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The modular structure of these courses allows participants to develop specialist knowledge and skills in behaviour change according to their areas of interest.
Advanced modules
Booking is now open for our advanced modules. These will all take place online via Zoom.
Influencing decision-making and motivation
Decision-making and motivation are key drivers of human behaviour. We make decisions all the time, from the everyday (What shall I eat for breakfast?) to the momentous (Shall I take my country to war?). Robert West, a founder of the PRIME Theory of motivation and the COM-B model of behaviour will provide participants with a new framework for understanding decision-making and guide participants step-by-step on a tour of human motivation and how it can be influenced through education, persuasion, reward, punishment, imitation, rules, environmental cues, emotional support and by training habits and self-regulation skills. The module will be interactive and include plenty of time for discussion. It will use real-world examples of decisions, and provide a toolkit for analysing these and wider motivations with a view to influencing them.
Date: 1 July 2025
Time: On Zoom from 10am-4pm, with 30 minutes for lunch and 15-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon.
Facilitator: Professor Robert West
Book on the UCL Store.
Principles and Practice of Behavioural Systems Mapping
A key task in developing behaviour change interventions is to answer the question of who and what should we focus our intervention on in order to achieve our goal. Behaviours form parts of interacting systems that evolve over time, and the choice of behavioural and population targets can usefully be informed by modelling the causal influences in those systems: a process that can be described as behavioural systems mapping. This module takes participants through the principles of systems thinking, how they can be applied to behavioural systems through methods of behavioural systems mapping, and how to analyse and interpret behavioural systems maps. It equips participants with the knowledge and skills required to begin to create and use behavioural systems maps using freely available software.
The module is interactive and includes practical sessions in which participants can work together to familiarise themselves with both the principles and practice of creating behavioural systems maps.
Date: 3 July 2025
Time: On Zoom from 10am-4pm, with 30 minutes for lunch and 15-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon.
Facilitators: Dr Vivi Antonopoulou, Professor Robert West
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Improving methods for selecting and specifying behaviour change techniques: Applying the Behaviour Change Techniques Ontology (BCTO)
Developing effective behaviour change interventions requires selecting appropriate behaviour change techniques (BCTs), the smallest active intervention components. The BCT Taxonomy v1 has been widely used to specify and define BCTs in interventions. Participants will be introduced to the Behaviour Change Techniques Ontology (BCTO), an updated method of specifying and describing BCTs. Building on the widely used BCT Taxonomy v1, this ontology provides a more comprehensive and precise tool for selecting, specifying and synthesising BCTs. The session will provide guidance to apply the BCTO and its online tools to research and practice, transitioning from taxonomy to ontology. This guidance will include how to use the ontology to select, precisely describe and synthesise information about BCTs. The session will also explore the potential of ontologies for interdisciplinary communication and advanced data analysis.
Date: 22 and 23 October 2025 (half day)
Time: On Zoom from 12:30-4:30pm (UK time), with 20-minute break each afternoon
Facilitators: Dr Marta Marques, Dr Paulina Schenk, Dr Maya Braun & Dr Carolina Silva
Book on the UCL Store - early bird rates end 31 August. Book early to receive priority access to register for the free CACTISS Tool Workshop.
CACTISS Tool Workshop
Professor Robert West will be delivering an advanced workshop on CACTISS (COM-B Assessment Criteria To Intervention Strategy Spreadsheet). Participants must have attended our introductory and/or intermediate course, or one of our BCTO training courses or the BCTTv1 training. This session will build on what you have learnt about behaviour change techniques (BCTs), demonstrating how the CACTISS Tool provides a step-by-step method for identifying what aspects of capability, opportunity and motivation to target and how to use this to select appropriate BCTs.
Date: 29 October 2025
Time: On Zoom from 2-4:30pm (UK time)
Facilitators: Professor Robert West
Participants of the BCTO workshop will receive early access to book onto this free workshop. Bookings will open to all after 31 August, if spaces are still available.
Booking Fees
July 2025 modules
| Attendee Category | Standard price per module |
|---|---|
| Low, middle-income countries: university, third sector & public sector** | £250 |
| Universities, third sector, small enterprises and start-ups (<50 employees) | £400 |
| Public sector and medium enterprises (50-249 employees) | £500 |
| Large enterprises (250+ employees) | £800 |
BCTO module - October 2025
| Attendee Category | Early bird rate (until 31 August) | Standard price |
|---|---|---|
| LMIC countries (university, third sector & public sector) & Students | £200 | £250 |
| Standard rate | £320 | £400 |
**The LMIC rate is only available to participants who are based or work in an OECD-identified Low and Middle Income Country - if you are unsure about this, please consult this list on the Wellcome website.
If your organisation is already a UCL customer, we can invoice your organisation upon receiving a Purchase Order. Please include the participant's name, email address, correct registration fee rate, and invoice contact information in your purchase order, and email it to behaviourchange@ucl.ac.uk.
Cancellation Policy
- Delegates are entitled to a full refund, providing they request a cancellation within 7 days of booking.
- After 7 days of the booking, and up to 15 days before the event, delegates can request to cancel the booking and will be entitled to a refund of 80% of the total booking price.
- If there are 14 days or less to the event delegates can cancel their bookings but are not entitled to a refund.
- Please note that delegates booking within 14 days or less of the event can still cancel, but unlike point 1 where they would be entitled to a full refund, delegates will not be entitled to a refund.