CFMS Competitors

The Open University is an expert in flexible higher education that fits around your working life. We don’t make you choose between a degree and a salary – more than 76% of our students are in full or part time work, while 86% FTSE 100 companies have funded staff on OU courses. Employers including IBM, The Metropolitan Police, Unilever and many more recognise the value for money we provide, while students appreciate the range of affordable routes we offer. As a result, we are the largest academic institution in the UK, with nearly 180,000 current undergraduates, postgraduates and students on validated programmes - plus almost 1.8 million who have studied with us since our foundation in 1969. When you join the OU, you gain a vast international network of support from university staff, alumni and fellow students (including more than 15,000 overseas) with a truly global reach. Wherever you are based, we offer flexible study with structure and support and we have been rated in the top ten UK universities for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey since its foundation in 2005. Our commitment to distance learning and access to education enables us to cater for the widest range of students - not only those who are in paid work but also the retired, those returning to education, registered carers, single parents and more disabled people than any other UK-based university. Flexible, affordable, respected and connected. Don’t take our word for it: Listen to what our students say at www.youtube.com/user/OUlife or click on the ‘Recommendations’ tab at the top of this page.

Here at Yorkshire Building Society, we Help Real Life Happen for our members. And we’ve been doing it for 160 years. We’re also owned by our 3 million members, which means everything we do, and every decision we make is for their benefit. We manage their £61 billion assets wisely. But we’re also here to make things better for our people, too. We’re a business that really cares as much about our colleagues as we do about our customers and our communities. And we offer an exciting future for everyone who joins us on our journey. So, if you’re looking for a warm, welcoming, inclusive and flexible workplace, you’ll discover somewhere that can really help your career happen. Visit Us: www.ybs.co.uk References to 'YBS Group' or 'Yorkshire Group' refer to Yorkshire Building Society, the trading names under which it operates (Chelsea Building Society, the Chelsea, Norwich & Peterborough Building Society, N&P and Egg) and its subsidiary companies.

We’re the CIPD — the professional body for HR and people development. We are the voice of a worldwide community of 150,000 members committed to championing better work and working lives. We’ve been setting the benchmark for excellence in people and organisation development for more than 100 years. Through our expertise and research we provide a valuable point of view on the rapidly changing world of work. And for our members we’re the career partner of choice, setting professional standards and providing the know-how to drive the HR and L&D professions forward. We’re independent and not-for-profit and hold a highly respected Royal Charter. We exist to make work and working lives better. And at a time of unprecedented change we have the vision, agility and strength to make a real difference to our members, to businesses, to the economy and to all working people. Find out how we can help you: http://www.cipd.co.uk/cipd-hr-profession/about-us/for-you.aspx Find out how we can help your organisation: http://www.cipd.co.uk/cipd-hr-profession/about-us/for-your-organisation.aspx Find out what we do for the profession: http://www.cipd.co.uk/cipd-hr-profession/about-us/for-profession.aspx