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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

Leaders today are required to navigate global disruption at an almost unprecedented scale, and to harness that disruption to find opportunities for business resilience and sustained growth. It is essential for business leaders to have the tools and frameworks to act decisively, and to ensure that decisions made today generate opportunities across the entire value chain for prosperity tomorrow. 

CISL Online provides a series of leading programmes with global cohorts tackling some of the most pressing business challenges and unlocking new commercial opportunities. The courses challenge traditional thinking, introduce frameworks and tools for decision making and result in a professionally contextual action plan that can be  implemented immediately.  

Distilling the latest academic research and and insights from our network of business leaders, CISL’s online programmes are an accessible, flexible way to get University of Cambridge education at your doorstep and quickly apply into real-economy settings.  

To discuss group enrolments for your organisation, contact the CISL Online team today.  

 


8-week, cohort-based programmes

Tutor-led learning to help working professionals develop a personalised action plan to deliver business impact in the real-economy.  

Whether you are an organisation seeking to develop team-based capabilities across the business or an individual keen to build leadership insight, capability and peer network, our online courses provide learners with expert insight, high levels of interactivity and a supported learning experience to achieve measurable learning outcomes.  

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Self-paced online courses

Self-paced online learning to provide a consistent foundational knowledge across cross-functional and line of business teams within your organisation. 

The business courses utilise CISL’s robust frameworks and foresight delivered in short learning modules to support professional development for staff at all levels to to build a shared foundation of knowledge. For those further on in their sustainability journey, the courses challenge thinking, ambition and agency to empower employees individually or collectively  to lead on the sustainable transition needed to be resilient and future-fit.  

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Online Postgraduate Study

Fully online Postgraduate education from the University of Cambridge, supporting those working full time to develop their sustainable business skills.

The new fully online version of the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business (PCSB Online) is a 10-14 -month Master's-level postgraduate programme, delivered part-time for working professionals. The programme is designed to strengthen leadership skills, help embed sustainability in a range of organisational contexts.

Find about more about PCSB Online

 

Customised online learning

We work with teams and organisations to understand the most critical issues they face, and design bespoke online learning experiences that meet their needs.

Designed to build the leadership, strategy and operational capabilities of your team to drive and influence change across and beyond your organisation. By understanding the issues that are most critical to the future success of your company our team can design a bespoke online learning experience that matches your specific requirements and objectives.

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Bundles

Designed around curated learning pathways developed by University of Cambridge experts, these bundles bring together different 8-week online programmes to develop in-depth skills on Sustainability and Business Operations, Marketing and Finance.

Book a bundle of courses to receive a preferred rate. Complete the courses in an order that fits your schedule. You will have the option to select your preferred starting date for each course during the registration process. 

View our bundles on sustainability

 

 

Ready for your next steps?


To book onto one of our self-paced or 8-week courses.

To speak to a member of the CISL team about upskilling your organisation.

Find out more about how we support organisational transformation.