Accreditation
Accreditation forms an important part of the learning process. It recognises the acquisition of learning and, more importantly, the subsequent transfer of learning back into the workplace. Many assessment systems are now far more focused on workplace activity which helps to drive the learning in the workplace as well as drive the organisation to understand how the learning is being applied into business performance.
Our accreditation partners are the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and City & Guilds.
Accredited programmes come in two formats:
- Nationally Accredited Programmes - these
are programmes that are recognised across the UK and in many
cases Europe and beyond that use National Standards as the
basis of the assessment process. This means that these
qualifications act as a common currency, allowing national
or multinational organisations to have a benchmark in that
is meaningful. In leadership and management the qualifications
changed in September 2007and a brief description follows:
- Unit Accreditation – these recognise
skill in a particular job competence, for instance managing
meetings or effective leadership and can be collected to
provide an individual with:
- Award – these
are shorter, flexible and practical programme with between
20 and 45 hours of learning depending upon the level studied.
A Team Leader Award is 20 hours in length whereas a Middle
Manager Award is 45 hours long. An award can be upgraded
to a:
- Certificate – these are more intensive and
represent the next step in development and will normally represent
between 65 and 150 worth of learning. A certificate can be
upgraded to a:
- Diploma – these are more challenging and
offer the widest choice for formal development. They
are only available at First Line
Manager level and above and represent
220 hours of learning.
- Endorsed Programmes - not every organisation wants or needs to use a national framework for their training. For you, an endorsed programme provides a highly flexible, yet quality assured route to accreditation. Any leadership and management programme can be endorsed by the ILM or the CMI via a simple process that includes quality assurance.
All our endorsed and accredited programmes can combine traditional face to face with e-learning and distance learning.
Our Accreditation Partners
The Institute of Leadership
and Management (ILM)
The Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) is the UK’s
largest management awarding body, combining industry-leading
qualifications and specialist member services. It was
the first management and leadership awarding body to offer
free membership to its students.
The People Development Team has been an accredited centre for
the ILM since January 2001. We have successfully qualified
thousands of learners.
To become an ILM centre we underwent a rigorous approval process
and are subject to ongoing evaluation and quality assurance
to ensure we meet all professional benchmarks, and have the
expertise and systems in place to deliver all our ILM courses
with their emphasis on practical, work-based learning.
The Chartered Management
Institute (CMI)
The People Development Team has been an accredited centre for
the CMI since January 2007. The Chartered Management
Institute is the only chartered professional body that is dedicated
to management and leadership. It is dedicated to raising the
standard of management in the UK.
City & Guilds
The People Development Team has been an accredited centre for
City & Guilds since May 2007. City & Guilds offers
learners over 500 qualifications in 28 industry areas – so
that they can learn skills that equip them to fulfil their
career ambitions. The ILM is part of the City & Guilds
group.
We are accredited to award the 7300 Introduction to Trainer Skills qualification. We use this award to supplement a number of our management development programmes.
