Advanced Certificate in Employment Law (ACEL)

For larger HR departments, running the ACEL in-house offers an excellent and highly cost-effective way to develop a team of qualified in-house employment law specialists, who can support HR and line management colleagues throughout the organisation.

ACEL In-company provides all the benefits of the full Advanced Certificate in Employment Law programme, including personal tutor support and Employment Law Faculty updating services, with the additional advantages of time-saving on-site delivery and tuition.

For more details, call +44 (0)20 8371 7011.

Fees are £4,680 - £5,200 + VAT (depending on payment option and CIPD membership status). CIPD members will be given a 5% discount on fees, whichever payment option is chosen.  Fees exclude accommodation (if required) and CIPD registration fee (£30 in 2013) which is mandatory for non-CIPD members.

Programme fees include

• 12 days’ tuition (8 modules)
• Pre- and post-coursework 
• Textbook and statute book 
• Student Personal Development Portfolio 
• Detailed, up-to-date course documentation on each modular programme 
• Open access to a fully qualified personal tutor 
• Monitoring of the Advanced Certificate by internal and external moderators 
• Assignment assessment and moderation

You may choose whichever method of payment suits you/your employer best.

• Upfront: Full payment prior to the commencement of your studies - less a 5% discount. If you are paying by this method, your total fees payable will be £4,680 + VAT if you are a CIPD Member and £4,940 + VAT if you are not a CIPD Member.

• Payment by instalments: We will invoice you in four equal amounts of £1300 + VAT; the first invoice upon registration and the following three at 3, 6 and 9 months thereafter. If you are paying by this method, your total fees will be £5,200 + VAT, or £4,940 + VAT if a CIPD member.

CIPD Members: The CIPD Member discount applies to all students who hold any category of CIPD Membership, other than Affiliate Member, at the date of registration on ACEL.

Payment

Payment of the full ACEL fee may be made in advance or by four instalments.

Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by JSB, payment - either by cheque, BACS or credit card - must be received in full no less than five working days before attendance at the student’s first ACEL module or no later than 28 days after acceptance of the student’s application to enrol on the ACEL, whichever date is the earlier.  

Administrative notes

• Booking conditions
  Each application will be acknowledged on receipt. If you do not receive your acknowledgement within ten days, please telephone us on +44 (0)20 8371 7028. Once your application has been accepted, you will be sent a registration form and booking forms for the various programme modules. The following guidelines will then apply.  

• Transfers
  For transfers (requests must be in writing) received by JSB more than 15 working days before the start of an ACEL module, we make no charge in respect of the student’s first transfer and we make an administration charge of £100 +VAT in respect of each subsequent transfer. For transfer requests received by JSB 15 or fewer working days before the start of an ACEL module, we charge an administration fee equal to 33% of the standard module fee (standard module fee £550 +VAT).  

• Cancellations
  Where a student withdraws from ACEL, he/she will be liable for the full amount of the ACEL fee, less a deduction of £200 +VAT in respect of each module not attended. JSB reserves the right to cancel modules, change venues (within the same city) and substitute trainers, tutors and consultants at its discretion.  

I would recommend the ACEL course to anyone advising on employment law. It teaches you to consider employment issues from a legal rather than an HR perspective, enabling you to assess very quickly the risks of taking a particular course of action and, therefore, provide much better quality advice to Line Management. As a direct result of doing this course I am much more confident in advising my clients and, on numerous occasions, have enabled them to achieve the result they want whilst removing the risk of an employment tribunal claim.

- Carolyne Browne, WAA

Completing the ACEL enabled me to save my employer several thousand pounds in solicitor fees. The ACEL qualification is the single most useful course I have ever studied for.

- June Smith, Newcastle College

The course gave a thorough grounding in key areas of employment legislation. Classes were well-run by informed legal practitioners, who provided detailed additional reference material.

