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Post-Graduate Diploma Strategic Leadership and Management (Apprenticeship) at Buckinghamshire New University

Buckinghamshire New University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

Our Level 7 Senior Leader Apprenticeship is a postgraduate programme which combines University based study alongside learning in the workplace, to enable the apprentice to gain a Post-Graduate Diploma in Strategic Leadership and Management. Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) offer a top up award of Master of Business Administration (MBA) at no additional cost. Senior Leaders are a key component of all types of business model where there is a workforce to lead, manage and support.

Faculty: Business Management and Marketing  |  Department: Apprenticeship Hub  |  Duration: 14 Months + 6 Months EPA + 6 Months MBA  |  Study mode: part-time (degree apprenticeship, work-based)  |  Intake: Autumn / Spring  |  Location: High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules include Leading and Developing Collaborative Working Teams, Strategic Project and Crisis Management, Business Operations, Resources, and Governance, Digital Business Reporting and Security, Financial Business Decision Making, Independent Work Based Research Proposal.

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Entry requirements

To be eligible for the Senior Leader Apprenticeship apprentices must meet the following requirements: Government approved Level 2 Maths and English Qualification (e.g. GCSE or Functional Skills). Candidates without level 2 English and Maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End-Point Assessment. Learners will typically have a Honours Degree and at least three years of good managerial experience. Those with no prior degree should have at least five years of good professional experience with managerial responsibilities. Apprentices must be employed in a related role, have the right to live and work in the UK and meet government apprenticeship funding rules (including at least 3 years UK residence).

Domestic applicants: GBP 14,000 for the whole programme. Total apprenticeship cost, normally paid by the employer through the Apprenticeship Levy or Co-Investment Fund Source

Intake: Autumn / Spring

Duration: 14 Months + 6 Months EPA + 6 Months MBA

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