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Postgraduate Diploma
Bunhill Row
Part Time
OCT-25
1 Year
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Postgraduate Diploma
Bunhill Row
Part Time
OCT-25
1 Year
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You will have been working in the voluntary, community and charity sector for at least three years. You may alternatively have gained sound understanding of the sector through trusteeship or some other form of volunteering.
This course is ideal for you if you want to follow an advanced route for management and career development opportunities that encourage higher standards of effectiveness within the sector.
This course is your complete development programme for performance in the third sector. Youll study along a path that blends theory and practice around subjects such as managing people and quality, and leadership and managing change. You will develop a broad knowledge and conceptual base in organisational analysis, leadership and change.
During your studies, you will be introduced to practical tools to help improve organisational effectiveness and individual performance in change management.
You will also develop a broad knowledge and conceptual base in the field of quality management, people management and the management of multiple stakeholder needs. Youll explore the application of practical tools to help implement quality assurance systems in a nonprofit organisation, and theory and tools for managing individual performance.
Students are selected on their professional experience, and generally continue working in their full –time role whilst undertaking this course.
Past students have come from a variety of organisations, including business and the public sector.
All students will be highly motivated graduate-level people who bring a wide range of professional competencies, skills and experience from a wide range of backgrounds.
In general we ask for a good first degree, normally an upper second-class honours degree from a British University or a relevant professional qualification: e.g: ICSA; and three or more years relevant experience at a senior level.
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£7,620 per year
Students from Domestic
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£7,620 per year
Students from EU
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£7,620 per year
Students from International
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