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My nice-to-haves are as follows:
1. Short-to-medium term (3-6 months), preferably geared towards working professionals, as there are many times where I struggle to find time for other pursuits due to work commitments taking far too much of my day;
2. Offered by a reputed institution, preferably an NLU or a well-regarded private university;
3. Subject matters being as aforementioned: B&F, DCM/ECM, fintech, tech, data (in order of importance/preference). More general subjects like, say, drafting or something like that, are not preferred per se, but I will consider if they are genuinely good quality and may be useful in some way to my practice;
4. I would give more importance to quality of learning than solely the reputation of the institution, as I am genuinely looking to better understand and gain mastery over the practice areas/subjects I have mentioned - CV value is important, but secondary to me at this stage;
5. Fee isn't really an issue - I am trying to think of this as an investment for upskilling - but I would appreciate suggestions that are reasonable, or at least good value-for-money.
Helpful, non-judgmental suggestions would be appreciated! I am a bit hesitant to reach out here, as I have seen too many cynical/rude/unhelpful responses to similar questions across this platform, but I can't really think of another place to put this up :P I am somewhat neurodivergent, so simply reading in my free time with no specific, set goal demotivates me and I lose steam and attention, which is why I am specifically looking for structured courses. Many thanks in advance.
If anyone has any information on the quality of these, especially the latter BSE one, I would be very grateful to know more. Thanks.