Executive Certificate of Cognition

The Aventis Executive Education Series

This Executive Certification is part of our Aventis Executive Education Series, which collectively provides a robust platform for like-minded and talented senior executives across Asia to partake in collaborative learning.

Facilitated by reputable industry experts and partnered with the prestigious London Metropolitan University (LMU), our structured courses provide an excellent opportunity for you to enhance your professional skills and keep yourself updated with the latest industry insights, as a working professional. 

Get ready to learn, transform, and be empowered as a global leader of a smarter workforce.

Aventis Executive Education in Cognition

This module provides students with systematic understanding of theory and research relating to social cognition, social identity, and social behaviour.

Students will develop their understanding of key theories in cognitive psychology. Students' ability to think critically about these theories, especially in the context of empirical evidence will be facilitated. Research skills will be developed by running a cognitive psychology experiment and presenting these findings in a research report.

2023-2024 Course Schedule

This Aventis Executive Certification in Cognition is a structured program delivered across 4 days (2 blocks of Sat & Sun) with the upcoming schedule as follow:

• 04 & 05 Feb 2023 (Sat & Sun), 9.00am to 5.00pm
• 11 & 12 Feb 2023 (Sat & Sun), 9.00am to 5.00pm

The next session are as follow:

• 19 & 20 Aug 2023 (Sat & Sun), 9.00am to 5.00pm
• 26 & 27 Aug 2023 (Sat & Sun), 9.00am to 5.00pm

The next session are as follow:

• 02 & 03 Mar (Sat & Sun), 9.00am to 5.00pm
• 09 & 10 Mar (Sat & Sun), 9.00am to 5.00pm

In this 4-Day Executive Certification program, students will be equipped to learn the following:

1. Possess systematic in-depth knowledge and critical awareness of a range of core topic areas and related research in cognitive psychology;
2. be able to summarise and evaluate critically theoretical developments in cognitive psychology accounting for empirical evidence.
3. be able to investigate cognitive psychology phenomena using suitable subject relevant research methods and report findings in line with APA guidelines

“I thoroughly enjoyed this course and hope to expand my acquired knowledge further into practice. It has been an enriching experience especially for adult learners. The Lecturers’ considerations and efforts shaped and moulded us accordingly. My experience at Aventis has been very beneficial to me. The course was very interesting and the Lecturers were highly professional and qualified. I will definitely introduce this programmes and Aventis to my friends.”

— Ms. Stansy Stephen Manager Allcare Nursing Services

Dr Yip Wai Kin holds a PhD, Psychology, and a Master of Philosophy Psychology from University of Hong Kong. Dr Yip is a mental health practitioner/researcher dedicated to mindfulness-based interventions. With more than 10 years of experience in training, counselling and consulting, he is also a Certified mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) practitioner. Dr Yip Wai Kin and has conducted these training in a variety of settings such as schools, hospitals, community centers and business organizations.