The Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship focusses on creating high-performing managers, capable of engaging in the critical reflection and continuing personal and professional development required for successful professional practice.
As part of the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship learners complete the BA (Hons) Leadership and Management Degree.
WHO IS IT FOR?
The course is designed for both experienced and early career managers and supervisors.
KEY FEATURES
The course aligns with the knowledge skills and behaviours required to create competent managers to address the sector demand.
Learners are challenged to reflect on their position and practice in relation to considering key issues in the modern workplace. Contemporary issues such as the impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on the workforce, and those of corporate social responsibility and sustainability are explored within the modules. Through applied assignments, learners’ application of business and management philosophies and practices are examined and their decision making brought to the forefront to aid in high-level critical self-evaluation. These practices serve to instil and embed an understanding of responsible leadership and management, forming graduates who create inclusive prosperity and promote freedom, justice, and peace in regenerative and resilient ecosystems.
The programme is unique in design using the competency framework to ensure that the programme focuses on skills and application of knowledge through practical experiences. Learners develop high level competencies relating to the discipline of business and management and transferable skills including communication, strategic thinking, decision making, problem solving which significantly develop the skills profiles of learners for employment.
The teaching and learning approach utilises active learning strategies, role plays and leadership simulations to enable students to gain experience.
The assessment strategy supports the development of competencies through application of knowledge to practical assessment activities.
The design of the programme ensures a seamless transition for apprentices from the completion of their Chartered Manage Degree Apprenticeship to Gateway and their EPA.
It is proven that organisations who invest in management and leadership development see an expansion in organisational achievement, and an increase in people performance. This qualification will support both internal and external growth with the development of high potential employees, creating leaders at every level. Interpersonal effectiveness is a key driver within organisational development and this programme will support leaders to develop their leadership skills and qualities with links to transferable skills, change management and project development.
Completing a CMDA will support professional development in all leadership and management attributes. Our aim is to develop managers capable of managing complexity and delivering impact at a strategic and/or operational level with management and leadership responsibility for setting and delivering organisational objectives through a wide range of functions. This programme is aimed at professional, new leaders or managers who want to develop all aspects of their management and leadership skills, knowledge, self-awareness, and behaviours. These include strategic decision making, setting direction, and achieving results, building, and leading teams, clear communication, developing skills and motivating others, fostering inclusive and ethical cultures, leading change, project management, financial management, innovation, risk management and developing stakeholder relationships.
The programme adopts a work-integrated model where a co-ordinated and interrelated approach is taken to theoretical and practical learning, integrating knowledge and competence. This model aids in achieving professional competence, developing reflective professionals who are equipped to undertake life-long learning and professional development.
The programme pedagogies reflect an aligned approach to programme design in which all elements of the teaching, learning, and assessment experience contribute toward holistic learner development to enable graduates to meet the programme competencies. An inquiry-based approach encourages learners to connect with the individual topics explored in the programme and to personalise and understand the process that leads to their comprehension and skill acquisition. Experiential learning, learning through doing, is central within the programme design and incorporated through the work-based learning element of the programme, the activities guided in workshops, and the subsequent reflections upon these learning experiences.
The teaching method utilises an interactive workshop approach to delivery which enables new knowledge to be imparted and learning to be guided through application of the core concepts to the learner’s own experience. Short lectures are used for the introduction of topics and concepts. Learning is reinforced through a range of activities that take place including peer discussions and debates, guided group and individual workshop tasks, tutorials, workplace application, reflection on learning and application, and guided reading.
Formative assessment is an embedded process within the teaching strategy as steady self-reflection, engagement with workshops, collaborative work, and workplace application ensures a continual process of assessment and feedback from tutors, peers, and employers.
The apprenticeship is delivered on a day release model, with bi-weekly classroom attendance.
Apprentices will also receive off-the-job learning time within the workplace to support their learning.
Alternate models can be arranged for organisations who wish to enrol full cohorts – please contact the team to discuss your needs.
Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship
BA (Hons) Leadership and Management
Following completion of the CMDA learners can progress (subject to successful application) to Level 7 study courses such as an MBA, MSc, or Level 7 Apprenticeship.
The programme has developed three domains to support learners in gaining essential knowledge and skills linked to the competencies and subject benchmark expectations of this programme:
Leadership and Management of Self and Others
Digital Technologies, Data and Decision making
Business management
Occasional changes to modules and course content may take place. Students will be notified when applicable.
Tailored course content can be arranged for employer cohorts who wish to enrol full cohorts – please contact the team to discuss your needs.
The programme pedagogies reflect an aligned approach to programme design in which all elements of the teaching, learning, and assessment experience contribute toward holistic learner development to enable graduates to meet the programme competencies. An inquiry-based approach encourages learners to connect with the individual topics explored in the programme and to personalise and understand the process that leads to their comprehension and skill acquisition.
Students are assessed through a variety of methods which seek to develop and assess a range of transferable skills and key competencies with a view to producing a fully rounded DNCG Graduate. Through applied assignments, learners’ application of business and management philosophies and practices are examined and their decision making brought to the forefront to aid in high-level critical self-evaluation. Therefore, each module has a reflective component to aid in developing the critical reflection of learners. These practices serve to “instil an understanding of responsible leadership” (QAA,2023:SBS1.4) and embed the Principles of Responsible Management Education, creating graduates who create inclusive prosperity and promote freedom, justice, and peace in regenerative and resilient ecosystems.
Assessment methods include:
The Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship requires learners to complete an independent End Point Assessment (EPA) that measures the skills, knowledge and behaviours of each manager against the Apprenticeship Standard. Details regarding the EPA can be located on the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education webpage.
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Student Voice
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This provision focuses on the holistic development of learners, with the competency based, work-integrated model providing a co-ordinated and interrelated approach to theoretical and practical learning, integrating knowledge and competence.
In line with Subject Benchmark Statement 1.7 (QAA,2023), graduates will be “effective, impactful and responsible employees, work colleagues, leaders and global citizens.” (QAA,2023:1.8).
This equips graduates with the attributes required to be competent managers across sectors of the UK employment landscape.
Following completion of the CMDA learners can progress (subject to successful application) to Level 7 study courses such as an MBA, MSc, or Level 7 Apprenticeship.
Any fees for a 19+ learner, where the company is a non-Apprenticeship Levy payer will be paid by the company.
Level
Level 6
Duration
24 months (this does not include EPA period)
Study Mode
Wb
Awarding Body
University of Hull
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Questions? Call 0800 358 7979 or email apprenticeshipsupport@dncolleges.ac.uk
