Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (CMDA)

The Chartered Manager Degree is a new 'Trailblazer' apprenticeship scheme created by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) and higher education providers. Funded by the government and your employer, this apprenticeship combines work-based learning and business education, which will provide you with a degree and professional recognition through the award of Chartered Manager status. This apprenticeship has been designed to provide access to development opportunities for a wide range of individuals. This includes members of existing workforces and individuals at the start of their careers who wish to become professional managers and achieve Chartered Manager status. It is applicable to professional managers belonging to any size of organisation, in every sector: private, public or third.

Potential Benefits for Employers

The apprenticeship is first and foremost a job with substantial training and the opportunity to develop a range of transferable skills. This is designed to enable your workforce to grow organically whilst combining university study and workplace learning to enable apprentices to gain a full bachelor’s degree.

The programme offers professional recognition by the CMI through the award of Chartered Manager status, and is designed to ensure that apprentices are equipped with the skills employers need to boost their employment prospects as well as impact the organisation positively.

Apprentices can develop the skills and knowledge that is directly relevant to your business.
Provides the opportunity to 'grow your own' staff, instilling your business culture and working style.
Development of in-house talent and retention of existing staff.
Individually negotiated projects and assignments designed to benefit your department or organisation.
Strengthened links and potential for collaborative work with the University.

Potential Benefits for Employees

The opportunity to develop the power of critical enquiry, logical thought and independent judgement and the chance apply these to decision-making processes within management environments.
Develop an awareness of the principles of responsible management and leadership.
Develop the knowledge and skills to enhance effectiveness as managers and leaders.
Enable apprentices to reflect on and learn from their own professional experience.
Integrate new knowledge with experience and apply it to management situations.
Develop recognition of the need for lifelong learning, continued professional development.
Flexible delivery for those who are seeking to develop their career by combining academic study with their existing employment.

How You Study

The Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship is centred on work-based learning, with modules delivered through a flexible blended-learning approach. The course is hosted primarily online but with opportunities for face-to-face workshops. The apprenticeship is underpinned by the BA (Hons) Professional Practice in Leadership & Management.

The programme aims to develop apprentices' professional skills and knowledge within a work-based context while equipping them with an awareness of the principles of responsible management and leadership. Apprentices have the opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills to enhance their effectiveness as managers and leaders. Work-based learning aims to encourage the application of theory to work practice. It can involve, for example, thinking critically about changes in the workplace, and being supported in undertaking and reporting on a work-based project that may meet a specific challenge within their organisation.

The CMDA has a duration of 3.5-4 years.

How You Are Assessed

Students taking the CMDA will need to comply with the national requirements for degree apprenticeship standards including the end point assessment (EPA) to achieve their degree apprenticeship. The EPA consists of a portfolio of evidence, mapped to the CMDA standard. These will be independently assessed in the form of a work-based project, presentation and interview. Modules on the underpinning BA (Hons) Professional Practice in Leadership and Management are mapped to the CMDA standard.

Career Opportunities

The Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship has been designed to suit a wide range of individuals. It is suitable for those at any level of prior experience, from established professional managers to those at the start of their careers. Applicants may have years of practical experience but wish to advance their theoretical understanding of management and further their skills.

How to Apply

For more information on how to apply please contact us.

Fees and Funding

Employers:

Businesses in the UK are now required to pay HMRC the apprenticeship levy on a monthly basis through the PAYE system. There is an opportunity for all UK businesses regardless of whether you are a levy-paying employer or not, to benefit from government funding for apprenticeship training. More information on how apprenticeship funding works can be found here on the government website. The apprentice is not responsible for paying any fees associated with an apprenticeship. Fees are paid from the apprenticeship levy which an employer pays into. A non-levy paying employer will be able to co-invest, with the government paying 95% of the fee and the employer contributing 5%.

Levy-Paying Employer:

- From April 2017 the government levy imposed a 0.5% levy on businesses' payrolls.

- Employers with a payroll in excess of £3m will be affected.

- For every £1 paid the government will top up by 10%.

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