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Postgraduate Study

Course closed:

Sustainable Business is no longer accepting new applications.

This course is not admitted through the central university and information on this entry regarding fees, dates, and process may not be accurate in relation to this course, please see here for full details.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Business is part of CISL's mission to empower individuals and organisations to take leadership to tackle critical global challenges. 

More specifically, it aims to provide an academically grounded, highly participatory and applied forum for learning around topical sustainability issues, to help professionals develop:

  • a strong foundation in wider global social, environmental and economic trends, and the strategic business case for change;
  • the knowledge, skills and confidence to critically engage with a range of strategies and tools for practical action; and
  • an ongoing capacity to work with others to co-create solutions to complex problems, and contribute to a wider community of learning and practice.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of Stage 1 of the course, students will have made progress on all of the learning outcomes. By the end of Stage 2, they will have progressed and enhanced their abilities to progress their learning outcomes as detailed below:

 

Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business

Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Business

Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership

 

1. The changing global context, the case for a radical shift from current systems and structures, and the role of business

LO1A

Understand…

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Analyse…

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Evaluate structural dimensions of…

…global economic, environmental and social pressures and trends from a multi-disciplinary and systems perspective

LO1B

Articulate…

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Analyse…

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Evaluate and establish…

…the need for a radical shift from current systems and structures to address complex systems-related problems and opportunities

LO1C

Understand…

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Analyse…

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Assess and generate…

…the case for business leading systemic change

2. A sustainable future, and the potential synergies, tensions in achieving it

LO2A

Understand…

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Analyse…

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Assess…

… conceptualisations of sustainability and key dimensions of a sustainable future, such as regeneration, inclusion, net zero carbon and resilience

 

L02B

Identify…

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Analyse…

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Evaluate and generate responses to address…

… synergies and tensions between dimensions of a sustainable future

 

3. Potential strategies and pathways to leverage change both within and beyond organisations to achieve a sustainable future

LO3A

Identify and apply…

 

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Analyse and apply…

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Evaluate and apply a broad and deep range of…

…research and best practice on levers for change for embedding sustainability within organisations

LO3B

Identify and apply…

 

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Analyse and apply…

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Evaluate and apply a broad and deep range of…

…research and best practice on levers for change beyond organisations for wider system impact

LO3C

Identify and apply…

 

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Analyse and apply…

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Evaluate and apply a broad and deep range of…

…theories of change and innovation at an organisational and system level

4. Personal leadership and effective action as an agent of change

LO4A

Identify and demonstrate…

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Develop…

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Assess and apply advanced concepts that enhance…

 

…the thinking, values and practices that support effective personal leadership

LO4B

Identify and demonstrate…

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Develop…

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Generate impact through…

…personal contribution to effective action as a change agent

 

5. Sustainability insight, knowledge and research for specific contexts

LO5A

Identify and apply…

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Analyse and apply…

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Evaluate and apply a broader and deeper range of…

 

…existing academic and practitioner knowledge on a range of fields and topics to address sustainability challenges and opportunities in specific contexts

LO5B

Generate…

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Generate further…

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Generate advanced…

….sustainability-relevant research in an individual and group context

6. Communication and engagement, individually and collaboratively, to advance the sustainability agenda

LO6A

Create…

 

 

…entry-level academic and specific organisational contexts

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Create…

 

 

…academic and specific organisational contexts

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Create…

 

 

…an advanced academic level, and organisational contexts

 

…clear, concise and logically ordered written and verbal communications appropriate to …

 

LO6B

Contribute to…

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Contribute further to…

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Generate…

…effective and collaborative engagement with peers and wider networks as part of a learning community


Continuing

Stage 1 of the Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Business requires completion of the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business, either organisational or value chains stream.  This course is taught part-time over nine months inclusive of two workshops.

Students who successfully complete a Certificate gain 60 CATS points. They can then apply to move on to Stage 2 of the PG Dip. By attending three more workshops (totalling 9 days) and undertaking two assessed assignments students earn a further 60 CATS points and are awarded the PG Dip.

 


Open Days

The Institute holds 'Meet the Directors' webinars periodically throughout the admissions periods. Please check the CISL events webpages for details of upcoming webinars. 


Departments

This course is advertised in the following departments:

Key Information


18 months - 3 years part-time

Postgraduate Diploma

This course is advertised in multiple departments. Please see the Overview tab for more details.

Enquiries

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Dates and deadlines:

Applications open
Sept. 3, 2020
Application deadline
March 2, 2022
Course Starts
Oct. 1, 2021

Some courses can close early. See the Deadlines page for guidance on when to apply.

Applications open
Sept. 1, 2020
Application deadline
Jan. 14, 2022
Course Starts
April 17, 2022

Some courses can close early. See the Deadlines page for guidance on when to apply.

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Oct. 13, 2021

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