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November 2011 - One of our students - Catherine May - was awarded the prize for Top International Student at the CIM Graduation Ceremony in Birmingham - a really fantastic achievement which is demonstration of the work put in by Catherine (and some good tuition!), congratulations.

October 2011 - We have weekend courses starting for CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing and CIM Chartered Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing on October 22nd in Leeds, limited places available so please contact us urgently for details - 01977 649000

August 2011 - We have an open day for prospective students to come and learn about our courses for CIM marketing qualifications (Introductory Certificate, Professional Certificate, Professional Certificate, Professional Diploma and Chartered Postgraduate Diploma) and CAM Foundation digital marketing qualifications. The open day is on September 14th from 2pm to 9pm at Bewleys Hotel in Leeds, you can book an appointment or just call in to see us - telephone 01977 649000 or click to email us for information. More details here. Tweet

June 2011 - One of our students - Rebecca McGuinness - was awarded Student of the Year for the CIM Yorkshire and Humberside region at the Centenary Celebration Evening held in Leeds on June 24th - congratulations Becky, a very well deserved award along with the one you won for Top Chartered Postgraduate student. Here is Becky with SPA Professional Academy Principal and Tutor, Andy Sherratt:

January 2011 - We have a Diploma in Digital Marketing course starting in Leeds in February, places still available, contact us for enrolment details, further information here

December 2010 - We are delighted to announce that we will be working in conjuction with the Centre for Executive Education in Dubai to deliver the CIM Professional Diploma through their centre - more details here - http://www.cee.ac.ae/programs/ex_mktg.php

September 2010 - We will be holding the first session for the Diploma in Digital Marketing on September 29th at Bewleys Hotel in Leeds, 6pm - sign up soon if you are interested in this qualification.

August 2010 - Another great set of results, exceeding the March results for new syllabus units where our overall pass rate was 83%, congratualtions to those who were successful and thanks for working so hard.

June 2010 - Really pleased with our exam results from the March assessments. We had 100% pass rate with the new Chartered Post-Graduate Diploma and 80% overall passes. Well done to all those who were successful and really sorry for those who were unfortunate this time - we will be in touch to help you for next time.

May 2010 - In order to add additional support to our students, whatever their study mode, we are now available every Wednesday evening for face to face discussions in Leeds from 5.30pm - this service is also available for those interested in studying for CIM courses. To book an appointment please phone 01977 649000 or click to email. We will still meet students at other times and locations by arrangement so just let us know if you would like to discuss anything CIM related!

April 2010 - We are planning workshops for the old syllabus CIM Post-Graduate Diploma modules during May this year for the June exams - these are the last chance to take exams for the old syllabus so the only alternative is to take more of the new units! Please contact us for details of the planned workshops on 01977 649000 or click to email

April 2010 - Details of our Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing are now available - click here for full information.

February 2010 - The CIM e-Marketing Award is being phased out in June this year and is being replaced by two new, more comprehensive qualifications from CAM Foundation - the Diploma in Digital Marketing and the Diploma in Managing Digital Media. We have been accredited to deliver both these awards and will be running blended learning courses for them shortly, please enquire for full details - 01977 649000 or click to email

December 2009 - We have now been accredited for the CIM Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing, full details of the courses we will be running for this will be available shortly.

November 11, 2009 - More great news relating to student awards, a student taught by Andrew Sherratt, SPA Professional Academy Principal, in Kiev, Ukraine was awarded top International Student for Managing Marketing Performance at the CIM Graduation ceremony in Birmingham. Massive congratualtions to Natalia for this fantastic achievement. Here is Natalia at the graduation ceremony:

October 14, 2009 - Absolutely delighted to report that one of our students was awarded "Student of the year" for Post-Graduate by CIM Yorkshire and Humberside, congratulations to Alice, it is a very well deserved award for all the effort put in to gain the qualification.
It was also great to see that SPA Professional Academy tutors had an input to the teaching of all the students nominated for both Professional Post-Graduate Diploma and Professional Diploma awards so congratulations to the tutor team.

October 5, 2009 - We are taking bookings for Distance Learning for all levels of CIM study - Introductory Certificate in Marketing, Professional Certificate in Marketing, Professional Diploma in Marketing and Chartered Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing in addition to the e-Marketing award.
We are also taking enrolments for our weekend courses for the next semester start dates. Please contact us for more details - 01977 649000 or click to email

September 2009 - Weekend courses starting soon, book your place now.

August 2009 - We are now enrolling for Autumn term courses - weekend study options for CIM Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma are available, click on the links on the left for more details.

July 2009 - New website launch. It is not complete yet, but we will fill in the blanks shortly. Keep checking back for more details and to see other things we hope to add. Please keep up to date with us via our social networking site - links on the right.

For further details please contact us:

Tel: 01977 649000

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