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BCS Practitioner Certificate in Freedom of Information
ONLINE LIVE ATTENDED COURSE

BCS Practitioner Certificate in Freedom of Information

A practitioner level certificate in Freedom of Information covering the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and other associated legislation. Designed for candidates managing or responding to requests for information from the public or working in this subject area, for instance Information Managers or Freedom of Information (FOI) Practitioners.

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BCS Practitioner Certificate in Freedom of Information

COURSE DELIVERY

Online Live Attended

COURSE LEVEL

Advanced

COURSE LENGTH

5 day course delivered live online

PRICE PER PERSON

£1,850.00 excl VAT

COURSE TAGS

Advanced•BCS•Certificated•FOI•Freedom of information•Online Live Attended•Practitioner•SFIA Level 4

BCS Practitioner Certificate in Freedom of Information

Course Overview

Course Includes 

Course handbook (hard copy), BCS registration and assessment fees

Certification Award

BCS Practitioner Certificate

Prerequisites

None
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Course Description

The BCS Practitioner Certificate in Freedom of Information is designed for candidates who have responsibility for managing or responding to Freedom of Information and subject access requests. Although not essential, it would be beneficial for candidates to have some knowledge of relevant legislation and the practical application of same in the workplace.

This course is delivered by Liz Taylor and Frank Rankin over five days. Completion of the course materials equates to approximately 40hrs of study. Please see above for our upcoming course dates.

We like to keep our training as interactive as possible and therefore limit our face-to-face course size to a maximum of eight attendees. This allows everyone to participate and gives us the opportunity to answer your questions throughout the course.

Supporting materials that accompany this course are available in digital and hard copy formats and we recommend you order a set of hard copy materials. There is no additional cost for this. Please note that if you order digital only, we will still require an address for your course handbook which is currently only available in hard copy.

Please note the BCS refresh the practitioner certificate syllabus every 6 months. Online on demand content will be updated to reflect the current syllabus and you should check you have covered the current syllabus prior to sitting your assessment.

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Course Content

Legislation, codes of practice and ethics

An understanding of legislation, codes of practice and ethics within public authorities as well as an understanding of the scope and principles of the Freedom of Information Act.

Freedom of Information Officer

Understand the obligations and responsibilities of an FOI officer, and others who work with the legislation.

Disclosure, non-disclosure and exemptions

Practical understanding of disclosure, non-disclosure and exemptions in relation to FOI requests. Looking at and understanding key legislation including the Environmental Information Regulations and Data Protection

Enforcement and Appeals

Looking at the enforcement powers, offences in relation to the disclose of information and the appeals process.

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Throughout 2025, Tkm & Associates will be supporting the palliative care sector as our charity partners.

For every live attended course booking (public and in-house), practitioner and foundation online on-demand courses we receive, Tkm & Associates will credit 10% of the booking value into a pool to support information governance training for practitioners in the palliative care sectors. This will allow data protection officers, Caldicott Guardians, and records managers working in hospices and other parts of third-sector palliative care services to choose and book a range of our live and on-demand training at either heavily subsidised or no cost, depending on course choice.

When you choose Tkm & Associates as your information governance training partner, you are helping a key and under-resourced care sector.