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Employability Hub

Prepare for the workplace
while you study

The Employability Hub gives you practical access to 150+ workplace-preparation programmes, specialist development categories, and live expert insight — all designed to help you arrive at work ready, not just qualified.

Overview

What is the Employability Hub?

The Employability Hub is designed for students who want to strengthen their readiness for work in a practical and structured way.

Whether you are studying full-time, balancing part-time work, or planning your next step after graduation, the Hub helps you build useful knowledge, improve your career preparation, and become more familiar with professional workplace expectations.

What you can access

What you can access through the Hub

The Hub brings together business awareness, career preparation, and expert insight in one place.

Build business understanding

Access 150+ self-paced business foundation programmes covering financial language, workplace behaviour and decisions, designed to make business environments easier to understand.

Go deep with specialist categories

Choose a specialist development category, from Project Management and Digital Skills & AI to Leadership & Management, then follow a focused job-preparation path of 1–5 hour programmes built.

Learn from industry experts

Subscribers unlock 50% discounted access to Live Sessions with practitioners and Expert Programme Packages: the same practitioner-built content used by professional consultancies and business leaders.

Included with registration

What you get free as a Hub member

Your subscription includes structured workplace preparation and specialist development content — with more included on the annual plan.

150+ business foundations programmes

Short programmes, 30 min–1 hr each. Self-paced. Start any, pause any, return any time.

1 specialist category — monthly plan

Choose one development category from six. Access all its focused programmes (1–5 hrs each).

2 specialist categories — annual plan

The annual plan includes two specialist categories of your choice, plus saves £31 vs monthly.

Included in your subscription

50+ Business Foundations programmes

Broad introductory job preparation for students preparing for the workplace.

When you join the Employability Hub, you receive access to 50+ Business Foundations programmes. These are short introductory modules designed to help you build general business awareness as you become more familiar with the language, concepts, and ideas that operate across many workplaces.

This is self-paced e-job preparation with no deadlines or cohort constraints. You can build knowledge gradually and improve your understanding of business gradually and at a pace that works for you alongside your studies.

Business foundations programmes

  • Streamlining Administrative Tasks – AI assistance with emails and reports
  •  AI for Time Management – scheduling, reminders, productivity
  • AI-Powered Summaries and Information Retrieval
    Language Translation 
  • Using AI to translate written languages

  • Principles of Word Processing
  • Principles of Spreadsheet Software
  • Principles of Presenting Software
  • Principles of Collaborative Communication

  • Phishing Awareness
  • AI Toolkit for Staff
  • AI-Powered Summaries and Information Retrieval

  • Speak Up: Verbal Communication Skills for Success
  • Understanding Different Communication Skills
  • Write Like a Pro
  • Present with Confidence
  • Effective Meetings

  • Master Your Time
  • Setting Goals That Actually Work
  • Essential Digital Skills Plus

  • Principles of Exceptional Customer Service
  • Know the Importance of Excellent Customer Service
  • Know How to Deliver Excellent Customer Service
  • Creating Memorable Customer Experiences

  • Know How to Promote and Sell Products and Services
  • Know How to Communicate in a Customer Service Role
  • Know the Importance of Working Relationships in a Customer Service Role
  • Customer and Staff Safety Management

  • Front-of-House Staff Responsibilities
  • Managing Bookings and Guest Relations
  • Payment Processing and Service Standards

  • Food and Beverage Service Staff Roles
  • Table Setup and Dining Environment
  • Order Taking and Table Service

  • Maintaining Cleanliness and Hygiene Standards
  • Safe Food Handling Practices
  • Understanding Food Safety Regulations

  • Handling Customer Needs and Complaints
  • Know How to Deal with Customer Complaints
  • Understanding Challenging Interactions
  • Conflict Resolution Techniques
  • Turning Problems into Positives

  • Understanding Food Safety Regulations
  • Maintaining Cleanliness and Hygiene Standards
  • Safe Food Handling Practices

  • Front-of-House Staff Responsibilities
  • Food and Beverage Service Staff Roles
  • Managing Bookings and Guest Relations
  • Order Taking and Table Service
  • Payment Processing and Service Standards

  • Understanding the Barista Role
  • Coffee Beverage Preparation
  • Coffee Service Area Management
  • Table Setup and Dining Environment

  • Psychology of Selling
  • Understanding Buying Behaviours
  • Upselling Techniques

  • Store Layout and Customer Flow
  • Strategic Product Placement
  • Visual Display Creation

Included in your subscription

Specialist development category

Your subscription includes one specialist category (or two on the annual plan). Each category contains focused programmes of 1–5 hours built for depth, not breadth. Additional categories are available to add at any time at the subscriber rate.

Each category introduces you to business concepts by introducing you to the kinds of practical challenges organisations deal with every day.

Through self-paced job preparation, you can start to understand how decisions are made, how teams are managed, and how different parts of a business work together.

The aim is to make business environments easier to understand before you enter them professionally

Eight Specialist development categories

  • Future Ready: Skills for Education, Work & Life
  • Positive Futures: Building Resilience, Confidence & Inclusion
  • Future Ready: Essential Skills for Success
  • Managing Your Digital Identity: Smart Social Media & Online Presence

  • Project Management Fundamentals for Modern Professionals
  • High-Performance Productivity & Time Management for Modern Professionals
  • Agile Project Management for Modern Teams
  • Scrum Master Essentials: Leading Agile Teams Successfully

  • Practical Generative AI for Workplace Productivity
  • Responsible AI-Assisted Research: Principles, Practice, and Ethics
  • Responsible AI-Assisted Research: Ethical Integration for Modern Researchers
  • AI-Powered Career Development: Modern Strategies for Employability

  • Writing Effective Emails: Professional Communication Skills for the Workplace
  • Organising Your Inbox: Practical Email Management for the Modern Workplace
  • Mastering Workplace Collaboration with Microsoft OneDrive & SharePoint
  • Excel for Beginners: Essential Workplace Skills
  • Organising Your Computer & Files: Essential Digital File Management for the Workplace
  • Microsoft Teams Essentials: Foundations for Effective Workplace Collaboration
  • Excel: Intermediate Data Management & Formulas for Workplace Productivity
  • Communicating Professionally Online: Best Practices for the Modern Workplace

  • Business Writing Fundamentals: Clear, Concise, and Professional Communication
  • Presenting with Confidence: Building Workplace Presentation Skills
  • Workplace Communication Skills for Non-Native English Speakers
  • Managing Meetings Effectively: Practical Skills for Productive Workplace Collaboration

  • Crisis Management in the Digital Era — Executive Best Practices
  • Introduction to People Management: Leading Your First Team
  • Change Management Essentials: Leading People Through Organisational Change
  • Performance Management for Managers: Building a Coaching Culture
  • Coaching & Mentoring Fundamentals: Developing People Through Conversation

  • Using AI Tools at Work: ChatGPT, Copilot & More
  • Cybersecurity Basics for Employees: Practical Workplace Awareness
  • Data Privacy & GDPR Essentials for the Modern Workplace
  • AI Ethics & Responsible Use at Work

  • Project Management Essentials for Non-Managers
  • Strategic Management: From Vision to Execution
  • Managing Projects with Microsoft 365: Practical Tools for Workplace Success
  • Practical Risk & Stakeholder Management for Modern Workplaces

Subscribe for the Employability Hub

Join the Employability Hub to access 50+ Business Foundations programmes, your chosen specialist development category, and discounted expert job preparation designed to help you prepare for the workplace with greater confidence.