HNC & HND Leadership & Management Course modules

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Students will be recruited students of good achievement from all educational backgrounds. Proven previous exam results will be the main criteria for admission.

The following criteria must be met in order to secure admission:

• A- level pass or equivalent.
• A BTEC level-3 qualification in business.
• Other related level-3 qualifications.
• An access to higher education certificate awarded by an approved further education institution.
• Related work experience

Mature applicants may present a more varied profile of achievement that is likely to include extensive work experience (paid and/or unpaid) and/or achievement of a range of professional qualifications in their work sector.

Students are expected to be able to demonstrate English language comprehension at a level equivalent to IELTS (International English Language Testing System) 5.5 to be able to study BTEC Higher Nationals.

The Pearson expectation of IELTS 5.5 (reading and writing must be at 5.5) applies to all students recruited for BTEC level 4 and level 5 qualifications. The college is required to satisfy itself of the fact that the students have been recruited with integrity and that they will be able to cope with the rigour of the programme.

All students seeking admission to CCE (including EU and overseas) are asked to provide or undertake one of the following:

• Evidence that their command of spoken and written English is at IELTS 5.5 (or equivalent) and adequate for the programme of study for which they have applied. The expectation can also be met using other English language tests such as Pearson PTE, NCFE, City & Guilds, Cambridge, ESOL, etc.
• Initial assessment of English and math at level 2

Progression Route on completion:

The Pearson BTEC level-5 HND in Leadership & Management offers a progression route for learners in the administration, business management, Marketing, and Management industry.

The Pearson BTEC level-5 HND in Leadership & Management is particularly useful for learners who wish to progress to a Bachelor’s Degree Top Up Programmes. Learners can also progress towards the qualifications of professional bodies or Higher Degree apprenticeship programmes.

Brief Information, Credits, Time Allocated

HND is a Level 5 qualification (equivalent to the second year of a UK bachelor’s degree). There is an embedded level-4 exit qualification in the HNC.

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will have completed at least 240 + credits. On completion of HNC, the student will have completed at least 120 + credits.

The HNC is a level-4 qualification delivered over one year. The HNC is an embedded component of the HND, however, it can be taken as a stand-alone qualification. If a student opts to take the HNC the student would be eligible for a Higher National Certificate after successful completion of a minimum of 7 modules.

The HND is a level-5 qualification delivered over two years, the first year at level-4 and the second year at level-5. If a student opts to take the HND, the student would be eligible for a Higher National Diploma after successful completion of a minimum of 16 modules.

Full-time students are required to attend 21 hours per week in term-time.

We recommend an average of 8-10 hours of home study time per week for this programme.

Intended Learning Outcome

After completing the course the student will be able to:

• Review and critique the effectiveness of operations management principles.
• Apply the concept of continuous improvement in an operational context.
• Apply the project life cycle (PLC) to a given context.
• Review and critique the application of the PLC used in a given project.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of organisations, the external environment in which they operate, how they are managed, and a thorough understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of the business field.
• Conduct research.
• Demonstrate cognitive skills of critical thinking, and ability to solve structured and unstructured business problems.
• Communicate both orally and in writing, effectively and appropriately.
• Read and use literature on business accounting with a good, critical understanding

In the Pearson Edexcel suite of HND/HNC, the difference in intended learning outcomes between level 5 (HND) and level 4 (HNC) is in the number of credits to be obtained, i.e. quantitative rather than qualitative.

Teaching and Learning

Learners must achieve a minimum of 240 credits (of which at least 65 must be at level 4 and at least 125 must be at level 5) to be awarded the level-5 HND. The learning and teaching strategy for the HND/C Business (Operational Management) is explicitly designed: to contribute to the achievement of intended learning outcomes which are clearly expressed at programme and module level.

Help and Guidance

The general approach to the learning process for most modules involves:

1. Lecturers
2. Tutorials
3. Case studies
4. Class discussions
5. Presentations

Due to the wide variety of modules included in this programme, there may be different approaches adopted that are appropriate for a particular module. At the start of each module, tutors will provide a scheme of work that details the module structure, assessment learning, and teaching approaches to be adopted.

The college has developed a Virtual Learning Environment, Moodle through which the students can access lecture notes and engage with staff and other Business Marketing students.

Assessment

The purpose of assessment is to ensure that effective learning of the content of each unit has taken place. Evidence of this learning, or the application of the learning is required for each unit. Each unit contains statements of the evidence that each learner should produce in order to receive a ‘pass’. All units are individually graded as ‘pass’ ‘merit’ or ‘distinction’.

To achieve a pass grade for the unit learners must meet the assessment criteria set out in the specifications. The assessments are mostly assignment based which is internally marked by the college. This is checked by the Internal verification section.

The external verification is done by Edexcel.