The programme will bring you a number of benefits including:

• personal development and acquisition of new skills
• increased understanding of how the role can have a wider positive impact
• improved skills such as communications, team working and problem solving
• increase in your confidence, knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to succeed
• accredited training leading towards a recognised Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualification

The apprenticeship programme is currently offered at three levels:

• Level 3 is for those in new to role, front-line managers who have at least two direct line reports
• Level 5 is for those in strategic or departmental leadership roles or for manager of managers
• Level 6 is for those in strategic or departmental leadership roles who would like to work towards Chartered Manager status

You will learn using the following methods:

• e-Learning (BUD)
• virtual classroom sessions
• support sessions with Learning & Development Practitioner (LDP)
• formal Reviews with LDP and your Line Manager
• workplace development activities

Please note this is a rolling programme with enrolment bi-monthly for example: September, November, January, March, May, July. You will be asked to state your preferred start month in your online request form.

• Eligible to work in the UK
• UK/EU resident for the past 3 years
• Contact of employment exceeds the length of the programme
• Work pattern, a minimum of 16 hours per week
• In a suitable job role to support the learning programme
• Does not have an equivalent or higher qualification in the same subject matter

Please also ensure that you can meet the 20% (minimum of 6 hours per week) off the job learning.

To undertake the apprenticeship programme, you will need to be committed to remain in employment for the duration of the programme.

• level 3 can take up to 12 months
• level 5 can take up to 20 months
• level 6 can take up to 36 months

You need to commit your time with the support of your line manager to undertake planned training activity and meet the minimum of 6 hours a week off-the-job training requirement.

Both Level 3, 5 and 6 are funded by the University through the apprenticeship levy so you or your department will not need to find resource in the budget.

The following link gives you access to the recording of the information session for the Leadership and Management Apprenticeship

We would like to highlight if you choose to undertake the ILM qualification during your apprenticeship then upon completion of the programme, you are required to make the payment for the ILM annual membership subscription, this is in reference to the University policy.

We have partnered with Babington who are a leading professional training course, apprenticeships and traineeships provider.

Please view the Information documents for details on each level of the apprenticeship programme.