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Degree ApprenticeshipChartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (CMDA)
Key facts
Funding: funded by Education Skills Funding Agency
Award: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 years
Accreditation: Chartered Management Insitute (CMI)
Degree Apprenticeships at Strathclyde
- dedicated delivery team who listen, understand and work with employers to offer a fully integrated, contextualised degree
- opportunity to progress to Masters and Doctoral level studies
- anywhere, anytime learning via our online learning environment, MyPlace, complemented by monthly on-campus teaching days, totalling 9 across the academic year
- apprentices apply knowledge within their work context via a series of bespoke work-based projects
- apprentices achieve a Chartered Management Insitute (CMI) level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management along with their Degree
Why this course?
The Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (CMDA) will see apprentices work towards the BA (Hons) Business Management. Led by an expert academic community within the triple-accredited Strathclyde Business School, apprentices will gain CMI membership for the duration of their studies. The CMDA is dual accredited to CMI’s Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership and offers routes to Chartered Manager status.
Apprentices undertake a well-designed learning pathway to support the development of necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviours via a programme of blended online and campus learning alongside practical work-based learning and assessment.
A Degree Apprenticeship enables new or existing employees to study at degree level while spending the majority of their time in the workplace. A key benefit of an Apprenticeship Degree is that the learning will directly contribute to the success of the business.
Apprentices will acquire underpinning knowledge and understanding via a blended learning approach, through online and campus delivery. Core business competencies are developed through an integrated work-based learning curriculum. The campus delivery will allow Apprentices to work in groups and hone their business skills with support from experienced academics.
Add value to your organisation
We focus on developing your workforce so that they can quickly add value to your organisation. We start with the fundamentals, providing a solid foundation for future learning and helping apprentices become productive.
The course content has been developed in partnership with industry and is designed to equip apprentices with knowledge of contemporary tools and technology. We don’t just focus on tech – our approach to work-based learning helps develop more rounded professionals, with a wide range of soft skills that enable apprentices to contribute widely to your organisation.
A flexible delivery model ensures minimal time away from the workplace, utilising a combination of online learning supported by a series of online tutorials, an annual face-to-face on-campus workshop and work-based learning activity.
Course structure
During your apprentice's studies, apprentices undertake work-based learning throughout, and work with a Learning Advisor to support their personal and professional development.
Apprentices have access to our highly acclaimed leadership and personal development module, which supports their learning journey by bringing their learning either from school or industry.
- Governance
- Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Fundamentals of Business Analysis and Technology
- Managing People for Performance and Innovation
- Project Management
- Marketing Foundations, Principles, and Strategic Application
- Managing Change
- Research Methods for Business
- Introduction to Business Finance.
- Strategy, Risk, and Scenario Planning (40 credits)
- Business Project (60 credits)
Business project
The business project is a unique opportunity for apprentices to undertake an academically informed work-based project, allowing them to demonstrate their learning over the course of the degree with real tangible output for employers.
Entry requirements
We offer a flexible admissions approach and applications will be considered on an individual basis with input from employers.
We look for three A Levels (minimum B grades), and equivalent qualifications are considered. Apprentices must spend at least 50% of their working hours in England over the duration of the apprenticeship.
If apprentices don't have the required academic qualifications but do have relevant experience, we will consider the application.
Apprentices must employed in a relevant role, contracted for at least 30 hours per week with support from the employer to meet off-the-job training commitments.
Funding
Degree Apprenticeships are funded by the Education Skills Funding Agency.
Why Strathclyde
Praised for our close links with business and industry as well as our commitment to making an impact on the global economy, the University of Strathclyde has been named The Sunday Times Good University Guide Scottish University of the Year 2020.
The place of useful learning
Strathclyde has also been nominated for The Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2019 University of the Year, been awarded the THE Awards 2014 Entrepreneurial University of the Year and 2016 THE Awards Business School of the Year.
Since our inclusion on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP) in 2017, we have developed a varied portfolio of Degree Apprenticeship programmes for delivery in England.
Apply
If you're interested in this Degree Apprenticeship programme, we'd be delighted to speak with you. Please contact Christine Sinclair, Assistant Programme Director, at exec.education