15 bespoke training modules, fully APM Professional Course Accreditation

A modular eLearn and live online training regime for the City of London Corporation, hosted on our Canvas-based Learning Management System and externally accredited by the Association for Project Management.

15 bespoke training modules, fully APM Professional Course Accreditation

The Brief

A growing PM community, varied projects, real stakeholders

The City of London Corporation runs a wide range of projects, programmes and portfolios across a growing community of project professionals, plus significant external stakeholders. The Project Academy was selected via competitive tender to design, pilot and run a suite of bespoke training modules, aligned both to internal CoLC project procedures and to APM professional standards.

The brief held two demands that rarely sit comfortably together: external accreditation and internal alignment. The training had to feel like CoLC's own while meeting the APM's quality bar.

Organisation
City of London Corporation
Industry
Public sector
Headquarters
London, UK

Our Approach

Outcome-led, modular by design.

Man in white shirt and tie giving a presentation to a seated group with two flip charts and a projected screen behind him.
A smiling woman in a mustard cardigan and white collared shirt holds a water bottle and wears a conference badge, talking to another woman.

The Outcome

Training that fits the Corporation, accredited by the APM

CoLC ended up with a programme that genuinely reflects how the Corporation runs projects and carries APM Professional Course Accreditation. Staff pick modules that match their development stage. The Corporation has a regime it can defend on quality.

External accreditation puts your programme in front of people who do this for a living. CoLC's regime passed that scrutiny.

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