Royal Society for Public Health · RQF Level 5
RSPH Level 5 Diploma In Arbitration
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 5
- Total credits47
- Guided learning330.5 hours
- Units in this qualification10
Awarded by Royal Society for Public Health · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Royal Society for Public Health registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Arbitration agreement and appointmentReal unit · Royal Society for Public Health
What you'll be able to do
- Know the requirements of an arbitration agreement
- Understand appointment procedures relating to arbitration
- Understand the jurisdiction, powers and duties of an arbitrator
Interlocutory applications and arbitration processReal unit · Royal Society for Public Health
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the arbitrator's powers and duties in procedural directions are applied in practice and in communications with the parties
- Understand how the arbitrator's powers and duties in interlocutory applications are applied in practice and in communications with the parties
Introduction to ArbitrationReal unit · Royal Society for Public Health
What you'll be able to do
- Know the situations that could occur that might result in arbitration being used to resolve disputes
- Understand the legal aspects of Arbitration
Requirements for preparation of a valid arbitration awardReal unit · Royal Society for Public Health
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legal requirements of a valid arbitration award
- Understand the requirements involved in interpreting the parties’ cases
The Application of English Law to ArbitrationReal unit · Royal Society for Public Health
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different branches of English law and their application to arbitration
- Understand how English laws are developed, enforced and administered
The Application of the Law of Contract to ArbitrationReal unit · Royal Society for Public Health
What you'll be able to do
- Know the principles that apply to the formation of contracts
- Know the rights and obligations of the parties to a contract
- Understand how terms may be incorporated into contracts
The Application of the Law of Evidence to ArbitrationReal unit · Royal Society for Public Health
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the underpinning principles of evidence
- Understand how the rules of evidence are applied to contested proceedings
The Application of the Law of Tort to ArbitrationReal unit · Royal Society for Public Health
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the range of torts recognised by law
- Understand the legal defences available for relevant tortious actions
- Know the remedies available for tortious actions
The process of ArbitrationReal unit · Royal Society for Public Health
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the initial procedures of the arbitration process
- Understand the process of arbitration subsequent to initial procedures
Write a valid arbitration awardReal unit · Royal Society for Public Health
What you'll be able to do
- Write a valid arbitration award on the substantive issue(s) in dispute
- Write an award on the allocation of costs
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 5 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this

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Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
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Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
Where this can lead
Trainee Solicitor (Arbitration Seat)
Your journey as a Trainee Solicitor is just the beginning. The skills you develop here will set you up for a long and successful career, whether you choose to become a leading arbitration Partner, an in-house counsel, or explore other exciting avenues within the legal sector. We're here to help you build that foundation.
See the whole journey →How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for RSPH Level 5 Diploma In Arbitration
10 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Royal Society for Public Health.
- Arbitration agreement and appointment
- Interlocutory applications and arbitration process
- Introduction to Arbitration
- Requirements for preparation of a valid arbitration award
- The Application of English Law to Arbitration
- The Application of the Law of Contract to Arbitration
and 4 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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