Simon W, 07 Apr 2020
Overall a worthwhile course, materials however were sometimes difficult to navigate as were the resources available. Also found the website cumbersome and awkward to navigate.
Katrina A, 07 Aug 2019
London
Unfortunately the slides that I brought with me were the wrong ones, even though I had queries this with my assessor the day before.Response : Thank you for your feedback Katrina and apologies for what appears to have been a misunderstanding about the slides. Please mention this to your personal tutor to avoid this happening again. Best of luck with your programme.
Danielle E, 02 Apr 2019
I had a few troubles with the content and materials being incorrect at the start of my qualification, especially where links had not been updated. There was also a module that did not have a relevant level workbook towards the end of my qualification, although luckily when I called to discuss this I was pointed to a very helpful ebook by one of your employees. I found a lot of the content interesting and applicable to my work, but I think this could have been delivered in a far more engaging way.Response : Thank you for your feedback Danielle. I was surprised to read your comments about the VLE as the majority of our candidates find it very useful. However, it is a constantly evolving resource and keeping it up to date is a major task, particularly when links to external references change without our knowledge! We take all feedback very seriously at Watson Martin and I have passed on your comments to our Head of Delivery. Congratulations on achieving your Intermediate qualification.
Natasha G, 06 Feb 2019
The self-learning element of the course is very difficult for kinaesthetic learners. It would be helpful to have more video / youtube links, and seminars or webinars to support the learning (even if these are pre-recorded).Response : Thank you for your comments Natasha. We take all feedback on board particularly when improving our VLE content. Congratulations on achieving your Advanced qualification.
Rhea M, 12 Dec 2018
Lack or resources on the VLE for some units and/or not accessible - i.e. broken links to videos etc. Quite a long term around time for the marking of some assignments and feedback reports not provided for some units until the end of the course! Feedback was at times unclear form the assessor - i.e. what content within assignments needed to be amended and what feedback was given just as an advisory. Louise was knowledgeable and when we spoke helpful in pointing me to further resources when I required more than were available on the VLE. Overall satisfied with the course and tutor - however definitely some areas for improvement.Response : Thank you for your feedback and I am pleased that overall you were satisfied with the course and the tutor. I was surprised to read your comments about the VLE as the majority of our candidates find it very useful. However, it is a constantly evolving resource and keeping it up to date is a major task, particularly when links to external references change without our knowledge! We are currently reviewing all the links to ensure they are correct. Congratulations on achieving your qualification.
Stevie-Joanne M, 25 Sep 2018
London
I really enjoyed the training the bits around the 5LDP was great I enjoyed the activities around skills, knowledge and behaviour too was really useful to learn around this unit. My only comment is I would have benefited doing a bit more on the research unit for research and been able to do activity to look into this element more. Maybe having no prior knowledge or experience conducting a research personally I felt it would been beneficial to do a small activity to look into this to assist also group activity to talk about what think might be doing. Maybe look to apply some of the secondary research and what that might look like in an activity. Then the day would have been evenly more split.Response : Thank you for your feedback which I have passed on to Joseph for reference. Best of luck with your CIPD qualification.
V M, 22 Aug 2018
London
Some trainers were better than others. Very knowledgeable and engaging trainers were Melissa and Angela for Employment law and Performance Management Tutor support was really lacking until I was reaching the end of my contract.Response : Dear Victoria Thank you for your feedback on CourseCheck. I was surprised to read you felt that your tutor support was lacking. All our advisers are subject experts with excellent levels of practical experience and professionalism. They work very hard to ensure all their candidates achieve success. Of course, as in all walks of life, there can be the occasional clash in learning styles or personality which can sometimes hinder the relationship. We are all delighted that you have achieved your Advanced CIPD qualification and wish you every success in your career.
David R, 09 Aug 2018
First day was a bit slow and probably could have been fitted into one day.
Stevie M, 08 Aug 2018
London
would have been useful to have more time on PESTLE - found it hard to relate back to my organisation maybe precourse work to complete one then analyse as it felt like a lot to cover in one session and it took me a while to grasp it and then translate it back to my work. This might just been me though? External factors and keeping external and not bringing it internal can be difficult to grasp too. Also would been good activity on roles in l and d for different organisation tos be targeted to that might been the group I was in but found the questions not specific enough and group spent time not analysing the team role?Response : Hi Stevie Thanks for your comments which I have passed on to our trainer Joseph Grech. Best of luck in your qualification going forward.
james s, 02 Aug 2018
Rich was very good an above average facilitator and kept peoples attention well throughout the course