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FdA Government (WBIS)
We have an established programme for development of public service professionals, developed for the UK Civil Service and capable of adaptation to other public service contexts.
If you are a civil or public servant
The Foundation Degree in Government offers you:
- A recognised academic qualification that you can achieve through building on your workplace experience
- An opportunity to develop relevant knowledge and skills, such as those required by Professional Skills for Government
- A flexible mode of study that helps you adapt your learning to the demands of work and home.
If this interests you, find out more about becoming an FDiG Learner.
If you are a civil service manager
The Foundation Degree in Government offers you:
- A means of enabling your staff to build knowledge and skills directly relevant to improving your service
- Online learning resources and a flexible study mode that minimises time spent away from the job
- An opportunity to develop commitment and motivation at a time of major change in public services.
If this interests you, find out more about being an FDiG Employer.
If you are a local government or other public service manager
You may be interested in how the PDU can assist you in adapting our Foundation Degree, or its component modules, to meet your requirements. We can offer:
- Work-based learning modules aligned to key skills for modern public service management
- Scope for supporting learning relevant to particular services
- Flexible learning and assessment methods
If this interests you, find out more about using FDiG in Local Government and other public services.
Visit the FDiG Virtual Learning Environment
** Please note: This service is only available to current FDiG Learners.
About us
Since 2004, the University of Chester has been pioneering a Foundation Degree in Government (FDiG), based on its established framework for work based learning and experience in supporting learning in the workplace.
FDiG is one of a number of occupationally-based pathways within the University's ground-breaking Work Based and Integrative Studies (WBIS) framework. Put simply, this is a flexible framework that allows the University to give academic reward for work-based and work-related learning.
The University is based centrally in the attractive historic cathedral city of Chester, with an additional campus in Warrington, and was originally founded in 1839 before being granted full University status in 2005. Throughout its history, it has had a strong focus in educating people for public services, so its role in developing people for contemporary public services represents a strong thread of continuity.
More recently, it has been an innovator in work based learning and, with its foundation degree for the Civil Service, broke new ground in adapting its proven learning approach to a predominantly on-line mode of delivery. This has the advantage of making study more flexible around workplace and domestic demands, as well as offering a portal to a wealth of electronic learning resources through the University's Virtual Learning Environment, IBIS.
