The Certificate and Diploma in Human Resource Management, level 7 stand-alone courses, have been designed to develop relevant and essential knowledge and skills in people management and learning and development, and are a route into professional membership of the CIPD.

 

You'll focus on problem-solving ability and linking theory to real-world challenges. As part of this, you'll visit UK companies and learn from guest speakers who share their practical business experience. HR practitioners work with our academic team to deliver events and workshops that will help prepare you to become a part of the HRM professional community. The networks you develop will become invaluable to you when you graduate and embark on your career in a senior role in human resource management.

 

Attainment of the Certificate and/or Diploma in Human Resource Management is on successful achievement of the following credits attributed to the modules of study:

• Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resource Management (60 credits)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (120 credits)

 

The stand-alone courses provide a pathway to achievement of an MSc HRM (180 credits)

 

All modules are at postgraduate level (level 7 in the UK’s national scheme).

 

Throughout the course, we encourage you to develop a strong sense of self-awareness and of your own strengths and weaknesses as managers and colleagues. You'll be working on the development of skills to improve and develop a range of definable skills that are pivotal to successful management practice and effective leadership in your future. These include thinking and decision-making skills, the management of financial information, a range of team working and interpersonal skills, and others associated with developing personal effectiveness and credibility at work.

 

You'll develop key postgraduate study and research skills including critical reflection on theory and practice from an ethical and professional standpoint. We also include two special skills development weeks to augment the work you'll be doing within each module.

 

Overall, you'll be required to consider and reflect on your professional development to establish this as the foundation of a lifetime practice in your future as a business “savvy” human resources and people development professional.

 

Your progress will be assessed through a range of methods which include individual and group assignments, business reports, presentations, case study analysis, portfolios of work, time-constrained activities, and project work.