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This course aims to provide upskilling opportunities and a workplace-focused learning experience that ensures that each student is given the opportunity to fulfil their potential and in turn transform the communities in which they live and work. On successful completion, students can progress to study BA Leadership and Management Skills for the Workplace.
Once you have decided that you would like to study this programme, you will need to apply by submitting an application directly to the University.
This course runs at weekends, but you can also apply to study it during the week.
Visit the UWTSD Birmingham's apply section to find out more. You can also apply using the link below.
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Tuition Fees 2023/24:
Home (Full-time): £9,000 per year
Why choose this course?
- Develop the key skills and knowledge you need to progress in your career
- Work with friendly, experienced, practice-led tutors who will guide you through every step of the process
- Join a learning community that will become a business network for life.
What you will learn
The programme is specifically created in its content and flexible delivery to give you the confidence to anticipate problems and find solutions, to work independently and with other people, to plan things out before you start and complete the things you've started, in short, to develop the skills that employers want!
All of the teaching is project-based, linking theory with practice and ensuring that each module is contextualised within real workplace situations and challenges.
Level 4 (CertHE)
- Academic Skills (20 credits; compulsory)
- Digital Skills (20 credits; compulsory)
- Effective Team Working and Communication (20 credits; compulsory)
- Problem Solving and Decision Making (20 credits; compulsory)
- Employability and Career Development (20 credits; compulsory)
- Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (20 credits; compulsory).
A variety of assessments will be used to challenge students. There is a strong academic focus within the programme alongside the development of practical skills.
Key Information
Entry onto the programme is by individual merit. Normally students under the age of 21 will have at least 1 A Level or BTEC National Diploma/Certificate or equivalent. Mature Candidates – experience can often be taken into consideration in lieu of formal qualifications. Grades are important; however, our offers are not solely based on academic results.
We are interested in creative people that demonstrate a strong commitment to their chosen subject area and therefore we welcome applications from individuals from a wide range of backgrounds. We are interested in creative people that demonstrate a strong commitment to their chosen subject area and therefore we welcome applications from individuals from a wide range of backgrounds. The applicants will have to pass an assessment with one of our academics in order to be accepted onto the programme.
Entry onto the programme is by individual merit. Normally students under the age of 21 will have at least 1 A Level or BTEC National Diploma/Certificate or equivalent. Mature Candidates – experience can often be taken into consideration in lieu of formal qualifications. Grades are important; however, our offers are not solely based on academic results.
We are interested in creative people that demonstrate a strong commitment to their chosen subject area and therefore we welcome applications from individuals from a wide range of backgrounds. We are interested in creative people that demonstrate a strong commitment to their chosen subject area and therefore we welcome applications from individuals from a wide range of backgrounds. The applicants will have to pass an assessment with one of our academics in order to be accepted onto the programme.
Please contact birminghamadmissions@uwtsd.ac.uk if you have any questions about the University or about this course in particular. You may also find our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page helpful.
