Applicants should normally hold one or more of the following: An honours degree or postgraduate qualification eg. BA, MSc A relevant professional qualification Eg. CIPD Intermediate qualification, ILM, CIM Applicants who do not meet the above criteria may be admitted to the course provided their professional or managerial experience is deemed to be appropriate. Holders of CIPD Postgraduate qualifications may be offered exemption from part one of the programme, enabling them to ‘top up’ to a Master’s degree in a shorter time than the full MA programme.