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Programme highlights

  • 12 Advanced Workshops
  • 24 months on programme
  • Access 30+ Elective Workshops
  • Up to 5 months End Point Assessment
  • 1:1 Executive Coaching Sessions
  • Learning Experiences & Mini Conferences

The UK’s only degree where real work earns real qualifications

We’ve partnered with Hartpury University to revolutionise apprenticeship aligned leadership degrees. Your real work earns real qualifications. No fictional case studies – your actual projects become assignments. Your current challenges drive learning. Your results earn credits. This means cutting-edge theory immediately improves your organisation. Academic excellence solving today’s problems. The first programme where workplace success equals academic success. Every assignment advances your company while advancing your career.

Theory that works as hard as you do.

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Learn it, apply it, measure it, prove it and gain real ROI. Our revolutionary approach brings academic theory straight to your desk. Learn it Monday, apply it Tuesday, measure results by Friday. No abstract assignments. No fictional scenarios. Just rigorous academic thinking applied to your real challenges. Finally, a degree where every theory improves your practice.

What to expect

Our Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship programme delivers:

BSc Business Management (Hons) 
Hartpury University degree

Real work earns real credits
Your projects become assignments

Innovation frameworks
Applied to your live challenges

Critical thinking
Analyse your actual business decisions

30+ electives
Choose modules matching your role

Chartered Manager status 
CMI professional accreditation

Measurable ROI
Every assignment improves performance

Academic excellence. Practical mastery. Real impact.

The only degree programme where scholarly thinking drives workplace performance.

  • 12 Advanced Workshops bringing theory to life in your role
  • 30+ electives applying academic concepts to real challenges
  • Executive coaching bridging theory and practice
  • Academic projects using your actual work
  • Learning experiences connecting scholarship with reality
  • Partnership with outstanding-rated Hartpury University
  • Your workplace becomes your learning laboratory

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY

Built for ambitious leaders who think and do:

  • Aspiring Middle & Senior Leaders – Master theory while delivering results
  • Operational Managers – Add academic depth to practical expertise
  • L3 Graduates – for more experienced team leaders looking for career advancement
  • L5 Graduates – Natural progression to degree-level thinking
  • Established Seniors – Finally connect experience with scholarship
  • Graduate Trainees – Blend academic learning with real application

Two years. Theory in action.

Advanced Workshops

Year One: Academic foundations through workplace application

  • Collaborating & Managing Relationships – Stakeholder theory using your actual networks
  • Design Thinking for Enterprise – Innovation frameworks solving your real problems
  • Leading Sustainably & Responsibly – CSR theory in your actual context
  • Making Financial Decisions – Financial models with your real budgets
  • Managing Digital & Data-Driven Marketing – Marketing theory driving actual campaigns
  • Managing Operations & Projects – PM methodologies on live deliverables

 

Year Two: Strategic scholarship through practice

  • Managing & Leading in Organisations – Organisational theory in your real structure
  • Planning Research Methods – Academic rigour investigating actual problems
  • Exploring Strategy & Innovation – Strategic frameworks creating real solutions
  • Critical Issues in Business – Scholarly analysis of current challenges
  • Leading Ethical Business & CSR – Ethics theory driving real change
  • Applied Management Project – Academic research transforming your workplace

Elective Workshops: Unlimited access. Zero waste.

Your programme includes unlimited access to 30+ elective workshops. Target your exact gaps. From handling that difficult team member to understanding budgets. From building resilience to strategic thinking. Every elective solves a specific challenge with tools you’ll use tomorrow. No mandatory modules. Just the skills you actually need, when you need them. Because you’re too busy for irrelevant training.

 

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Improved performance – theory meets practice

I finally understand why theory matters – because I see it working in my department every day. Academic thinking that actually helps.

Rachel Kumar, Operations Director

Pathway options

Investment in academic and career excellence. Graduates see average salary increases of 38% within 18 months. Because degrees that blend theory with practice create exceptional leaders.

  • Apprenticeship Levy

    £22,000 Complete degree programme

  • Commercial funding

    Flexible options available

  • Everything included

    No hidden academic costs

Support bridging academia and workplace:

  • Academic tutors who value practical application
  • Workplace mentors who understand theoretical frameworks
  • Programme managers coordinating both worlds
  • Peer learning with leaders on the same journey
  • Hartpury University’s outstanding teaching excellence
  • The perfect blend of scholarly rigour and workplace reality.

The power of practical scholarship

We don’t skip theory – we make it work harder. Every academic concept is immediately tested in your workplace. Every framework must prove its worth in practice. Every assignment improves both your thinking AND your performance. This is how modern leaders learn: theory and practice as one.

Why Hartpury University?

We chose a partner who shares our vision: theory is powerful when applied. Hartpury’s outstanding Ofsted rating and teaching excellence comes from their belief that the best learning happens through doing. Together, we’ve created the UK’s first degree where academic theory transforms workplace practice.

Join the revolution in leadership education

Be part of the first generation earning degrees through practical scholarship. Where academic excellence drives workplace excellence.

Stop choosing between theory and practice. Start mastering both together. The UK’s only degree programme where Monday’s theory solves Tuesday’s problem. Where academic frameworks drive quarterly results. Where scholarly thinking creates competitive advantage.

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Other degrees teach you theory. This one teaches you to use it. My assignments didn’t just earn grades – they earned results.

David Chen, Head of Innovation

One question matters: Ready for theory that transforms your practice?