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Westminster Insight

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Westminster Insight is a London-based conference and training provider for public sector professionals, run as a division of Knowledge Exchange Group Ltd. It runs more than 200 conferences and training courses a year for people in central and local government, health and social care, education, housing, policing and the third sector, with some private sector attendees. Conferences are held at UK venues, online or as hybrid events, and digital conferences can be watched on demand. Training courses are live and online over Zoom, usually half a day or one day, on subjects such as management and leadership, policy, project management, communications, human resources and artificial intelligence (AI). Any course can also be run in-house, online or at a venue the client chooses. Open course prices are not shown on the course pages. In-house training starts at £1,995 for up to 20 people. Knowledge Exchange Group states that it is a certified continuing professional development (CPD) member, reference 16420, and courses come with a CPD certificate, for example 6.5 CPD hours for the one-day Strategic Thinking course. Trainers listed include Susan Rome, who the site says holds the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Associate Certified Coach credential. Knowledge Exchange Group Ltd was incorporated in December 2013 and took its current name in January 2018.

BPP

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BPP is a professional education provider based in London, founded in 1976, offering qualifications, apprenticeships, degrees and short courses. Its leadership and management range includes apprenticeships at Levels 3 and 4, such as Management and Business Foundations and Management and Project Management, and a Level 6 Project Management degree apprenticeship. Through BPP University it offers management degrees, among them a BSc (Hons) in Transformational Leadership and several MSc Management courses. Short continuing professional development (CPD) courses cover topics such as managing hybrid teams, resilience and strategic thinking. Programmes are aimed at every level from junior managers to the C-suite, with study online or at UK study centres. Its Level 5 Coaching Professional apprenticeship is no longer offered. Prices vary by course. The 3-hour live online CPD course Leading Change is listed from £474 including VAT. BPP University holds its own degree awarding powers and was rated Good in every area by the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) in February 2025. BPP says it trains over 65,000 learners a year. It is part of Lyceum Education Group and is owned by the private equity firm TDR.

Cambridge Management and Leadership School

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Cambridge Management and Leadership School is a UK independent provider of management, leadership and business qualifications, delivered online and in short-course formats to professionals in the UK and internationally. Its programmes are accredited by ASIC (Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities), at which it holds Premier status, and it is an approved centre of the awarding body Qualifi.

CMI

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The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) is a UK professional body for management and leadership, founded in 1947 and based in Kettering. It awards management and leadership qualifications from Level 2, for team leaders, to Level 8, for senior directors and chief executives, with additional subjects including leadership for artificial intelligence (AI) and sustainability leadership. Its qualification library also lists Level 7 qualifications in Leadership Coaching and Mentoring. Qualifications are delivered by CMI Approved Centres across the UK and through management apprenticeships, and learners receive CMI membership while they study. CMI also awards Chartered Manager status, which it says no other professional body can grant. Individual membership is priced monthly: Friend is free, Subscriber costs £5 a month and Member £15 a month. Qualification prices are not published and are set through Approved Centres. CMI was founded as the British Institute of Management, received its Royal Charter in 2002 and is a registered charity in England and Wales (number 1091035). Its website reports a membership community of more than 230,000, over 12,000 Chartered Managers and 729 partners delivering its training and qualifications.