Course outline
Course summary
This programme will provide a Master’s level qualification in Business and Management for students who have an initial degree qualification in a different discipline but have significant practical postgraduate experience in a management role.
You'll develop a systematic understanding of knowledge, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights, which are informed by current practice and the academic disciplines of business and management studies. It will allow you to acquire a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to research and advanced scholarship in the disciplines of international business and management.
You'll learn to apply theoretical knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in the disciplines of business and management. You'll also learn to reflect on current business practice and personal experience in the discipline of international business and management to assess the role of current research and advanced scholarship.
You'll learn to examine critically methodologies and develop critiques of them and, where appropriate, to propose new hypothese, and to explore and apply qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility and decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations.
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Programme Specification
Assessment, Feedback, and Teaching and Learning methods
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Entry requirements
Entry Requirements
Government funding rules require that an apprentice must:
- have the right to live and work in the UK
- be in employment, paid at least the legal minimum wage
- have a written and signed agreement for the apprenticeship with their employer.
The minimum duration periods for an apprenticeship set in each Apprenticeship Standard, is based on an apprentice working a minimum of 30 hours per week. Where the apprentice works fewer than 30 hours, the minimum duration of the apprenticeship must be increased on a pro-rata basis.
All apprentices must be interviewed, assessed and offered a position by an employer before being admitted to the apprenticeship programme. After acceptance by an employer, the University of Cumbria will require a formal application, which it will assess according to the programme entry criteria.
Programme entry criteria
- 1st or 2nd class honours degree (not necessarily in a business related subject) or equivalent
- At least 3 years of experience at managerial level
- The desire to move to more senior management responsibilities
Equivalent qualifications other than those listed above may be accepted on a case by case assessment including academic qualifications and skills obtained outside academic study such as work experience. We have a points range so we can take into account all of the information on your application form and adjust the offer from the evidence provided.
All candidates must be employed in a role related to the subject matter of the Degree Apprenticeship and be sponsored by their employer. Funding for this apprenticeship is provided by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) who will pay two-thirds of the student fees and the employer who will pay the remainder of the fees plus a salary to the apprentice. All Degree Apprentices must be interviewed, assessed and offered a position by an employer before being admitted to the apprenticeship. Although the university may receive direct applications and filter these applications before passing them to prospective employers, some apprentices may apply directly to an employer.
Either way, after acceptance by an employer, the University of Cumbria will require a formal application, which it will assess according to the programme entry criteria.
