Overview
Learn the fundamentals of good governance with this broad Level 4 qualification. You’ll develop your core knowledge of corporate governance frameworks and codes and be better placed to navigate governance structures, support your organisation and mitigate potential issues.
Ideal for anyone with governance responsibilities in any sector who wants to build governance knowledge, you don’t need any previous qualifications to study the Certificate in Corporate Governance.
Details
- Format: Guided learning
- Cost: £2,250
- Duration: 8-9 Months (Next start Monday 20th October 2025)
- Discount for CGIUKI members
- No previous qualifications needed
- Affiliated membership eligible
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What you’ll learn
- The role of the board and company secretary
- How to support and engage with the board on legal, financial and regulatory issues
- Frameworks and principles of governance and how to apply the relevant codes
- Knowledge on key players in governance and decision-making complexities
- The best ways to manage risk
Suitable for
Anyone working in a governance support role who has had no formal or structured training, or those who want to refresh or improve knowledge of corporate governance codes and practices. Job roles may include:
- Secretarial assistant
- Assistant company secretary
- Executive assistant
- Governance officer
What you'll get
- Award: Level 4 Certificate, equivalent to the first year of an undergraduate degree
- Registration, one exam and certification fees covered
- Digital copies of the syllabus, materials and study text
- 12 live webinars
- Access to online learning platform, where you can ask questions and discuss topics with other students
- CGIUKI student membership throughout your course
- MyCG access — member-exclusive online portal with past papers and mark schemes
- Access to a community of practice with like-minded professionals via our online learning management portal
- Eligible for CGIUKI affiliated membership upon completion
Content
The course is delivered through an online learning platform (LMS), where you can also ask questions and discuss topics with other students. There are live webinar events, which are recorded so you can catch up if you can’t watch them live.
Assessment
Successful completion of this course will be dependent on you passing the assessment. Your overall grade at the end of the course is made up of marks from two components:
- A written assignment worth 60% of your overall result
- A multiple-choice assessment worth 40% of your overall result
To pass the course and achieve the qualification, you will have to achieve a pass for the written assignment and a pass for the multiple-choice question exam.
What our past students have said
“Tutor and course were great."
“I very much enjoyed the course... I appreciated watching the Vimeo videos back afterwards and the PowerPoint slides."
“Tutor was excellent, had amazing amount of knowledge shared on the webinars."
“Really enjoyed the webinars."
“Our course tutor Andy was very thorough, his presentation style was very clear and easy to understand and engaging."
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