Executive education calendar
The Executive education courses are divided into four themes as described below:
Policy Essentials
Build the necessary technical and strategic expertise to ensure you realise your potential to contribute to a prosperous and secure world.
Economics, Data Analysis and Decision Making
Learn new techniques, using the wealth of newly-available data, to analyse social problems and enhance citizen wellbeing in the face of economic and environmental change.
Skills for Future Leaders
Develop the essential skills to meet the challenges of our new age; cultivating empathy and emotional competence, developing trust with citizens and stakeholders, and building resilience within your organisations.
Public Sector Leadership for Senior Executives
Cultivate a high-performing mind to solve complex and unfamiliar problems enabling you to accept, adapt and lead through the uncertainty ahead.
Full list of courses by date is available or you can filter by course type below.
Policy Essentials
February
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Beginner’s guide to microeconomics for the public sectorShould we promote competition? What taxes should be used to raise government revenue? How can economics help to reduce traffic congestion? Should we price carbon? If you have ever wondered what economists really mean when they use microeconomic concepts, this course is for you.
Before/by 22 January 2024: $1,195
After 22 January 2024: $1,495
OR
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Beginner's guide to economics for the public sector seriesCourse participants will develop an understanding of the key insights from economics and how they can be applied in policy and government settings.
Before/by 22 January 2024: $2,195
After 22 January 2024: $2,495
March
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Strategic policy fundamentals seriesThis series includes the following courses:
Before/by 14 February 2024: $2,195
After 14 February 2024: $2,495
Group discounts available.
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Systems thinking and behavioural insights for strategic policy developmentThis course will step through a framework for strategic policy development, with a specific focus on the latest research and information on systems thinking and behavioural insights for policy development and design, with engaging practical activities exploring real-world policy problems, to tran
Before/by 14 February 2024: $1,195
After 14 February 2023: $1,495
Group discounts available.
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Implementation science for strategic policy developmentImprove strategic policy design through a greater understanding of implementation science.
Before/by 3 March 2024: $1,195
After 3 March 2024: $1,495
Group discounts available.
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Beginner’s guide to macroeconomics for the public sectorThis course goes back to basics on macroeconomics and builds a framework for thinking about how the economy works, how the financial system works, how labour markets work, how product markets work, and the role of government in stabilising the economy. There is no math.
Before/by 14 February 2024: $1,195
After 14 February 2024: $1,495
OR
May
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Fundamentals of intergovernmental managementOfficials play a vital role in supporting the federal system and its functions. But there’s no how-to manual for this important role; the rules, whether formal or informal, have to be learned ‘on the job’.
Before/by 1 April 2024: $1,195
After 1 April 2024: $1,495
Group discounts available.
July
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Policy essentials seriesUnderstand how policy is made at the national level and develop strategies for communicating evidence effectively to your ministers and stakeholders through tools, theories, frameworks and practical case studies.
This series includes the following courses:
Before/by 9 June 2024: $2,195
After 9 June 2024: $2,495
ONLY 2 SEATS REMAINING!
Group discounts available.
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Policy essentials: what you need to know to design and implement good policyThis course is for those who are relatively new to policy work, aspiring to work in policy areas or wanting to understand how to link implementation and policy more closely.
Before/by 9 June 2024: $1,195
After 9 June 2024: $1,495
ONLY 2 SEATS REMAINING!
Group discounts available
July
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Policy essentials: using evidence and data for good policy design and implementationThis course builds on Policy Essentials: what you need to know to design and implement good policy to help participants to identify and deal with the challe
Before/by 25 June 2024: $1,195
After 25 June 2024: $1,495
ONLY 6 SEATS REMAINING!
Group discounts available
October
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Qualitative research methodsWhy does doing qualitative research matter? Who should be included and how do we access them? How do we ask good questions? How can we best analyse qualitative data?
Before/by 18 September 2024: $1,195
After 18 September 2024: $1,495
Group discounts available.
Economics, Data Analysis and Decision Making
February
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Beginner’s guide to microeconomics for the public sectorShould we promote competition? What taxes should be used to raise government revenue? How can economics help to reduce traffic congestion? Should we price carbon? If you have ever wondered what economists really mean when they use microeconomic concepts, this course is for you.
Before/by 22 January 2024: $1,195
After 22 January 2024: $1,495
OR
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Beginner's guide to economics for the public sector seriesCourse participants will develop an understanding of the key insights from economics and how they can be applied in policy and government settings.
Before/by 22 January 2024: $2,195
After 22 January 2024: $2,495
March
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Beginner’s guide to macroeconomics for the public sectorThis course goes back to basics on macroeconomics and builds a framework for thinking about how the economy works, how the financial system works, how labour markets work, how product markets work, and the role of government in stabilising the economy. There is no math.
Before/by 14 February 2024: $1,195
After 14 February 2024: $1,495
OR
April
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Behavioural economics of policy design: the why and how of NudgeWhat if you could help people make good life decisions through a little ‘nudge’? As policymakers, encouraging people to make the right choices about their health, wealth and overall well-being can be challenging.
Before/by 5 March 2024: $1,195
After 5 March 2024: $1,495
Group discounts available.
October
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Qualitative research methodsWhy does doing qualitative research matter? Who should be included and how do we access them? How do we ask good questions? How can we best analyse qualitative data?
Before/by 18 September 2024: $1,195
After 18 September 2024: $1,495
Group discounts available.
Skills for Future Leaders
July
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Adaptive thinking for complex policy developmentFrameworks and processes to understand and enable adaptive change in complex and uncertain policy environments.
How to lead and manage in a complex and uncertain business landscape.
Before/by 30 June 2024: $1,195
After 30 June 2024: $1,495
Group discounts available.
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Emergent leadership seriesJoin us for this series to build competence and confidence to lead and manage in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world.
The Series includes:
Before/by 30 June 2024: $3,195
After 30 June 2024: $3,495
Group discounts available.
October
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Foresighting skills to design and implement adaptive practicesBack from the future: How to use foresight and systems thinking to develop adaptive capacity
Before/by 1 September 2024: $1,195
After 1 September 2024: $1,495
Group discounts available.
November
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Strategic thinking and planning in a complex and uncertain worldHow to develop strategy in a complex and uncertain landscape
Before/by 5 October 2024: $1,195
After 5 October 2024: $1,495
Group discounts available.
Public Sector Leadership for Senior Executives
July
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Adaptive thinking for complex policy developmentFrameworks and processes to understand and enable adaptive change in complex and uncertain policy environments.
How to lead and manage in a complex and uncertain business landscape.
Before/by 30 June 2024: $1,195
After 30 June 2024: $1,495
Group discounts available.
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Emergent leadership seriesJoin us for this series to build competence and confidence to lead and manage in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world.
The Series includes:
Before/by 30 June 2024: $3,195
After 30 June 2024: $3,495
Group discounts available.
October
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Foresighting skills to design and implement adaptive practicesBack from the future: How to use foresight and systems thinking to develop adaptive capacity
Before/by 1 September 2024: $1,195
After 1 September 2024: $1,495
Group discounts available.
November
Crawford School of Public Policy | Executive course
Strategic thinking and planning in a complex and uncertain worldHow to develop strategy in a complex and uncertain landscape
Before/by 5 October 2024: $1,195
After 5 October 2024: $1,495
Group discounts available.
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