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Governance, Risk and Compliance - April 2026

Course releases in Governance, Risk and Compliance for April.

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Written by Bethany Harp
Updated over a week ago

What’s being released in April?

We are pleased to announce the titles that we have been working on this month:

  • Social Media Awareness

  • Probationary Periods

  • An Introduction to ISO Certification

  • Consumer Rights for Retailers (Goods)

  • Consumer Rights for Retailers (Services)

  • Consumer Rights for Retailers (Digital)

  • Autism Awareness

  • Gender Identity and Expression

  • Business Compliance Essentials

  • GDPR for Managers

  • An Introduction to SSIP Certification

  • Anger Management in the Workplace

  • Domestic Abuse in the Workplace (An International Guide)

These titles are brand new have been reviewed by our subject matter experts to ensure regulatory compliance.


What’s changed in our catalogue?

Here is an overview of the changes across the catalogue.

Title and Course ID

What’s Changed?

Social Media Awareness

GRC_SocMedAw

Social media is part of everyday life, but the line between personal and professional online presence has never been more blurred. What you post on your personal accounts can have serious consequences for your career, and employers face complex legal obligations when managing employee social media conduct.

Through expert insights, real scenarios, and actionable frameworks, you'll gain the knowledge to make informed decisions about your digital footprint and understand your rights and responsibilities in this evolving landscape.

Probationary Periods

GRC_ProbPer

This course provides essential guidance on probationary periods for all UK professionals. Whether you're currently on probation, managing someone through their probation, or overseeing probation policies, you'll learn about your legal rights, employer obligations, and best practice approaches.

An Introduction to ISO Certification

GRC_IntroISOCert

This course explains why ISO certification matters to you and to your organisation. You'll discover how ISO standards support business excellence, help meet UK statutory requirements, and prepare you for ISO certification or audits.

Consumer Rights for Retailers (Goods)

GRC_CRRGoods

This course gives UK retail staff a clear understanding of consumer rights for physical goods. You'll build confidence in handling returns, resolving complaints, and staying compliant while supporting both customers and your business.

Consumer Rights for Retailers (Digital)

GRC_CRRDigital

In this course you'll learn what counts as digital content under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, the quality standards you must meet, how to manage customer complaints, and your transparency obligations under new legislation.

The course covers CMA enforcement powers and penalties for non-compliance, ensuring you understand both your legal responsibilities and the consequences of getting it wrong.

Consumer Rights for Retailers (Services)

GRC_CRRServices

This course cuts through the legal complexity of consumer rights for retailers to give you practical, immediately applicable guidance. You'll learn when consumer protection laws apply to your work, what your legal obligations are when delivering services, and exactly how to handle complaints, pricing, reviews, and subscriptions in line with current UK law.

Autism Awareness

GRC_Autism

This essential course provides UK professionals with practical knowledge about autism in the workplace. You'll learn to recognise autism characteristics, understand the unique strengths autistic people bring to your organisation, and apply your legal duties under the Equality Act 2010. Through real-world scenarios and practical examples, you'll gain confidence in making reasonable adjustments from recruitment through to career progression, helping to unlock the potential of autistic talent in your workplace.

Gender Identity and Expression

GRC_GenderIE

This course builds understanding of gender identity and expression whilst ensuring compliance with UK equality law. You'll explore key concepts, terminology and lived experiences of gender-diverse individuals. You'll learn your legal duties following the April 2025 Supreme Court clarification, and develop practical skills to create inclusive environments that balance dignity, respect and statutory obligations.

Business Compliance Essentials

GRC_BCE

Compliance isn't just a legal obligation — it's everyone's responsibility. This course gives you a clear, practical overview of eight key areas of UK compliance law, from cyber security and data protection to fraud, modern slavery, and whistleblowing.

Across four short modules, you'll learn to recognise the warning signs of non-compliance, understand what the law requires of you and your organisation, and know when and how to raise a concern.

GDPR for Managers

GRC_GDPRMGR

This essential course equips UK managers with practical knowledge to handle data protection responsibilities confidently. Building on foundational GDPR awareness, you'll learn manager-specific duties including responding to data breaches and Subject Access Requests, determining lawful bases for processing, and managing your team's compliance in remote working environments. Through real-world scenarios and expert guidance, you'll develop the skills to make sound data protection decisions that protect both individuals and your organisation.

An Introduction to SSIP Certification

GRC_IntroSSIP

If you work as a contractor or subcontractor in the UK, you've probably been asked to provide an SSIP certificate before you can even tender for a job. This course explains exactly what SSIP certification is, why clients require it, and how to get it. You'll learn what assessors look for, what documents you need to prepare, and how to choose the right member scheme for your business. By the end, you'll be ready to approach your SSIP application with confidence.

Anger Management in the Workplace

GRC_ANGMAN

Workplace anger is more common than most organisations acknowledge. Research from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) shows that work-related stress, which anger is closely linked to, affects nearly 800,000 UK workers every year. When anger goes unmanaged, it escalates into conflict, disciplinary action, grievances, and in some cases, legal claims.

This course gives you the tools to recognise, manage, and respond to anger at work, whether it is your own or someone else's. It is built around real UK workplace scenarios and grounded in your legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the HSE Stress Management Standards.

Domestic Abuse in the Workplace: An International Guide

GRC_DAITWAIG

Globally, one in three women and one in four men will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime (World Health Organization, 2021). That means it is already present in your workplace, whether anyone has spoken about it or not. The question is not whether you will ever encounter it. The question is whether you will be ready when you do.

This course gives managers and staff the awareness and practical tools to recognise signs of domestic abuse, respond to disclosures safely, and understand your organisation's responsibilities.

📌Note: For LMS and Partners/ContentServe, minor updates are automatic, and for Safety Media, once you have completed it, the next launch will show the updated version.


Do I need to do anything with updated content?

LMS

The currently active course has been updated to include the new modules and removed the older ones. To see the changes, you will need to reset users either manually or via registration rules.

SafetyMedia

If you are already on the older course, once you have completed it, the next launch will show the updated version.

Partners/ContentServe

If you are already on the older course, once you have completed it and are reset, you will see the newest version.


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