Each applicant is considered on their academic merits and their ability to demonstrate an interest and ability in the subject area.
Applicants should usually have a first or upper second-class honours degree, in a relevant subject. Students that meet the criteria will be invited for interview.
Students whose first language is not English will need to provide evidence of fluency to at least an IELTS 6.0 standard or equivalent. For full details about how to apply and English Language qualifications please visit the International pages on the website.
The 20Twenty professional Leadership & Management Course at Cardiff Met, supported by funding from ESF, is designed specifically for large organisations and SMEs. The overall aim of the management training programme is to promote sustainable business growth by developing the critical leadership, business and management skills that employees need to meet the formidable expansion challenges facing businesses in Wales. More than 900 Welsh business have benefited from the programme so far, with more than 90 percent reporting an increase in sales turnover, employment, productivity and profits.
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The leadership course based in Cardiff is 10 months and this is divided into 6, two day workshops. The first half of the programme is designed to acknowledge and develop your own leadership style through a series of practical workshops and individual executive coaching. In the second half of the programme, a series of Master classes are provided on innovation and new thinking on a variety of business themes - including, Lean processes, creating a brand, maximising sales and making the business 'investor ready'.
The practical elements introduced throughout the programme are supported by opportunities to achieve a range of qualifications from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) including a CMI level 7 Certificate in Leadership together with a Postgraduate Certificate (PgC) in Sustainable Leadership. Following successful completion of the PgC, 60 Master-level credits will be obtained and these credits can be used towards the new Executive MBA . Students also have the option of continuing their studies to achieve the designation Chartered Manager or 'CMgr'.
However, the main objective of 20Twenty Leadership programme is to get participants to develop a three-year growth strategy for their business or department. Hence all the workshops and assignments are based around the needs of the business in driving sustainable growth. This is what makes this programme different from other leadership development programmes - it will provide sustainable results with tangible benefits.
Each group of participants partake in a series of Workshops, Action Learning Sets, Master-Classes, Business Mentoring and Executive Coaching, focusing on key areas such as:
Strategic Growth Project: The SGP transfers learning from the classroom to the workplace with a 3 year business growth plan for your department or company. It can be about elements such as increasing profit or turnover, changing leadership style, reducing costs, staff turnover, increasing staff engagement, increasing productivity or reducing waste.
Leadership and Management Practice & Styles.
Leadership Tools and Techniques
Accounting and Finance
Growth opportunities & Strategy
Strategic tools and frameworks
Marketing & Social Media
Creativity and Innovation
Motivation, teams, and people management
Emotional Intelligence and Resilience
The Entrepreneurial Mindset.
Executive Coaching
Towards the end of the Programme, students are required to develop a Strategic Growth Plan (SGP) for their business or area of responsibility.
OSHC: 624 ($) GBP per year
