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Dive deep into life as an Acacia student with our student stories, course reviews and testimonials.

Middle East student feedback on CIPD Associate & Foundation Qualifications

Acacia Learning is CIPD Approved in nine Middle East locations: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Dubai, Bahrain, Turkey, Egypt, Oman, Qatar, Israel offering both Classroom and Live Online training courses.

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Elizabeth North shares her CIPD Level 5 L&D experience with us

Elizabeth North graduated with her CIPD Level 5 L&D Diploma and shares her study experience at Acacia Learning.

Student Satisfaction: Acacia ranked as a top quality CIPD training centre

As an Approved CIPD training provider our service quality is independently and regularly assessed by the CIPD, who have ranked us with an equivalent rating to Ofsted’s outstanding.

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"I fully recommend Acacia Learning – everyone has been a pleasure to deal with. The tutors are highly knowledgable and incredibly helpful with guiding you through the modules!"

Ryan Lawlor
CIPD Level 3 Certificate in People Practice

Emily Spaul wins our Outstanding Student Award 2020

Emily Spaul wins our Outstanding Student Award 2020 and shares her insightful feedback on studying the CIPD Intermediate level 5 certificate in HR Management.

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Maria Vu wins our Apprentice Student Award

Maria Vu wins our Apprentice student of the year award and discusses how she’s found balancing work and studying for her CIPD Level 3 in HR Practice.

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Mark Robertson Student Awards 2020

Mark Robertson Student of the Year Awards 2020! Acacia tutors Kevin Haslam and Tristan Callaghan hosted our 6th annual student awards event live online on 5th November. We usually host our awards event at a London venue with a well-stocked bar and delicious hot buffet. So, this year’s event was quite different however, we were...

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"I completed my Level 5 L&D qualification in 20 weeks doing a mixture of evenings & weekend courses. Margaret Heath was a brilliant teacher, encouraging discussion and further learning from my fellow L&D students. Highly recommended!"

Holly McGuigan
CIPD Level 5 Diploma in Organisational L&D

Dizzie Hill shares her cipd journey

Dizzie Hill Wins Student of the Year 2019

Dizzie Hill studied her CIPD intermediate level 5 Diploma in HR Management with us and won our Student of the Year 2019 award! We spoke to Dizzie about her CIPD learning journey and here she explains the challenges of emigrating from the USA as well as how she got into HR.

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Jamie Charles CIPD Level 5 HR graduate shares his learning journey

CIPD intermediate level 5 HR graduate, Jamie Charles was a finalist at our Student Awards in 2019. Jamie shares his experience of switching career, getting into HR and how since gaining his CIPD qualification his career has gone from strength to strength.

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COVID-19: Time for a career change?

Why you should consider a career in Human Resources or Learning and Development. Plus read how 4 CIPD students made the move into HR and how studying for a CIPD qualification helped.

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"Great provider of the CIPD level 7 Diploma. Good tutors and course material very relevant. Felt supported all the way through and love the flexibility. Would highly recommend this route as opposed to university."

Philly Lear
CIPD Level 7

Student Satisfaction: Acacia ranked as a top quality CIPD training centre

As an Approved CIPD training provider our service quality is independently and regularly assessed by the CIPD, who have ranked us with an equivalent rating to Ofsted’s outstanding.

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Case Study: How to change career from Retail to Human Resources

Natalie Armitage started her career in retail working at Greggs the UK’s largest bakery chain as a Retail Manager. At 26 she was inspired to switch career and study for a CIPD Human Resource qualification.

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Craig Nagle discusses his Level 5 HR Consultant/Partner Apprenticeship

Craig Nagle shares his experience of Level 5 HR Consultant/Partner Apprenticeship with us. As part of his apprenticeship Craig has been taking face-to-face and live online classes to achieve his CIPD Intermediate Diploma in HR Management. 

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"This is my favourite way of learning! I loved it. It fits so much better around my schedule and helps to speed things up!"

Charlotte Bailey-Wood
CIPD Level 5 Student

Daisy Collins shares her CIPD Level 5 HR Diploma learning journey with us

Daisy Collins graduated with her CIPD Level 5 HR Diploma and shares her learning journey with us. “After looking at the website and reading course reviews, I thought Acacia was the best fit for me. I liked that there were different study options, and locations were easy to get to from my office

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Bei Zhang completed her CIPD Level 3 Diploma and lands her first HR job

Recent graduate Bei Zhang decided to study in London for her CIPD Level 3 Diploma in HR Practice. After completing her diploma in just three months, she has landed her first HR job! We asked Bei to tell us how she found studying with us and what skills and benefits she has gained along the...

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Livia Chan on being the best HR professional that she can be

Livia Chan has studied for her CIPD Level 3 Foundation Diploma in HR Practice and the Level 5 Intermediate Diploma in HR Management. As a returning student and somebody who is clearly very diligent and hard working we asked her to share her study journey with fellow students and people professionals.

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Lauren Owen | CIPD Level 5 Live Online Student

Lauren Owens HR and Operations Manager at Womens Aid Federation shares her experience of studying her CIPD Level 5 HR qualification via our Live Online classes. “I’m half way through my CIPD course with Acacia and really enjoying it. The course is great but a lot of work and being able to manage my modules...

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Sara Thomas, Chartered MCIPD | HR Business Partner at UK Space Agency

Sara Thomas, Chartered MCIPD explains why the CIPD Competency Route is a great way to get qualified. “The competency route made it easy for me to identify my skills weakness and areas for improvement and I feel that much of this shortfall has now been addressed by my research and up to date reading material.”.

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Borislav Borisov | CIPD Level 5 Live Online International Student

Meet Borislav who is one of our many international students based in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is studying his CIPD Level 5 with us via our Live Online study option. Borislav explains how he has found studying CIPD online and why it’s a great option for anyone who isn’t based in London. With our Live Online CIPD...

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