British Instituteof Beauty & Aesthetics
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Accredited training · Nottingham & the Midlands

Train to be a practitionerthe industry takes seriously.

The British Institute of Beauty & Aesthetics delivers six-month, on-site diplomas in beauty therapy and aesthetic practice — accredited by the Institute itself, and insurable through us the day you qualify. Small groups, real treatment rooms, and a payment plan built around real life.

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Diploma length
6 months
Deposits from
£250
Payment plan
6 months
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Training across

NottinghamBirminghamLiverpoolLeicesterDerbyLincolnNewarkGranthamSkegness

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Accredited by the Institute

Qualifications awarded and accredited by our own board, so your certificate carries the Institute's mark.

Insurable on qualification

Practitioner insurance arranged through the Institute the day you qualify. No third-party accreditation needed.

Interest-free payment plans

A deposit secures your place, with the balance split evenly across six months at no extra cost.

Eight students per group

Small-group practical training with a tutor's hands on yours, not lecture-hall teaching.

The flagship programmes

Two six-month diplomas. One standard.

Both diplomas are taught on site in small groups, accredited by the Institute, and payable by deposit plus six interest-free monthly payments.

All courses
Full Beauty Therapy Diploma training
£500 deposit

Full Beauty Therapy Diploma

Six months of hands-on training that takes you from complete beginner to a confident, insurable beauty therapist. You will learn the treatments clients actually book week in, week out, and how to deliver them to a professional standard in a real treatment room.

  • Small-group practical training with a maximum of eight students per group
  • Full anatomy, physiology and skin science taught alongside the practical work
  • Client care, consultation, contraindications and record keeping
  • Price lists, retail, rebooking and building a client base from nothing
6 monthsOn site, weekly

Deposit today

£500

Then monthly

£500

× 6 months

Course total£3,500
Pay deposit & enrol
Full Aesthetics Practitioner Diploma training
£250 deposit

Full Aesthetics Practitioner Diploma

A six-month aesthetics programme covering advanced skin, injectable support treatments and the clinical discipline that separates a safe practitioner from an unqualified one. Delivered in small groups with intensive supervised practical sessions.

  • Advanced skin science, skin analysis and treatment planning
  • Clinical hygiene, sharps handling, consent and complication management
  • Supervised practical sessions in a clinical-standard training room
  • Client management, before-and-afters, pricing and aftercare protocols
6 monthsOn site, weekly

Deposit today

£250

Then monthly

£400

× 6 months

Course total£2,650
Pay deposit & enrol

The full course list

Specialist diplomas for every treatment list

Shorter accredited programmes for nail, skin, lash and brow, massage, SPMU and refresher training — all taught on site, all insurable, all payable monthly.

Complete Nail Technician Diploma training at the British Institute of Beauty and AestheticsNails

Complete Nail Technician Diploma

Manicure, gel polish, extensions and nail art — a full nail price list in twelve weeks.

12 weeks

Deposit

£200

£132.50 × 6 months interest-free

Total£995

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Advanced Skin & Facials Diploma training at the British Institute of Beauty and AestheticsSkin

Advanced Skin & Facials Diploma

Treat acne, pigmentation and ageing skin with real protocols rather than guesswork.

10 weeks

Deposit

£250

£157.50 × 6 months interest-free

Total£1,195

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Lash & Brow Artistry Diploma training at the British Institute of Beauty and AestheticsLash & Brow

Lash & Brow Artistry Diploma

Classic, hybrid and volume lashes plus laminations and brow design.

8 weeks

Deposit

£150

£107.50 × 6 months interest-free

Total£795

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Massage & Holistic Therapies Diploma training at the British Institute of Beauty and AestheticsMassage

Massage & Holistic Therapies Diploma

Full body massage, aromatherapy and holistic treatments for spa and clinical settings.

12 weeks

Deposit

£200

£150 × 6 months interest-free

Total£1,100

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Semi-Permanent Make-Up Masterclass training at the British Institute of Beauty and AestheticsSPMU

Semi-Permanent Make-Up Masterclass

Brows, lips and eyeliner delivered to a medically-informed standard.

12 weeks

Deposit

£350

£250 × 6 months interest-free

Total£1,850

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Advanced Aesthetics & Injectables training at the British Institute of Beauty and AestheticsAesthetics

Advanced Aesthetics & Injectables

For qualified practitioners ready to build a full aesthetics treatment menu.

16 weeks

Deposit

£500

£525 × 6 months interest-free

Total£3,650

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Refresher & Conversion Courses training at the British Institute of Beauty and AestheticsRefresher

Refresher & Conversion Courses

Already qualified but not insurable, not confident, or trained abroad?

4 weeks

Deposit

£150

£57.50 × 6 months interest-free

Total£495

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Not sure which programme fits what you want to do? Book onto an enrolment day and a tutor will map it out with you in person.

Book an enrolment day

Enrolment days

Come to site, meet the tutors, pay your deposit and enrol.

Every month we open the doors of the academy for enrolment days across the Midlands, Merseyside and Lincolnshire. Reserve your place in advance so a tutor is free to sit with you.

