CPD

CPD Courses at NewRail

NewRail offers a range of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses in rail and logistics. Every course spans 2 weeks, employs a multi-method learning approach and is suitable for everybody who is interested in the field.

A certificate is supplied upon successful completion of any of the NewRail’s CPD courses stating the course title, content and number of CPD hours studied.

Academic credits are also awarded through the University’s Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS). One CATS credit includes 10 hours of learning and teaching activities. Each of our CPD courses is assigned a value of 10 CATS credits.
More information at: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/business/development/courses/types.htm

European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits are also earned.
More information at:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-policy/ects_en.htm

1 ECTS is equivalent to 2 CATS.

All of our courses are described on the following pages.

To enrol in any of the NewRail's CPD courses, please contact:
newrail-education@newcastle.ac.uk