Clinical Trials Coordination Certificate (CTCC)

The aim of this course is to standardise knowledge and practice so that study coordinators (bands 5 and 6) can function at the same high level – regardless of the size or maturity of their team – and add further value to research in their specialty area, team and trust.

The Clinical Trials Coordination Certificate (CTCC) is delivered across five sessions, by research delivery teams from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, based on their frontline experience in the UK’s largest NHS trust.

The sessions are a mix of virtual, self-directed learning and in-person. The course costs £575.

 

Topics covered:

  • Study set-up – including Schedule of Events Cost Attribution Tool (SoECAT) and Excess Treatment Costs (ETC), Platform Studies and Alternative Recruitment Methods
  • Grant applications
  • The Health Research Authority (HRA) and Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) process
  • Costings for research studies and managing budgets
  • Managing multi-centre studies
  • Monitoring
  • targets and reporting requirements
  • Amendments
  • Close down of studies and archiving
  • Intellectual Property (IP).

 

Please note, you must be able to attend all sessions of the course as it is not possible to catch up on missed sessions.

The 2024 September cohort is now fully booked.

 

2025 programme details:

March 2025 – **Course Fully Subscribed**

Session One – face-to-face

  • Location: Nowgen Centre, Oxford Road Campus, MFT
  • Date: Thursday 6 March 2025

Session Two – virtual

  • Location: MS Teams
  • Date: Tuesday 11 March 2025 AM

Session Three – virtual

  • Location: MS Teams
  • Date: Thursday 13 March 2025 PM

Session Four – virtual

  • Location: MS Teams
  • Date: Tuesday 18 March 2025 AM

Session Five – virtual

  • Location: MS Teams
  • Date: Thursday 20 March 2025 PM

 

October 2025

Session One – face-to-face

  • Location: Nowgen Centre, Oxford Road Campus, MFT
  • Date: Tuesday 14 October 2025

Session Two – virtual

  • Location: MS Teams
  • Date: Thursday 16 October 2025 AM

Session Three – virtual

  • Location: MS Teams
  • Date: Tuesday 21 October 2025 PM

Session Four – virtual

  • Location: MS Teams
  • Date: Thursday 23 October 2025 AM

Session Five – virtual

  • Location: MS Teams
  • Date: Tuesday 28 October 2025 PM

 

Email: bookings.nowgen@mft.nhs.uk to book your place on the course, or enquire about future dates.