diploma pathways designed with practitioners and scholars.

Certificate
12 weeks

Political Leadership

Party systems, electoral strategy, political communication and the ethics of power for aspiring and serving political leaders.

  • Political systems and party structures
  • Electoral strategy and voter engagement
  • Political communication and media
  • Ethics, power and public accountability
Diploma
16 weeks

Public Governance

Institutions, public administration, budgeting and accountability frameworks that make government work for citizens.

  • Public administration and the civil service
  • Public finance and budget oversight
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Service delivery and performance management
Certificate
10 weeks

Policy Development

Evidence-based policy design, stakeholder analysis, implementation planning and impact evaluation.

  • Problem framing and evidence review
  • Policy instruments and cost analysis
  • Stakeholder mapping and consultation
  • Monitoring, evaluation and learning
Short Course
8 weeks

Civic Engagement

Community organising, advocacy, civic technology and the practice of participatory democracy.

  • Rights, duties and constitutional literacy
  • Community organising and advocacy
  • Civic technology and open data
  • Coalition and campaign design
Executive
14 weeks

Strategic Leadership

Executive decision-making, negotiation, crisis leadership and institutional transformation.

  • Executive decision-making under pressure
  • Negotiation and conflict resolution
  • Crisis leadership and communication
  • Institutional reform and change

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