Crawford School Executive Education
In these uncertain times, many of us are looking for answers to contemporary public policy challenges.
Crawford School Executive Education provides premium online and distance programs. We offer flexible and high-quality learning experience to meet participants’ various needs and circumstances. Our range of executive education courses at Crawford School will prepare and enable you to accept, adapt and lead through uncertainty.
Participants from 35 countries have joined our online and distance format in recent years. Here is what they had to say:
‘The course demystified the policy process and presented it as something anyone that is inclined to undertake can achieve. The mix of delivery methods were great as it kept me engaged and interested.’ – participant from Policy essentials series delivered to Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
‘This was one of the best courses I've participated in. [The course presenter] made it very easy to follow often complex macro economic concepts for those of us without an economics background. I learnt a lot in an efficient timeframe, and much of it is directly relevant to my work.’ – participant from Beginner’s guide to macroeconomics for the public sector
‘I'd say this was the most relevant and high quality content I've covered, ever.’ – participant from Policy essentials series delivered to Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
‘This was an excellent course, well delivered, with great content. I recently attended [another course from a different provider] and got more out of this one day with [the course presenter] than I did out of that. It was really well pitched, immediately applicable, relatable and accessible for many levels of expertise.’ – participant from Systems thinking and behavioural insights for strategic policy development for Victorian Government Department of Education
‘I have gained very useful skillsets as a policy maker. I am more confident about answering questions from a behaviour bias perspective.’ – participant from Behavioural economics of policy design: the why and how of Nudge
‘The knowledge I've acquired through this course has added a deeper understanding of my role and how to move through the systems of government. I can see the potential of my new knowledge helping me move from a 'manager' type role to more of a ‘leadership’ role operating between state government and the Commonwealth agency I work for.’ – participant in Fundamentals of intergovernmental management
‘I found it engaging and that the use of real-world examples and stepping through the graphs and discussing them in terms of the broader market concepts made the theory much clearer and easier to apply for me to real wold examples or context.’ – participant in Beginner’s guide to microeconomics for the public sector for Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
‘The content was current and went into sufficient depth to understand the key concepts, frameworks and models.’ – participant in Strategic thinking and planning in a complex and uncertain world
‘I enjoyed the mix of pre-reading, lectures, and live discussion time with the group - you've really designed a course with a good assortment of activities. It was also great to be able to access [the] experts (course presenters) in real time and ask questions as to how they run their studies.’ – participant in Qualitative research methods
'This is one of the best courses I've completed during my APS 'career' (20 odd years). Would recommend it to anyone in, or on the periphery of, the regulatory field - participant from Leading regulatory systems delivered to a federal bespoke client
'This is the best course I've done through the diplomatic academy. It was pitched at the perfect level, had a steady pace and relevant examples related to my work.' - participant from Economics for non-economists delivered to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
'I can immediately apply my increased understanding of how to operate in complex environments or with complex policy issues… the course equipped me with better understanding and narratives on how to support a team to navigate through and achieve results in the inherent uncertainty of complex environments.' – participant from Adaptive thinking for complex policy development
Our courses include content to be consumed at a pace and time that suits you, with regular opportunities to meet the experts and network with other participants. Each participant will receive a carefully curated course package and experience the value of developing skills alongside world-leading experts and peers in live sessions.
View our open enrolment courses or contact us to discuss how our bespoke and international programs help you and your team shape answers to some of your own public policy challenges.
New courses are still arriving. Browse our course catalogue for more information on upcoming courses.
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Executive Education
Crawford School of Public Policy has delivered exceptional executive education for public, private and not-for-profit organisations since 2005. We are dedicated to providing unique and leading training opportunities to current and future policy professionals. Located in Australia’s capital, Canberra, and close to the Australian Parliament and key federal government departments, our academics are influential in the provision of policy papers, briefings and advisory services to various agencies of the Australian federal and state governments, and also to governments throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Our short courses and bespoke training programs are research based, future oriented and citizen focused. Our courses are taught by world-class academics and experienced senior government professionals at the leading graduate public policy school in the Asia-Pacific region, within one of Australia’s top universities.
Short courses
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International Programs
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