HOSPA, the Hospitality Professionals Association, has opened up its educational courses, welcoming a fresh intake of learners and waiving the usual twice annual registration process in a move that will enable furloughed colleagues to learn and enhance their hospitality careers during lockdown

Learners can only enrol on HOSPA courses in March and August

Course tutors, who deliver online learning, are ready to receive applicants with revised coursework timetables, while HOSPA, which usually requires course payments up front, is allowing those on furlough to pay in instalments.

HOSPA offers a variety of educational courses across finance and revenue management; courses which furnish participants with the relevant tools to excel in their hospitality careers

As part of enrolment, applicants get access to a wealth of online learning with over 5,000 titles in HOSPA's online journal entries, along with guides to various aspects of hospitality learning. The courses start from £820+VAT.

Jane Pendlebury, CEO of HOSPA, said: "Hospitality is going through an incredibly tough time at present, with many colleagues currently furloughed. Usually, with our HOSPA courses, applicants are juggling coursework with their day job.