Advance your skills with professional development courses designed for government, local government, not-for-profit and industry professionals.
The UTS Institute for Public Policy and Governance (IPPG) delivers industry-recognised short courses and professional development programs that help you build practical skills, strengthen capability and respond to emerging challenges. Our courses are developed and delivered by experienced practitioners, industry experts and leading educators, ensuring every program combines contemporary knowledge with real-world application.
Whether you are looking to enhance your leadership capability, strengthen your project management skills, improve community engagement practices, develop expertise in program evaluation, or build specialist knowledge in areas such as building regulation and compliance, you will gain practical skills and knowledge that can be applied immediately in your workplace.
Our professional development portfolio includes training in leadership, project management, community consultation and engagement, social planning, program evaluation, futures thinking, design thinking, building regulation and compliance, and other areas critical to effective public sector and organisational performance.
With flexible delivery options including public courses, customised in-house training and tailored capability development programs, UTS IPPG supports you and your organisation to build skills, improve performance and create lasting impact across Australia.
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In-house training solutions
Tailored to meet your organisation’s needs
We understand that each organisation has unique challenges and goals. That's why we offer customised training solutions that are tailored to meet the specific needs of your organisation.
Postgraduate courses
Graduate Certificate in Local Government
Equip yourself for local government leadership with our comprehensive graduate certificate.
Graduate Diploma in Local Government
Develop your knowledge and competencies to meet evolving needs of the local government sector.
Master of Business Administration
Fast-track your career and become an influential, strategic, in-demand leader of tomorrow through a sub-major in Local Government Leadership.
Featured courses
Community Development Course - Social Planning in Action
In this two-day, interactive community development course you will gain increased knowledge, skills and capacities to lead or contribute to quality planning and development processes based on contemporary theory and good practice.
Public Engagement in Decision-Making Course
This public engagement course looks at good practice in public engagement and community participation in decision making, reflecting current regulatory contexts in Australia, as well as contemporary and emerging methods for stakeholder involvement.
Project Management Course: Fundamentals
This introductory project management course focuses on a project's life cycle, providing practical management tools and techniques.
Movement and Place Course
In collaboration with TFNSW
Learn how to use creative and collaborative problem-solving strategies to develop place-based solutions.
Certification Short Course
Multiple dates available
If you are becoming a certifier, or seeking to renew your accreditation, this certification course is for you. Approved by NSW Fair Trading as a prerequisite for registration.
Planning for Bushfire Prone Areas
Multiple dates and venues available
Do you need to understand the legislation and planning/design principles that protect property and human life from bushfires?
Building Regulation Courses
The UTS Institute for Public Policy and Governance provides a wide range of professional development short courses on topics of current relevance to the...
Advanced Building Regulation
Do you assess complex multi-storey residential, commercial and industrial buildings? Learn the most up-to-date theory and practice for interpreting...
Development Assessment
Designed for planning professionals, this development assessment course outlines the basic building blocks of development assessment process and the planning...
Upcoming courses
Social Planning and Community Development
In this course you will be encouraged to deploy core social justice principles as well as Quadruple Bottom Line planning concepts embedding in Integrated Planning and Reporting Frameworks - to deliver positive outcomes for communities.
Conducting Service Reviews Course
This service review course will guide you through the essentials needed to design and undertake a review of a program, operation or service using a practical, results-based framework.
Outcomes Focused Program Evaluation
This evaluation course is designed to provide you with the applied knowledge and skills to develop evaluation frameworks for a variety of purposes within your workplace.
Executive Certificate for Elected Members
Learn about community engagement and land-use planning, communication, and the councillor capability framework.
ABC of the Building Code of Australia
Know your code. This course will guide you through the Building Code of Australia, focusing on its hierarchy, general rules and legislation.
Advanced Building Regulation
Do you assess complex multi-storey residential, commercial and industrial buildings? Learn the most up-to-date theory and practice for interpreting requirements around complex buildings.
Development Assessment
Are you new to the industry and need a basic understanding of development assessments? Get the basics on strategic planning, development assessment processes and practice.
Plan Reading
This highly practical one-day course is designed to provide participants with training in reading and interpreting the various types of plans used in building and local government.
Swimming Pool Assessments and Compliance
Learn how to assess and inspect new and existing swimming pools, issue swimming pool compliance certificates, and develop a swimming pool inspection program.
Our research centres
Centre for Local Government
The Centre for Local Government (CLG) is the leading professional development, consulting and research hub dedicated to enhancing the role, performance and sustainability of local government in Australia and internationally.
Centre for Sport, Business and Society
The Centre for Sport, Business and Society (CSBS) is committed to working in partnership with industry, community and government to help grow the sports sector and the quality of sporting experiences at all levels.
Contact us
Need more information? For all course related enquiries, including future dates or in-house training enquiries, email us at ippg.learning@uts.edu.au or call +61 (2) 9514 7884.