Level 5 Diploma in Business

The objective of Ofqual Regulated Level 5 Diploma in Business qualification is to provide learners with an excellent foundation for a career in a range of organisations. It is designed to ensure that each learner is ‘business ready’: a confident, independent thinker with a detailed knowledge of business and management, and equipped with the skills to adapt rapidly to change.

The content of the qualification is focused on people management, managing projects, marketing, finance for managers, business law, business ethics and social responsibility.

The qualification is ideal for those who have started, or are planning to move into, a career in private or public sector business. Successful completion of the Level 5 Diploma in Business Management qualification will provide learners with the opportunity to progress to further study or employment.

• Learners who possess Qualifications at Level 4;
• Learners who have work experience at a managerial level and demonstrate ambition with clear career goals;
• Learners who possess a first degree in another discipline and want to develop their careers in business.

Ofqual Regulated qualifications at RQF Level 5 represent practical knowledge, skills, capabilities and competences that are assessed in academic terms as being equivalent to Foundation Degrees, Higher National Diploma (HND) and Year 2 of a three-year UK Bachelor’s degree.

Level 5 Diploma in Business consists of 6 mandatory units for a combined total of 120 credits, 1200 hours Total Qualification Time (TQT) and 480 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) for the completed qualification.

• Responding to the Changing Business Environment
• Effective Decision Making
• Business Development
• Business Models and Growing Organisations
• Customer Management
• Risk Management and Organisations

The qualification is designed to be delivered over one academic year for full-time study but it is also flexible in its delivery in order to accommodate part-time and distance learning.

The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online.

All units within this qualification are internally assessed by the centre and externally verified by Ofuqal Regulated Awarding Body. The qualification is criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes.

To achieve a ‘pass’ for a unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria. Judgement that the learners have successfully fulfilled the assessment criteria is made by the Assessor.

Successful completion of Level 5 Diploma in Business provides learners the opportunity for a wide range of academic progressions, learners are eligible to gain direct entry into Final year of a three-year UK Bachelor’s degree programme.