All enrolment days

Nottingham

Headquarters

14 places

Saturday 7 November 2026

11:00 – 15:00

Institute Academy, Nottingham

Deposit from £250 on the day

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Birmingham

Regional academy

12 places

Saturday 14 November 2026

11:00 – 15:00

Central Birmingham venue

Deposit from £250 on the day

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Liverpool

Regional academy

12 places

Saturday 21 November 2026

11:00 – 15:00

Central Liverpool venue

Deposit from £250 on the day

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Leicester

Enrolment centre

10 places

Saturday 28 November 2026

11:00 – 15:00

Central Leicester venue

Deposit from £250 on the day

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Derby

Enrolment centre

10 places

Saturday 5 December 2026

11:00 – 15:00

Central Derby venue

Deposit from £250 on the day

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Lincoln

Enrolment centre

10 places

Saturday 12 December 2026

11:00 – 15:00

Central Lincoln venue

Deposit from £250 on the day

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What happens on an enrolment day

  1. 01

    Meet the tutors and walk the training rooms

  2. 02

    See the kits, equipment and treatment rooms you will be learning in

  3. 03

    Complete your enrolment form and pay your deposit on the day

  4. 04

    Choose your start date and set up your six-month payment plan

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Accreditation & insurance

Qualified, then accredited, then insured — all through one Institute.

Most training providers teach a course and leave you to find accreditation and insurance elsewhere. We run our own accreditation board, so the pathway from student to practising, insured practitioner stays inside the Institute.

01

Train

Six months on site, one day a week, in a group capped at eight students. Anatomy, practical technique and professional standards taught together.

02

Qualify

Practical assessments, case studies and a final examination. You leave with the Institute diploma and a full treatment list you can deliver.

03

Be accredited

You are registered as an accredited practitioner with the British Institute of Beauty & Aesthetics and can carry the Institute mark on your marketing.

04

Be insured

Insurance is available through the Institute's practitioner scheme, so you can take paying clients as soon as your certificate is issued.

How accreditation works

Payment plans

A deposit today. Six months to pay the rest. No interest, ever.

Choose your programme and see exactly what you would pay. The deposit secures your place at enrolment, then the balance is split into equal monthly payments that come out on the same date each month.

  • Interest-free — the monthly total always matches the course price
  • No credit check and no finance company involved
  • Pay the balance off early at any time with no penalty
  • Receipts and a payment schedule issued at enrolment
Spread the balance over6 months
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Deposit
£500
Monthly
£500
Course total
£3,500

Standard terms for this programme: £500 deposit, then £500 for 6 months.

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Where we train

Beauty and aesthetics training across nine locations

Nottingham is our headquarters and main academy, with accredited training and enrolment days delivered across the Midlands, Merseyside and the Lincolnshire coast.

Headquarters

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire · East Midlands

Nottingham is the Institute's home. All full-time diploma teaching, enrolment days and examinations run from the Nottingham academy, and it is where the largest number of our courses are delivered each month.

Enrolment days in Nottingham
Regional academy

Birmingham

West Midlands

Birmingham enrolment days and intensive practical weekends serve students across the West Midlands, running alongside Nottingham for practitioners working in the city centre and the surrounding boroughs.

Enrolment days in Birmingham
Regional academy

Liverpool

Merseyside

Liverpool students train on the same accredited programmes as Nottingham, with regional enrolment days and practical blocks so you are not travelling across the country every week.

Enrolment days in Liverpool
Enrolment centre

Leicester

Leicestershire · East Midlands

Leicester sits between our Nottingham and Birmingham academies, making it one of the easiest places in the Midlands to start a diploma and still be home the same evening.

Enrolment days in Leicester
Enrolment centre

Derby

Derbyshire

Derby students are served by regular enrolment days and the Nottingham academy thirty minutes away, covering every beauty and aesthetics programme the Institute offers.

Enrolment days in Derby
Enrolment centre

Lincoln

Lincolnshire

From Lincoln we run enrolment days and practical training for students across Lincolnshire, including the beauty and nail programmes taught on site and in the academy.

Enrolment days in Lincoln
Enrolment centre

Newark

Nottinghamshire

Newark-on-Trent is on the doorstep of our Nottingham academy, and students here frequently join the full six-month diplomas with the shortest travel of any of our locations.

Enrolment days in Newark
Enrolment centre

Grantham

Lincolnshire

Grantham students enrol locally and train at Nottingham, with enrolment days held in the town throughout the year so you can meet a tutor before you commit.

Enrolment days in Grantham
Enrolment centre

Skegness

Lincolnshire coast

For Skegness and the Lincolnshire coast we hold enrolment days in the town and arrange travel-friendly practical blocks, so coastal students are not left out of accredited training.

Enrolment days in Skegness

Questions

Everything people ask before they enrol

Still unsure? Message us and a tutor will answer properly — or come to an enrolment day and ask in person.

All questions

Next intake

Your place on the next Nottingham intake is one enrolment day away.

Reserve a slot at an enrolment day, meet the tutors, pay your deposit on the day and start within weeks.

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