IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management Reviews

Having completed the foundation cert, I found this course a huge jump up in knowledge and expectations. That being said, when I have completed the module assignments I am sure it will be of benefit and it has already enhanced my critical thinking in this arena. Whilst I understand the need for Virtual courses and the rise in popularity for various reasons, I am still adapting my own learning style to use this as best as possible. I am afraid I am still quite old school and like a classroom scenario.

James is clearly a very knowledgeable tutor with a wealth of experiences which were fantastic when carrying out the course. The course content was a little hard to follow at times and often deviated from the presentation slides which became slightly confusing. There was a lot of debate encouraged which was sometimes hard on teams but overall the course was very good and I would recommend to anyone interested.

An overall good experience led by an engaging and knowledgeable course instructor.

Interesting and topical content. Will be able to apply this learning in my career. Engagement of the content over teams was more difficult, and hence any discussion and learning about experiences and opinions of other people was hindered. I wasn't a fan of the activities which were done by separating us out into breakout rooms over teams. Again maybe in person this would have been a bit more engaging with other people but I found this to be long and drawn out. Especially as most of the activities I found were similar in what we were trying to achieve or discuss as groups. Assessments are very long and thorough but I guess a good exercise to apply the learning. The course tutor was very knowledgeable and offered some great advice on the his opinions on how effective the content was.

This is the first time I have attended a course delivered in this manner. I thought the trainer did an excellent job of keeping people motivated and interested. I particularly liked the stories as they helped relate the knowledge to real life situations.