Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship

You will study a range of modules, which include leadership, management, organisational behaviour, finance, selling, innovation, digital marketing, change management and management decision making. You will also undertake a number of 'work-based' modules, where you will have the opportunity to undertake work-based initiatives to make a visible difference to your organisation and to your own CV. This will be tied into your workplace responsibilities and role.

Your journey through the CMDA will start with the following modules delivered over the first two years of your programme.

Beyond your third year, you will be supported by a team of tutors and assessors in compiling your learning portfolio that will take you to your final end-point assessment. This will be conducted by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) as end-point assessor, a process that will take place during the fourth year of your programme.

Throughout your programme, you will be visited in your workplace by visiting tutors/ assessors who will ensure that your individual learning plan remains on target, and in alignment with the Apprenticeship Standard, through a process informed by feedback from both you and your employer.

How does this work at the University of Worcester?

The University of Worcester is one of a small number of universities accredited to offer the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship. The University will provide the equivalent of 1 day per week off-the-job training to allow you to gain the knowledge, skills and behaviour to enhance organisational performance, as well as your own personal effectiveness. You will then apply this learning in your place of work.

Teaching

Teaching will take place at the University's City Campus, in the heart of the Worcester's business district, 3 minutes' walk from Foregate Street Railway Station, or at an alternative venue by agreement with the employer. You will be taught by tutors with experience of leadership, business, management and consultancy in a range of workplace settings. Throughout your course you will be supported by your Course Leader Dr Scott Andrews.

All learning materials will be available on the University's Virtual Learning Environment, and you will have full access to the University's online Library, as well a range of other University Services and facilities.

You will be introduced to a range of assessment styles on your programme, including individual work (to develop and encourage independent learning) as well as group -based work to develop your teamwork skills. One important function of the work-based learning approach to assessment is the opportunity for assessment presentations to showcase progress and good practice to employers to ensure wider accessibility and employer engagement.

Essentially, the programme uses assessment for learning as well as assessment of learning. Opportunities for formative assessment are provided in each module - including, for example, preparation of discussion papers, briefings for clients, multiple choice tests, and online quizzes through the University's VLE or through self/peer evaluation in seminar groups.

What qualification will I receive on successful completion of my apprenticeship and how long will it all take?

At the end of your apprenticeship you will receive:

• A BA (Hons) Leadership and Management degree from the University of Worcester (available after three years)
• A Level 5 Chartered Management Institute Diploma in Management and Leadership (after three years)
• Chartered Manager status. This is awarded by the Chartered Management Institute, following confirmation of the award of your university degree and completion of an End Point Assessment, a common element of all Degree Apprenticeships. This will mean that it will take in excess of three years in total to obtain your apprenticeship award.

Information For Employers

For full employer information, please visit the CMDA Information for Employers page.

How does a Degree Apprenticeship work?

A degree apprenticeship offers you the opportunity to employ and develop staff through your apprenticeship levy payments (as a levy paying employer), or with government funding support for smaller organisations. Your apprentices can be a new recruit or existing member of staff. During their apprenticeship, your employees will have the opportunity to receive off-the-job training for the equivalent of 1 day per week, obtain a degree and apprenticeship qualification. This will take 3+ years.

How does government funding work?

The following arrangements apply for all UK employers (as from April 2017):

• Employers with a payroll of more than £3 million per year pay an Apprenticeship Levy of 0.5%. This will provide an allowance to 'spend' against apprenticeships via a digital account.
• Employers with a payroll less than £3 million will not pay a Levy, but will still have access to 90% funding via a 'co-fund mechanism', to support their own degree apprenticeships. Here, the employer contribution will be 10% towards the tuition fee.

Click here for more details on government funding.

What are the benefits to an employer?

The Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (CMDA) has been designed by employers for employers as a mechanism to invest in talent and develop the leaders of the future. It offers:

• the opportunity to upskill your workforce
• attract new talent
• develop the skills to build your business
• an estimated potential lifetime of added value from each apprentice of £390,000+ during the course of their careers

The University of Worcester Degree Apprenticeship Scheme

The University of Worcester is one of a small number of universities currently approved by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) to deliver the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (CDMA). This degree apprenticeship provides your employees with the knowledge, skills and behaviour requirements required to enhance organisational performance, and personal effectiveness as defined by the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship Standard.

Those interested in more information about this course or the broader apprenticeship offer of the Business School, should in the first instance contact our Senior Administrator (Sally Docherty) or the Course Leader, Dr. Scott Andrews on the details below.