Professional Development Programmes

Enhance Your Professional Capacity!

 Our short courses are scheduled throughout the year designed in response to identified skills gaps in the market and expressed needs of clients who are mainly from the government/public sector and also from business, industry, private sector and the local/international nongovernmental organisations and international development agencies. 

EFFECTIVE MINUTE

Date: 20th – 24th January 2025 | Venue: Thapama Hotel Francistown

Date: 23rd – 27th June 2025 | Venue: Centre for Continuing Education, University of Botswana 

Cost: P5,600

Course Details:

  • As a competent minute-taker, your skills will enable managers and staff to effectively action recorded meeting items.
  • Effective minute-taking is vital to the efficient running of an organisation and a good minute-taker can transform the effectiveness of a team.
  • It enables your business units to solve many problems and complaints associated with running meetings.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • Recognize the importance and outcomes of minute taking.
  • Explain the roles of the meeting chairperson and minute taker.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the process of minute taking.
  • Apply different methods in drafting minutes quickly, accurately and concisely

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Administrative staff, executive assistants, recording secretary and personal assistants.

Requirements:

  • Industry experience
  • BGSEC or any higher academic qualifications.

BASIC FIRST AID

Date: 27th – 31st January 2025  | Venue: Centre for Continuing Education, University of Botswana 

Cost: P5, 600

Course Details:

  • The purpose of this course is to essentially make any organisational workforce be aware of ways to address issues of first aid in their workplaces, being to: identify ways to preserve life, understand the ways of preventing the escalation of an illness or injury, establish and evaluate methods of promoting recovery, pain relief and protect the unconscious and ultimately introduce best practices to enhance first aid rules and regulations.
  • The training is on specific injuries and illnesses which might be encountered daily and therefore this training must be provided to all employees regardless of their job assignments.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • Define Basic First Aid Management Protocol.
  • Describe organisational systems, policies and procedures.
  • Explain the principal aims and related first aid rules and regulations.
  • Illustrate first aid best management practices and protocol.

CERTIFICATION

  • Attend 98% of the course to qualify for the certificate
  • Participate in class discussions, group activities and practicum.

Requirements:

  • Industry experience
  • BGCE and higher academic attainment (Certificate in a related field).

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Date: 10th – 14th February 2025 | Venue: Marang Hotel , Francistown

Date: 24th – 28th February 2025 | Venue: Centre for Continuing Education, University of Botswana                                         

Date: 10th -14th March 2025 | Venue: Adansonia, Francistown

Cost: P6, 500.

Course Details:

The purpose of the course is to produce entrepreneurs who are competent in creation of employment in new business ventures, development of business plans, conduct feasibility studies, have capability to do risk management as well as analysing financial statements and success factors.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • Demonstrate the ability to conduct a feasibility study for business venture
  • Determine success factors of an entrepreneur
  • Establish financing decisions of SMME
  • Monitor and evaluate the performance of a new venture
  • Plan and implement the entrepreneurial process

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • CEOs and Senior Managers, Supervisors & Managers and Artisans.

Requirements:

  • BGSEC or any higher academic qualifications (Certificate or Diploma in entrepreneurship or related field).

Programmes Administrator

Gaborone  Tel: +267 3552930/2058/2923/2921

Email: professionaldevelopmentcourses@ub.ac.bw

F/town       Tel: +267 2468210/8200/8202

Email: professionaldevelopmentcourses@ub.ac.bw

In pursuit of academic excellence