Please note: only employees of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust are eligible for this apprenticeship.
Employees of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust may be eligible to enter at Year 2 if they have successfully completed the CMI Level 5 Extended Diploma in Management and Leadership.
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is pleased to provide the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship for their employees.
This degree apprenticeship was developed by employers in recognition of the importance of developing management and leadership skills.
Combining studying with a full time job is quite a challenge. However, by applying what I learn at university to my day to day work, I am improving my core skills.
Lisa Brown,
Workforce Programme & Projects Manager,
currently enrolled on Chartered Manager Apprenticeship
This apprenticeship could take you to the starting line. You will develop knowledge and skills across several business disciplines, focusing on the study of organisations, management and the changing environment in which they operate. You will also learn to take responsibility for people, projects, operations and/or services to deliver long term organisational success.
Enrolment will grant you membership of the Chartered Management Institute for the duration of the course. Successful completion of this programme will gain you a Business Management with Business Practice BA (Hons) and the option to be assessed for Chartered Manager status.
The Chartered Management Institute’s Chartered Manager award is the highest professional status that can be achieved in management and leadership, demonstrating a professional approach through competence, knowledge, professional standards and CPD.
For further details, please look at the 'Modules' and 'How to apply' tab.
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All employees of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust are welcome to apply.
You will be expected to have achieved English and Maths GCSEs grade A-C or equivalent prior to starting this programme or to work towards achieving Functional Skills Level 2 in English and Maths in the first six months of the programme.
The apprenticeship is only available to people who are eligible to work and study in the UK who are in a role that meets the requirements of the apprenticeship standards.
Applications from applicants with non-traditional academic qualifications and significant work experience will be considered on individual basis in consultation with the Trust and the Course Director.
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The cost of the apprenticeship is paid fully via the apprenticeship levy provided by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.
An Apprenticeship Standard is comprised of a programme of study, an End Point Assessment and on-the-job learning. This means that in addition to meeting academic requirements, you’ll need to be employed in a role related to your apprenticeship. The process of applying depends on whether you have an employer to sponsor (and support) you.
If you are employed and your employer has confirmed they will support your apprenticeship:
You are welcome to submit an application via our application system. You’ll need to provide details of your employment/employer as part of the application. You’ll also need to ensure you and your employer meet the requirements – find out who can be an apprentice to see if you meet the entry requirements and employer commitments to find out more about your employer’s role.
If you are not employed:
If you’re a prospective apprentice, you can find out more about who can be an apprentice on our student pages.
If you’re an employer, you can find information about the employer commitments and further related information on the related pages for business.
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There are steps the apprentices, the employer and the University need to complete before you start your course. Take a look at the steps to be completed in the New Students: Apprentices section. Employers may also like to look at our steps to offering an apprenticeship.
An apprenticeship combines work-based and off-the-job learning. The Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship includes special modules which have been designed to allow you to achieve academic credit through work-based consultancy and research projects. These modules are designed to be flexible and to enable you to incorporate your learning in the workplace with your academic learning in the classroom.
The course has been created to combine theory with current industry practice. This way, you can develop an understanding of the relevant knowledge and skills you need to apply for business management roles. This course covers professional competencies, people and organisations, business economics, management and information systems, e-business, business ethics, market research, e-commerce, social media and entrepreneurial finance.
In recognition of the School’s entrepreneurial culture and leading-edge practice, it has Centre of Excellence status: the IoEE’s (Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs) flagship organisational accreditation for organisations that promote and deliver enterprise skills development.
This course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) is the world's largest professional body of management accountants offering the most relevant accounting qualification for a career in business. The course is also accredited by ACCA.
LSBU Business School is an esteemed member institution of the Business Graduates Association (BGA), an international membership and quality assurance body of world-leading and high-potential Business Schools who share a commitment for responsible management practices and lifelong learning, and are looking to provide positive impact on their students, communities, and the economy as a whole. BGA is the sister brand to the Association of MBAs (AMBA), the world's impartial authority on postgraduate management education.
As a BGA member institution, students of LSBU Business School are able to access BGA's individual membership, which offers a range of tools and resources designed to support the professional and personal development of business students and graduates, free of charge. This includes CV building services, a job search function, skill assessments, thought-leadership, partner discounts and much more.
Your learning materials are available on the Virtual Learning Environment so you can access them any time. Seminars make use of group-work and discussions, workshops and computer lab work. And you'll have a Personal Tutor (at level 4), who will help you plan and review your progress, as well as the dedicated Information adviser and the LSBU Business School to help you find the resources you need.
Currently, for all apprenticeship standards, the amount of off-the-job training is a minimum of 20% or equivalent.
The Apprenticeship will consist of the following elements:
This programme starts on Thursday 31 January 2019. You will be expected to attend every Thursday for the full duration of this level 6 degree apprenticeship.
3 years plus 6-9 months for the End Point Assessment (EPA). The course will be delivered in three 14-week blocks per academic year so that the part time degree element takes 3 years encompassing levels 4, 5 and 6. The end point assessment which awards the apprenticeship may take place outside this period subject to agreement between the employer and the independent assessor.
Business students benefit from a number of facilities and software available within the LSBU Business School, but are also host to a whole number of extracurricular activities that help prepare students for the world of work.
Below is a list of extracurricular activities which students can get involved in, utilising the facilities which we have available, to make the learning process at LSBU much more practical and hands-on.
Find out about our HEAR programme in the LSBU Business School
As an undergraduate student in LSBU Business School, your personal development and wellbeing is very important to us, so we have developed a personal tutoring system that is tailored to your individual and group needs.
Firstly, you will be allocated a personal tutor who will be available to you on a 1:1 basis as well as facilitating group personal tutoring sessions which will be designed to enhance your academic and personal development within your degree programme.
In addition to an allocated personal tutor, there will also be a personal tutor available ‘on call’ in a designated room, called ‘Talk’, for confidential 1:1 pastoral care meetings every day of the academic semester from 9am to 8pm. This personal tutor can be seen by appointment or within a few minutes in order to assist you with any concerns that you may have.
Our personal tutoring motto is that we want you to "Achieve, Succeed & Excel".