- Kirsten Sunter, HR Manager, Indesit

I completed the Advanced Certificate in Employment Law through JSB and was impressed with the flexible approach and professional advice that I received from the JSB tutors and administrative staff during the course of my studies. They have an excellent understanding of the pressures associated with balancing a busy work schedule with part-time studies and supported me every step of the way towards gaining this qualification. I can whole-heartedly recommend JSB as the training provider of choice for HR professionals wanting to study towards this qualification.

- Werner Bezuidenhout, HR Manager, Johnson Matthey

I was pleased to see that I had achieved a merit in the CIPD employment law exam in May…thanks to JSB for helping me to achieve the qualification.

- Simon Morgan, The HR Department

I’d just like to say how much I have enjoyed the ACEL course. Every module has been well presented; all of the tutors have been so knowledgeable and the course materials very thorough. My personal tutor has also been so helpful and always available. I will definitely recommend the course to others.

- Amy Budd, Aveva Group

In addition to CIPD accreditation, the ACEL is accredited by leading professional bodies, including the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board.

To help students with successful completion of the ACEL and make the most of their studies, our Employment Law Faculty provides each student with unlimited access to his/her own personal tutor.

Personal tutors on the ACEL are recruited on the basis of a rigorous selection interview. This is followed by a training process that adheres to the high standards of the programme. All tutors are experienced employment law specialists with expertise in a variety of fields of employment law theory and practice. Most are experienced in management and in their professional lives have dealt - from a legal perspective - with many of the practical situations likely to be encountered by ACEL students.

Every ACEL student has his/her own personal tutor who provides support throughout their studies. Tutors offer feedback on course work, advise on issues arising during the course, assist with the submission and agreement of the student’s assignment topic, and are generally available to offer guidance and support.  Contact is maintained by email, telephone and fax, enabling tutors to provide practical assistance at every stage of the ACEL.

Our personal tutors:

• Angela Brosnan (Solicitor)
• Arran Elkeles (Barrister)
• Ginny Harrison (Solicitor)
• Jane Lister (Solicitor)
• Penny Macmillan (Solicitor)
• John Sprack (Barrister)

What JSB’s ACEL offers you

• Quality assurance by JSB’s own Employment Law Faculty
• Unlimited personal tutor support from day one to ensure your success
• Flexibility - fit your study in with your work, family or other commitments (ACEL can be completed in less than a year or you can spread your studies over up to two years)
• Unique and topical written assignment assessed at Master's level ensures highest academic recognition
• Interactive learning with leading Faculty members committed to ACEL students’ success
• JSB’s widely praised employment law documentation, supporting each module
• Exemption from the new CIPD Advanced Level standard (employment law module)

Is ACEL the right Employment Law qualification for you?

You should have at least a basic knowledge of employment law, gained either from on-the-job experience and/or attendance at one or more of our employment law conferences, seminars or workshops. The ACEL is for you if you want to become your organisation’s expert on employment law and achieve the recognition granted by the initials ACEL after your name.

JSB’s ACEL is a Master’s level employment law qualification that is fully accredited by the CIPD. Students who successfully complete the ACEL meet the requirements of the employment law module on the CIPD Advanced Level Qualification.

In practice, many ACEL students are already full CIPD members, who wish to take their employment law knowledge and expertise to a higher level.

Advanced Certificate in Employment Law - Part I

Attendance on 12 days of modular training over a maximum period of two years.

• Induction Workshop
• Discipline, Grievances and Dismissal
• Employee Relations, Trade Unions and the Law
• Employment Tribunals
• Essential Discrimination Law
• Family-friendly Rights: Law and Practice in the Modern Workplace
• Making and Varying Employment Contracts
• Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE)

If you have attended any of the modules prior to registration on the Advanced Certificate you may be eligible for certain exemptions. Modules take place at various convenient London locations and venue details will be confirmed prior to each module. For further information please call us on +44 (0)20 8371 7030.

Advanced Certificate in Employment Law - Part II

3,000 word written assignment.