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Our Training Courses

Land Quality Management courses are renowned for their quality. This comes from our approach to training. We always select top quality tutors with both the experience to communicate and the knowledge to share.

Unlike many of providers in the market who only provide their course notes electronically, LQM are committed to providing printed notes on the day of the course so that each delegate can make notes of the key issues for them.  We believe that this is essential for each delegate to be able to record their own personal learning points on a slide-by-slide basis for them to get the most from the training and help them implement the benefits in their day-to-day job. We also recommend that delegates review the course notes within 24 hours and again 1 week and 1 month after attending one of our courses as this helps reinforce recall of the material covered, thereby maximising the benefit of attendance.

The following courses are currently available, but we can also run bespoke courses tailored to your exact requirements.

We also currently delivering contaminated land training on behalf of the following 3rd party organisations:

• Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (EMAQ)

Discounts

We offer a number of discounts on our courses - Please see individual course brochures for specific details.

We appreciate that public sector organisations are under significant budgetary constraints and find commercial rates for training unaffordable.  Consequently, it is our normal policy to offer a significant discount to public sector organisations, such as local authorities, HPA, Environment Agency etc.  Please note that these discounts apply only to direct employees of these organisations and not to 3rd parties employed by the public sector.

In general, we also offer discounts where three or more places at the full (private sector) rate are booked together.  Please note that such discounts are based on the cost savings made by processing a single booking form and are only available where multiple delegates are booked onto a course and a single invoice is issued.  Bulk discounts are only available where 

Several of our courses are accredited with The Geological Society of London.  For these courses a discount of 10% is offered to Geological Society members (subject to submission of proof of membership).  This discount is not available on unaccredited courses.

How to book

Booking forms for each course are included within the course brochure. Please download the relevant brochure (see above), complete the booking form and return the completed  form to us using the instructions on the form.  Please note that for QA purposes we can only accept bookings on an official booking form, which can be returned by email, fax or post.  Bookings cannot be accepted over the phone etc.

Unfortunately, we must insist that payment must be received prior to attendance on the course commencing.  Payment is accepted by purchase order/invoice (please note the invoice must be settled prior to the course) , cheque or credit card.

Once we have received your booking, we will confirm the booking by email using the delegate's email address provided on the booking form.  If confirmation has not been received in a timely fashion, please contact us to confirm receipt.

Joining instructions will subsequently be emailed to the delegate prior to the course.

Bespoke courses

We are aware that travel and accomodation costs can be a significant factor in deciding whether or not to attend a training course (especially for multiple delegate groups), and that time away from the office is at a premium for many of our delegates.  Furthermore, some delegates find that our standard courses do not offer an exact match with their training needs.  Consequently, we also offer bespoke courses delivered at a location organised by yourselves; either  using standard course materials or developed specifically to met your needs. 

The costs of such training will depend on a number of factors, such as location and preparation time etc. and the number of delegates.  However, to make such courses cost effective a minimum of 10 delegates are usually required.  A number of local authorities who have organised bespoke courses for their staff and also invited staff from surrounding authorities in order to ensure the affordability of the event.

If you are interested in a bespoke course, please contact us  to discuss your requirements and potential costs

University of Nottingham: MRes in Contaminated Land Management

Please note that the course is not administered by LQM and we are unable to answer any queries relating to the MRes. All inquiries for further details should be addressed to Professor Nathanail (paul@lqm.co.uk) at the University of Nottingham - contact details can be obtained from the University website.

Paul Nathanail established an MSc in Contaminated Land Management while at Nottingham Trent University and brought the course with him when he moved to his current post at School of Geography, University of Nottingham.

In 2006, the course was modified to an MRes (Masters in Research) rather than an MSc as this allowed the course to be run with less residential time at the University making the course more amenable to consultants and other full-time professionals.

In 2010, the course was converted to entirely online delivery using interactive lectures, online webinars and one-to-one tutorials.

Full details of the current MRes course, including the downloadable brochure, are available on the University of Nottingham website.

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