Course description
Senior Leader Apprenticeship Postgraduate Diploma Senior Leadership
This programme helps aspiring middle and senior level leaders develop the Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviours to further advance their career and lead to a level of excellence recognised nationally by the Senior Leader Standard.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
The Senior Leader Apprenticeship Postgraduate Diploma Senior Leadership is for middle to senior level leaders who are:
- Aspiring to take on a more senior leadership role and increase their organisational impact
- Ready and committed to developing their leadership skills and behaviours whilst undertaking an academic qualification
- Motivated by the opportunity to apply new skills, learning and behaviours directly to real-time, work-related improvements
Entry requirements
A degree is not an essential requirement for entry on to the course as there are different routes to apply:
- A First or Upper Second-class honours degree (2:1) plus three years’ management experience (with strong and consistent career progression and achievement).
- A Lower Second- or Third-class degree or equivalent professional qualification plus five years’ management experience (with strong and consistent career progression and achievement).
- No degree, but five years’ management experience (with strong and consistent career progression and achievement).
- All routes require GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above or equivalent qualification.
If you do not have GCSE English and Maths grade C or equivalent, you can still join the programme and undertake the equivalent Functional Skills course during the programme.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
The programme has been specifically designed to align closely with day-to-day roles: underpinning your working practice with a solid understanding of contemporary management and leadership theory, and the senior leader apprenticeship embedded throughout.
- Personalise your development through an emphasis on reflective practice, psychometrics, and coaching
- Focus learning though practical, work-based modules, applying new knowledge and skills to real business and organisational issues through reflective practice papers
- Build your confidence to ask difficult questions and make informed decisions
- Individualised assessment approach allows you to focus on the challenges you face as a professional leader
- Equip yourself with strategic leadership skills to support your organisation’s performance and long-term sustainability
- Improve your management and leadership skills by combining work and study, with a minimum of six hours per week spent off the job undertaking the course and relevant development activities
- Upskill your project management capability
- Develop confidence and agility as a leader
- Network and learn from fellow apprentice learners from a wide range of sectors and backgrounds
Training Course Content
- Authentic Leadership and Culture
- Strategic Management in a Global Context
- Organisational Behaviour and Performance
- Innovation and Change in a Digital World
- Accounting and Finance for Leaders
- Sustainability and Environmental Social Governance
- Personal and Professional Practice - Part One
- Personal and Professional Practice - Part Two
Course delivery details
The programme will be delivered through a blend of face-to-face workshops, group learning, reflective discussion, one-to-one coaching, and self-guided study.
Why choose Alliance Manchester Business School
Ranked 3rd in the UK for research power.
With triple accreditation from AACSB International, AMBA and EQUIS.
Established in 1965 as one of the UK’s first two business schools.
Expenses
- Apprenticeship: £14,000
- Msc additional: £4,000
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