45 minutes · free · certificate valid 1 year

AI Governance for Managers

For managers and decision-makers: why individual good sense isn't enough once AI use spreads across a team, what the EU AI Act and the UK's principles-based approach mean in practice, how to write a workable AI policy and assess vendors, and how to run AI use day to day with real oversight. Finish the final assessment with a score of 75% or higher to earn a certificate, valid for one year.

Done this course before, or already know the material? You can go straight to the final assessment and renew your certificate without re-reading the lessons.

Who it's for: Managers, team leads, and decision-makers in UK organisations who are responsible for how AI tools are adopted, approved, and overseen at work.

What you'll learn

• Explain why individual good sense does not add up to organisational control of AI use.
• Describe the EU AI Act's risk tiers and the UK's principles-based approach at a working level.
• Write a proportionate AI acceptable use policy and assess an AI vendor's data handling terms.
• Apply human oversight, a use case register, and honest value measurement to day-to-day AI use.
• Respond to AI incidents correctly, including assessing potential personal data breaches under UK GDPR.

What you'll cover

1. 1

   Why AI needs governing

   The gap between individual sensible use and organisational control, the risks that gap creates, and why governance should enable rather than block.

2. 2

   The regulatory landscape

   The EU AI Act in outline, the UK's principles-based approach, and where UK GDPR and sector regulators fit in.

3. 3

   Building your AI policy and approving tools

   What a workable acceptable use policy contains, how to assess an AI vendor, and when a DPIA and a pilot are needed.

4. 4

   Running AI day to day

   Oversight, accountability, training, monitoring, incidents, honest measurement, and keeping the policy current.

5. 5

   Putting it into practice

   Short workplace scenarios that test how you would apply this course in real situations.

6. 6

   Final assessment

   20 questions drawn at random from the full question bank. Score 75% or higher to earn your certificate.