Course Overview
Key Facts
- Attendance: Distance learning with tutor support (you will have the opportunity to undertake live webinars on key management topics)
- Duration: 12 months
- Start Dates: Start at any time
- Location: Anywhere
This Top Up programme is designed for those who have already achieved the ILM Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management and would like to top up their qualification to a Level 5 Diploma.
As a student undertaking this qualification you will receive free studying membership with the ILM, which gives you access to a range of invaluable tools and resources that will compliment your management training. Studying memberships lasts for the length of your programme or a minimum of six months.
Free resources include:
- Learning Zone: an online toolkit with access to hundreds of management e-learning materials
- Resource centre: browse and download thousands of management books and magazines
- Business book summaries: overviews of more than 700 top business books
- Edge online: the latest management news and exclusive articles direct to your inbox
- Networking and events: specialist management events held across the UK and Ireland
Course Content
This blended learning course offers a combination of online learning and live online lectures on key topics with regular tutorial support. Undertaking an online learning course can fit around your existing commitments.
The units undertaken will depend upon previous units studied during the Level 5 Certificate. Below are some examples of units you could study:
- Improving Own Leadership Performance Through Action Learning
- Managing for Efficiency and Effectiveness
- Assessing Your Own Leadership Capability and Performance
- Making Professional Presentations
- Managing Mental Health in the Workplace
- Managing Stress and Conflict in the Organisation
- Developing People in the Workplace
- Delegating Authority in the Workplace
- Managing a Healthy and Safe Environment
- Understanding Work in Contemporary Society
- Developing a Culture to Support Innovation and Improvement
- Management Communication
- Using Quantitative Methods to Solve Management Problems
- Managing Personal Development
- Data Collection and Analysis to Justify Management Decision Making
- Developing and Leading Teams to Achieve Organisational Goals and Objectives
- Managing Risk in the Workplace
Assessment
Course units are assessed by written assignments, written questions, reflective reviews and learning logs.
Leadership and Management Webinars
We’re excited to share that a new series of Leadership and Management webinars focused on developing leadership and management skills for those managing a team. As a busy manager it can be hard to find time to do all the things that need to be done, let alone find the time to think about how best to manage your team. However, even a few simple changes can make the biggest of differences. During this series we will be taking a look at the following key areas:
- Impactful Briefings and Presentations – Thursday 24 October 2024
- Self-Growth in a Professional World: A webinar on personal development – Wednesday 13 November 2024
- Understanding and Managing Finances – Wednesday 11 December 2024
- Mastering Meetings: Effective meeting management – Wednesday 15 January 2025
- Decoding Problems: Effective techniques for problem solving – Wednesday 12 February 2025
All webinars will run from 9.30am – 12.30pm and will be recorded so you can re-watch them at a time convenient to you, or catch up if you missed them. You will also receive a certificate of attendance for your CPD records. These sessions can be booked as stand alone sessions at a cost of £20+VAT each. To book a place click here!
Entry Requirements
You should have achieved the ILM Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management and be working in a role with significant span of control and management responsibility.
Course Fees
Course fees can either be paid in full before the beginning of the course, on an annual basis, or via our ‘Pay As You Learn’ monthly payment scheme
If you have not achieved your qualification by the planned end date detailed in your individual learning plan, continued support and course access is available by paying monthly direct debit payments until certification is achieved.
| Full Fee |
Annual |
Pay As You Learn |
| £1,595 |
£1,070 at the start of the programme, £525 at the start of year 2 |
£108 per month |
Awarding Body Fees*: £219
* Awarding Body Fees are payable by all students or employers and recharged at cost and may be subject to change.
CAW Loans2Learn Scheme
The CAW Loans2Learn scheme is a personal loan that can help you to spread the cost of your course into manageable payments. The loan can be used to fully or partially cover your course fees (but does not cover any awarding body fees, such as enrolment and examination fees). More information can be found here.
Before making any financial decision it is recommended that you seek advice from an independent source, for example the Money Advice Service.
These are current figures and may be subject to change. The differences in course fees reflect the level of funding that is available as a result of government policies and priorities. These may be as a result of age, employment status, previous education achievements, or location for example, and are outside the control of The College of Animal Welfare.
