Course summary
Our Senior Leader Apprenticeship aims to support organisations wanting to build leadership capability within their teams, and develop individuals into senior or strategic management roles. Funded by the Apprenticeship Levy, the Senior Leader Apprenticeship is a cost-effective way to develop your workforce and bring essential expertise into your organisation. Senior leaders are a key component within business and provide clear, inclusive and strategic leadership and direction within organisations. Our Level 7 Senior Leader Apprentice is designed to enable organisations of all sizes and sectors to build leadership potential and capabilities within their team. Studying predominantly online with additional on-campus learning opportunities, our apprenticeship maximises on-the-job learning and minimises time out the business, enabling apprentices to remain in the workplace applying their developed skills and knowledge, including:
- Leading individuals, teams and organisations to achieve organisational objectives
- Critically evaluating and developing strategic leadership objectives
- Making decisions and managing decision-making in an evidence-based way.
- Managing and integrating across functional and specialist areas, evidencing strategic leadership.
- Thinking about an inclusive and sustainable global economy and being generators of sustainable value for your organisation and society.
Assessment method
As leaders in distance learning management education, we know that flexible delivery is key for working professionals. When studying a module, each week you will either view a two-hour recorded lecture or participate in a one/two-hour live online seminar. These will be further supported by our online study guide, additional learning materials and online forum discussions with tutors and peers. Online teaching takes place via our Leicester learning environment, which also houses your learning materials. Live seminars are undertaken in small groups. During each module you will have the opportunity to participate in a residential workshop, held online in February and at our Brookfield campus in August. In addition you will also be invited to our annual Leicester Masterclass where you can learn and network with senior leaders from across the globe. Modules will be assessed through a mixture of individual and group assignments as well as online, open book-examinations (lasting 72-hours). Before an apprentices can progress onto the End-point assessment, we need to ensure that: The organisation is satisfied the apprentice is working at or above the occupational standard There is a portfolio of evidence submitted during the programme The apprentice has achieved English and Maths at Level 2. The End-point assessment takes place after the completion of the modules and consists of a strategic business proposal, presentation and professional discussion. All underpinned by the portfolio of evidence. As a distance learning student, you will have access to the University Library's electronic service, the Leicester Digital Library, which includes a large number of e-journals and e-books as well as access to the David Wilson Library at the University.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Chartered Management Institute
Entry requirements
You will need to have at least one of the following academic or professional qualifications: First or second class honours degree from a UK university, or Equivalent degree from a non-UK university or academic institution, or Postgraduate degree or diploma from a recognised institution (with the exception of senior leader qualifications), or Equivalent graduate level professional qualification, such as the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Chartered Certified Accountant qualification or Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Professional Qualification. You will also need a minimum of three years' appropriate and relevant management or professional postgraduate work experience. We will also require information of prior achievements and conduct a skills scan and initial interview to measure knowledge, skills and behaviours to verify the course suitability and to enable us to tailor individual plans. Apprentices will need to evidence they have achieved ESFA-approved Level 2 qualifications in English and Maths or ensure they are working towards Level 2 as part of the apprenticeship. English Language Requirements: IELTS 6.5 or equivalent. If your first language is not English, you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Please see website for 25/26 postgraduate fee information
Sponsorship information
See course page on the university website.
Provider information
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester
LE1 7RH