Partner Details
Nelson and Colne College Group
Awards
Target Award
Award Description:Foundation Degree Arts - FDA
Recruitable Target
Programme Offerings
Full-Time
F2F-NCN-JAN
F2F-NCN-SEP
Educational Aims of the Course
The general aims of the programme are: • To provide students with the knowledge, skills, techniques and behaviours needed to support a career as a professional in business • To provide a structured ladder of progression including well-rounded and valuable qualification at levels 4 and 5, tailored to the needs of local and regional employers, and supporting progression routes to level 6 and beyond. • To provide students with the maximum practicable flexibility of study (in terms of study mode, timescales and recognition of prior learning) thus enabling them to match their study commitments to personal needs and aspirations.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate an understanding of the businesses and the business environment
2.
Assess the importance of the management of resources, the supply chain, procurement, logistics, outsourcing and quality systems.
3.
Analyse organisational behaviour, including cross-cultural issues, change, diversity and values.
4.
Develop appropriate business policies and strategies within a changing environment, applying theories and evaluate their relevance.
5.
Apply innovation and entrepreneurship to the creation of new products, services or organisations, including the identification of intellectual property and appreciation of its value.
6.
Use quantitative skills to manipulate data, evaluate, estimate and model business problems, functions and phenomena.
7.
Communicate effectively verbally and in writing
8.
Use ICT effectively
9.
Conduct research activities
10.
Demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively with people with different roles and from diverse backgrounds
11.
Critically reflect on own learning and on the activities of the placement employer
12.
Demonstrate an understanding of the need for individuals and organisations to operate sustainably, manage responsibly and behave ethically in relation to social, cultural, economic and environmental issues.
13.
Demonstrate an understanding of the sources, uses and management of finance and the use of accounting and other information systems for planning, control, decision-making and managing financial risk.
14.
Demonstrate an understanding of customers, markets and marketing, and propose appropriate approaches to real-world marketing needs.
15.
Analyse the need for transparency and responsibility in finance and accounting
16.
Analyse facts and circumstances to determine the factors underlying a problem or opportunity, and identifying and selecting appropriate solutions / actions.
17.
Test the application of academic theories in the real world by comparison of theory with workplace experience
18.
Analyse business problems and propose appropriate solutions
19.
Assess various approaches to people management including communications, team building, leadership and motivating others.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Key themes of the teaching and learning strategy on this programme are: • Varied assessment and feedback to enhance the experience of the student. • The availability of flexible teaching and learning modes, using face to face, on-line and blended learning. • Student support through the use of structured and targeted tutorials. • The development and application of theory into practice. • The use of inclusive learning methods There is considerable diversity of delivery needs among the likely candidates for this programme. These include • Traditional full-time learners, mainly students progressing internally from level 3 awards • Day-release part-time learners, mainly those on day release from partner employers • Evening class students, principally either those in employment whose employers will not release them during the day or those in other employment wishing to retrain as managers or to support the launch of their own small businesses • Those unable to study on a week-by-week basis but who could attend in week-long blocks • Those who wish to offset RPEL of their previous studies or experience against module learning outcomes. This programme is intended to meet all of these needs. While the mode and timing of delivery may vary, all students will be assessed against the same learning outcomes and will have the same skills on exit. This programme is designed to use a variety of different assessment methods to ensure that all students, of whatever preference in assessment, have the opportunity to demonstrate their achievement of learning outcomes. Assessment is designed to be both formative, in building knowledge and skills, and summative in assessing whether and to what extent required outcomes have been met. At level 4, assessment is focused on evidencing that necessary knowledge and skills have been acquired, whereas at level 5 the emphasis is on the capacity to apply knowledge in context to real-world scenarios. Students entering this programme will generally not have experienced a formal examination since GCSE, which for some will have been many years ago. For this reason, there are no formal, written examinations at level 4. One examination is used at level 5, by way of preparation for those students intending to progress to level 6 or beyond. There is a synoptic project in which students will apply their knowledge and skill to the solution of a real-world business problem.
Programme Structure
Structure
Level 4 Core
Level 5 Core
Entry Requirements
Alternative qualifications considered
HECoS Code(s)
(CAH17-01) business and management
(CAH17-01) business and management