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Preparing for Policy Implementation

Short course and microcredential

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This course currently has no scheduled dates. To express interest in this course or to discuss bespoke options for yourself or your organisation, please submit anÌýexpression of interestÌýor contact the Short Courses Team on +61 2 5114 5573 or shortcourses.cbr@unsw.edu.au
Duration

2 day short course held across multiple weeks. Participants completing the microcredential will be required to submit an assessment 4 week after short course completion.Ìý

Delivery mode

In-person

Location

ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Canberra City Campus

Short course only price

$2200.00

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Short course plus microcredential price

$2850.00

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Overview

This course will introduce you to a range of concepts and ideas that aim to equip you with the tools and knowledge needed to prepare for policy implementation. Topics covered in this course include why policies fail, why implementation is important, how we identify what success might look like, how will we know if policies are successful and how to plan in a way to reduce unintended consequences.

Expand your learning with a MicrocredentialÌý

Take your policy implementation expertise further by continuing on to complete a microcredential. This next step allows you to consolidate your learning through a final assessment.Ìý Upon completion, you’ll earn 2 units of credit (UOC), which can be used toward postgraduate study through approved articulation pathways.

Assessment are due 4 weeks after the short course completion.Ìý

Course content

This course covers :

  • Why policies fail.
  • Why implementation is important.
  • How to identify what success looks like.
  • How to know if policies are successful.
  • Planning to reduce unintended consequences.Ìý

Learning outcomes

By completing this course, you will:

  • Identify some of the common reasons why policies fail
  • Explain why policy implementation is important in delivering effective public services
  • Identify the different factors that are needed to evaluate policy

Course delivery

The short course and microcredential will be delivered over an 8 week period including:

Week 1:
  • Pre-work for short course day 1 (approx 2 hours)
Week 2:
  • Short course day 1
Week 3 - 7:
  • Reflection and pre-work for short course day 2 (approx 5 hours)Ìý
Week 8:
  • Short course day 2
Microcredential participants only
  • Assessment set up
Weeks 9 - 11Ìý
  • Self-paced assessment preparation
Week 12Ìý
  • Final assessment due for marking.

Who should attend

This course is for those working in and around the public sector, at all levels of government, who wish to or have responsibility for improving policy implementation.

The course is also suitable for anyone involved in policy development or implementation, including those involved in developing new policies, improving existing implementation processes or changing implementation practices.Ìý

Prerequisites:Ìý

None

Facilitators
Prof Helen Dickinson

Helen Dickinson is Professor of Public Service Research in the School of Business at ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ, Canberra.Ìý

Her expertise is in public services, particularly in relation topics such as governance, policy implementation and stewardship of 4th industrial revolution technologies.Ìý Helen has published twenty books and over one hundred and thirty peer-reviewed journal articles on these topics and is also a frequent commentator within the mainstream media.Ìý

In 2015 Helen was made a Victorian Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration AustraliaÌýand in 2019 awarded a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.Ìý In 2021 Helen was named one of Apolitical’s 100 most influential academics in government. She has worked with a range of different levels of government, community organisations and private organisations in Australia, UK, New Zealand and Europe on research and consultancy programmes.Ìý

Cancellation policy

Courses will be held subject to sufficient registrations. ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Canberra reserves the right to cancel a course up to five working days prior to commencement of the course. If a course is cancelled, you will have the opportunity to transfer your registration or be issued a full refund. If registrant cancels within 10 days of course commencement, a 50% registration fee will apply.ÌýºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Canberra reserves the right to refuse enrolment in this short course if, in its reasonable opinion, such enrolment may be prohibited under the Defence Act 1903 (Cth) or any other law.ÌýºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Canberra is a registered ACT provider under ESOS Act 2000-CRICOS provider Code 00098G.