About CPD
SPU established the CPD to strengthen and support local capacitation, through targeted professional and personal development. CDP complements the university’s academic programmes by focusing on lifelong learning, continuing education, and workplace development. This strategic role is closely aligned with SPU’s broader vision of community engagement, democratic practice, and social justice, fostering a life-long commitment to learning in the Northern Cape. CPD works alongside government, business and community partners to co-design and deliver short courses that reflect regional and local priorities. In this way, we support professional growth at all levels, contributing to careers, organisations, and society in line with the university’s values of access, excellence, and inclusion.
Courses
CPD offers a wide portfolio of internally registered and certified short courses across several sectors and thematic areas. Each course, carefully designed to build the requisite knowledge and practical skills that meet the needs of a changing workplace. We can also customise a short course for your organisation’s purpose.
Our current short course offerings include:
Management, Business and Finance
- Basic Accounting Skills
- Fundamentals of Project Management
- Introduction to Retail Management
- Finance for Non-Financial Managers
- Public and Municipal Finance
- Retail Management
- Transport Management
- Business Model Viability
- Finance for Small Businesses
- Compliance for Small Businesses
Information & Communications Technology
- Business Intelligence
- Computer Network and IT Support
- Digital Transformation
- Data Management and Analysis
- Foundations of Knowledge Management
- Introduction to Database Management
- Programming Language
- Web Design and Development
Languages & Communication
- South African Sign Language: Beginner
- South African Sign Language: Intermediate
- South African Sign Language: Advanced
- Introduction to Corporate Communication
- Conversational Khoekhoegowab
- Community Sport Administration
- Basic Principles of Archival Studies and Records Management
- Advance Principles of Archival Studies and Records Management
Education
- Leading and Managing Extra-curricular and Co-curricular Activities
- Leading and Managing People and Change
- Leading and Managing Teaching and Learning Schools
- Leading and Managing the School as an Organisation
- Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Teaching and Learning
- Artificial Intelligence, Digital Technologies and Digital Methodologies in Teaching and Learning Practices
- Authentic and Digital Teaching in the Natural Science Classroom
Governance, Public Sector and Universities
- Future Leaders
- Governance Leadership and Management (Local Government)
- GeNxt (Student Leadership)
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