Course summary
This part-time programme meets the requirements of the Senior Leader Apprenticeship Standard. Eligible organisations can use £14,000 of their Apprenticeship Levy to cover the programme tuition fee, which incorporates the Management and Leadership PgDip (Part 1). There is then the option to continue and complete the MSc in Management and Leadership (Part II). Find out more about our Postgraduate Apprenticeships. Our Senior Leader Apprenticeship: Management and Leadership Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) programme has been designed in two parts and is delivered in partnership with business advisory firm, Grant Thornton. The programme provides a distinctive and collaborative learning experience which develops your leadership and management capabilities enabling you to become reflective and evidence-based leader of the future. Businesses can use apprenticeship levy funding to cost-effectively develop employee management and leadership knowledge and skills enabling them to apply best practice and be more effective within their organisation. Students gain a comprehensive knowledge of core business functions enabling them to show leading-edge insights and knowledge in a variety of management areas and think more strategically about business and management. On successful completion of the apprenticeship programme, which incorporates the Management and Leadership PgDip (Part I), you have the option to progress onto the Management and Leadership MSc (Part II), which enables you to cement your learning and complete a significant work-based project within your organisation. You will also develop a deep understanding of contemporary business issues and a capacity to assume active leadership roles. Course dates September 2022 and March 2023. Who is it for?
- Early-career professionals who want a "real-world" business education which they can apply directly back to their workplace.
- Second career professionals seeking a change into management and leadership positions.
- Self-motivated managers who are keen to improve themselves, enhance their skills, knowledge and abilities, and become more effective leaders.
Modules
Compulsory modules: Leading with Impact: Organisational behaviour; economics for managers; leading strategic operations; marketing strategy; accounting; leading corporate sustainability; strategic management and leadership; disruption innovation; management consulting; people management and leadership; evidence-based management; and enterprise performance and risk management.
Assessment method
The Cranfield Senior Leader Apprenticeship+ Management and Leadership MSc is delivered in two parts: • Part I: 12 modules are studied over a 15-month period. During this time, students build their portfolio of work-based evidence with support from their employer and their Cranfield Apprenticeship Tutor. Students also have peer coaching alongside their studies. This concludes with an End-Point Assessment (EPA), completed over a five-month period, which includes the student’s Strategic Business Proposal, supported by their employer. • Part II: Progression to the Management and Leadership MSc over a further six-month period including an additional compulsory module, research preparation and an organisation-based or relevant research project. Course delivery: Part I taught modules are mapped to the revised Senior Leader Apprenticeship Standard (SLA). These are assessed through assignments that relate to a wide range of management and leadership themes. Part II, the written thesis project, is written individually and submitted at the end of the course.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Chartered Management Institute
Entry requirements
We welcome applications from talented candidates from all backgrounds. Candidates are normally high potential, early-career managers with 1 to 5 years’ post-qualification experience in any sector. Candidates normally possess a first or second class UK honours degree (or an international equivalent). Alternatively we will consider a professional qualification (such as CIMA, ACA, ACCA) together with a minimum of 5 years’ post-qualification work experience. Other relevant qualifications, together with significant experience, may also be considered. Professional experience and personal qualities are equally important to us and each application is considered on its individual merit. Before an application is submitted for the Senior Leader Apprenticeship programme, you need to have approval from your employer. You have to be employed and your employer has to agree to provide you with the support and supervision to carry out your job role and your apprenticeship. It is a requirement of the Apprenticeship Funding Rules that you are working at least 50% of your contracted hours in England. A three-way agreement needs to be put in place between Cranfield University, the employer and the student.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Additional fee information
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Provider information
Cranfield University
Cranfield
Bedford
MK43 0AL