Career Development
Retail Trust can assist with funding for qualifications and courses. From GCSEs and NVQs right across the board to Masters Degrees, we support people in achieving their potential in a retail career.
Please call the Helpline on 0808 801 0808 to find out if we can help you with your career development. If funding is a problem, or there are other issues such as childcare, Retail Trust still might be able to help.
Some of the courses we provide scholarships for every year are intensive course run by the British Shops and Stores Association:
bssa Oxford Masters Forum - 22 - 25 March 2010
In association with Skillsmart Retail, Retail Trust offers people in retail – particularly store, area and regional managers – scholarships to the development programme run by the British Shops and Stores Association (bssa) at the University of Oxford. This is designed to enhance commercial expertise and retail effectiveness by exploring present and future prospects and challenges. Attendees benefit from the insights of world class speakers who have previously included leading figures from Accenture, House of Fraser, HMV and Zara. For more information, please visit the Oxford Retail Masters Forum website.
Applications for this year's course are now closed. To enquire about bssa Oxford Masters Forum in 2011, please call the Retail Trust Helpline 0808 801 0808.
"I would like pass on my sincere thanks for the opportunity that Retail Trust has given me with the bursary. The course was very comprehensive, rewarding and informative. I have had the opportunity to meet like minded people from similar backgrounds and through networking and attending lectures we were able to take inspiration that would work in our individual businesses.” Steve Derrick
bssa Summer School - 21 - 27 August 2010
This August will see the 80th anniversary of Oxford Summer School, the week-long residential Summer School, held at Oxford’s picturesque Keble College, prides itself on endeavouring to be the 'cutting edge' of retailing. Normally costing more than £1,550, Skillsmart Retail and Retail Trust are offering ten bursaries to up-and-coming managerial talent. To apply for one of the free places, please call the Retail Trust Helpline 0808 801 0808.
Skills include how to manage people, money, marketing, merchandise and retail space and include exercises, lectures and tutorials led by retail experts, presentations from leading retail figures, team-building events and social activities aimed at delivering an inspirational experience to help each delegate realise their potential.
Speakers are to be confirmed, but last year’s line-up included Mosaic Group Chief Executive Derek Lovelock and Furniture Village MD Peter Harrison.
For more information, please visit the Oxford Summer School website.
“Summer School helped me achieve my personal objectives through the combination of fantastic, uplifting, and inspiring lectures, and challenging but enjoyable exercises. A life changing experience.” Kate Campbell
"A life changing experience! Now I can get to where I want to go with my career."
