At the start of the course all trainees will be issued with an Mp3 player. Uploaded onto each Mp3 player will be background notes, pre-read material, course summaries and additional material like political speeches.

The Mp3s will aid trainees as they prepare for their modules in an easy and effective way, and will support the background and pre-read papers.

To listen to the Mp3s simply click on one of the links below and it will open in your browser. To save an mp3 on to your computer, right-click the link and select "Save target as" or "Save link as" from the menu.

1. A History of the Civil Service - Intro
2. Six Ethical Principles
3. The Civil Service Commission
4. The Fulton Report
5. Executive Agencies
6. The Future Civil Service - Modernising Government
7. Capability Reviews
8. Professional Skills for Government
9. Civil Service Grades
10. History of Parliament - Pre 20th Century
11. 20th Century
12. Central Departments and Offices
13. Functional Departments
14. Territorial Departments
15. Legal Departments and Offices
16. Parliamentary Offices
17. Multi purpose Offices
18. Executive Agencies
19. Non departmental Public Bodies
20. Central Departments and Offices
21. Functional Departments
22. Territorial Departments
23. Legal Departments and Offices
24. Parliamentary Offices
25. Multi purpose Public Offices
26. Executive Agencies
27. Non ministerial Departments
28. Non departmental Public Bodies
29. Comparative Grades between Civil Service and Business

30. The Special Adviser - Appointments
31. The Special Adviser - Roles
32. The Private Secretary and the Private Office
33. The Private Secretary
34. Diary Secretary
35. The Parliamentary Private Secretary
36. The PPSs Role
37. The Departmental Parliamentary Clerk
38. Cabinet
39. Cabinet Powers
40. Cabinet Committees
41. Miscellaneous Groups
42. Consultative Committees
43. Bilateral Meetings
44. Cabinet Secretariat
45. Ministers
46. Whips
47. Acts of Parliament
48. House of Commons
49. House of Lords
50. Secondary Legislation
51. Negative Resolution
52. Affirmative Resolution
53. Other Statutory Instruments
54. Devolved Administrations - Scotland
55. Wales
56. Northern Ireland
57. History of the EU - Beginnings
58. History of the EU - 1973
59. History of the EU - 1980s
60. History of the EU - Modern Day Membership

61. constructing submission basics
62. constructing submission beginning
63. constructing submission end
64. constructing submission intro
65. constructing submission middle
66. constructing submission yourbeginning
67. delivering oral briefing atbriefing
68. delivering oral briefing overview
69. delivering oral briefing planning
70. delivering oral briefing structure
71. drafting submission intro person a
72. drafting submission person b
73. drafting submission person c
74. idea generation
75. intro
76. research
77. submission
78. oral briefing tips
79. six steps intro
80. six steps step 1
81. six steps step 2
82. six steps step 3
83. six steps step 4
84. six steps step 5
85. six steps step 6