3-Step Process for Completing Your Course

STEP 1: Choose course & Enrol

Select your guided online learning course

Level 4 (120 credits) - Equivalent to 1st year of University

Level 5 (120 credits) - Equivalent to 2nd year of University

combined Level 4 & 5 (240 credits)

STEP 2: Start Study at Your Own Pace

each module includes 40 hours of guided learning (plus 30-50 hours of optional resources)

complete end of module assessments (30 multiple-choice questions each)

submit 8 assignments per level (2,000-3,000 words each) to demonstrate your understanding & progress

access to 1-2-1 tutor support, webinars, and learning forums a anytime

STEP 3: Earn Your Diploma & Progress

Upon passing Receive your accredited Qualifi Diploma of 120 Credits

Advance and top-up your 120 credit diploma with the final 60 credits at UK University to gain full MBA of 180 credits

Level 4 & 5 within 1 year of online study with Kennedy Graduate College

Level 6 final year at a recognised UK University

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Level 4 Diploma in Business Management - Entry Requirements

Must be 18 years or older

Require at least two A-levels or an equivalent qualification (e.g., NVQ Level 3)

If you don’t meet these qualifications, work experience may be considered

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Level 5 Diploma in Business Management - Entry Requirements

Must have completed the Qualifi Level 4 Diploma in Business Management

Level 4 Diploma in Business Management has 10 modules:

1. Developing Personal Skills: Develop essential personal skills for business, including communication, leadership, and decision-making.

2. Effective Communication: Learn various communication techniques used in business settings.

3. The Business Environment: Explore external factors that affect businesses, such as economics, international dimensions, nature, and competition.

4. The Marketing Mix: Understand and apply the marketing mix in business planning.

5. Strategic HRM: Manage employees as a valuable business asset through recruitment, rewards, and retention strategies.

6. Managing Ethically: Explore different management theories and models and their ethical implications.

7. Culture and the Organisation: Understand the concept of organisational culture and its importance.

8. Customers and Customer Service: Recognise the importance of customers and provide excellent customer service.

9. Fundamentals of Accounting: Understand accounts and their use in assessing organisational health.

10. Financial Management and Control: Compare and contrast good and bad financial decision-making and their impact on the business.

The Level 5 Diploma in Business Management has 10 modules:

1. The Entrepreneurial Manager: Explore the characteristics and skills of entrepreneurs, including innovation, risk-taking, leadership, and problem-solving.

2. Organisational Structures: Understand the factors that influence organisational structure, such as size, industry, culture, and strategy.

3. Practical Accounting Analysis: Analyse accounts to gain insights into financial performance, identify trends, and inform decision-making.

4. Business Planning and Goal Setting: Develop clear goals and objectives for a business, create a strategic plan, and allocate resources effectively.

5. Politics and Business: Explore the impact of political factors on business, including government policies, regulations, and economic conditions.

6. Business Law: Understand the legal responsibilities of managers, including employment law, contract law, and corporate governance.

7. Managing in Today’s World: Explore modern business practices, such as sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and ethical leadership.

8. Performance Management: Improve employee and business performance through strategies such as performance reviews, goal setting, and training and development.

9. Marketing and Sales Planning: Develop a comprehensive marketing and sales plan, including market research, target market identification, product positioning, and sales strategies.

10. Quantitative Skills: Acquire knowledge of numeric exercises and their application in business, including financial analysis, data analysis, and statistical modelling.

1-2-1 Tutor Support

Quick turnaround for marked assignments

book 'pre-assignment perparation' meetings with tutors

approximately 2,000-3,000 words for each assignment

There are 2 forms of online assessment

1. Each module has an end of module assessment
2. Each level of study has 6 written assignments

1. Written Assignments
Each level has 10 modules. Each module has 40 hours of learning material. The student must complete an end of module assessment of 30 multiple choice questions, presented in groups of 5. There is a 60min time limit.

Results are given a immediately. If passed a certificate of completion is provided. If you don't pass, you will be advised how to retake the module assessment. There is no deadline and you can do this at your own pace

2. Written Assignments
There are 6 written assignments for the Level 4 course, unit titles are:

1. Managing change
2. Communication in an organisation
3. Business operations
4. Leadership and the organisation
5. Developing teams
6. Financial awareness

More information about the Qualifi Level 4 Diploma in Business management units can be found here: https://qualifi.net/qualifi-level-4-diploma-in-business-management/

There are 6 written assignments for the Level 5 course, unit titles are

1. Business development
2. Business models and growing organisations
3. Customer management
4. Responding to the changing business environment
5. Risk management and organisations
6. Effective decision making

More information about the Qualifi Level 5 Diploma in Business management Level 5 units can be found here: https://qualifi.net/qualifi-level-5-diploma-in-business-management/

Once you’ve passed your course, you’ll be awarded with a Qualifi Diploma and you’ll be able to top up your qualification to a bachelor’s degree at a range of UK universities.

Qualifi Level 4 Diploma in Business Management (120 Credits) Qualification Number: 601/6048/2

Qualifi Level 5 Diploma in Business Management (120 Credits) Qualification Number: 601/6049/4

Combined 240 Credits

University Progression

Did you know our online Diploma in Business Management provides students with a pathway to a degree in Business Management?

Once you’ve completed your online Level 4 & 5 Business Management degree pathway course you have the opportunity to complete a third-year degree in Business Management known as a ‘BA top up’, from a wide range of UK universities.

Students can apply to any university offering the BA top up and you can choose to study for your degree either online or in-person on campus.

If you decide to top up to a full undergraduate degree through an accredited UK university, the costs are listed below (costs listed below are subject to change at the discretion of each individual university)

Coventry University

Business Management and Leadership BA (Coventry Campus) – £7,950
Business Management and Leadership BA (London Campus) – £7,950
Business Management Top-Up (Online)- £6,100

Anglia Ruskin University

BSc (Hons) Business Management Top-Up – £5,600

Northampton University

BSc (Hons) in International Accounting -£9,250

University of Derby

BSc (Hons) Business and Management– £5,750

University of Northumbria

BSc Honours Global Business Management (Human Resources) (top-up)

University of Huddersfield

BA Honours Human Resource Management top-up

Westcliff University

Business Administration – £11,655 (online) / £15,600 (on campus)

University of Hertfordshire

BA (Hons) Business Administration – £6,400

University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN)

BA (Hons) Business Management – £9,240

University of Hertfordshire

BA (Hons) Business Administration (top-up) (Online)

Edinburgh Napier University

BA in Business Management – £4,600
BA in Business and Enterprise – £4,600
BA in Sales Management – £4,600

University of Sunderland – On Campus

BA (Hons) Business and Management – £9,250

University of Cumbria

BA (Hons) Global Business Management – ON CAMPUS– £9,250 UK/ £13,250 International
BA (Hons) International Business Management – ON CAMPUS– £9,250 UK/ £13,250 International

NOTE: UK/EU students may be eligible for student loans for the top-up portion of their studies. Visit www.slc.co.uk for more information.

£2,900/level or £120/month

£3,500 for both levels or £140/month

FREE Laptop included

Students can make payment using one of the following methods:

Credit or debit card

Bank transfer

Interest-free monthly instalments