Senior People Professional Higher Apprenticeship
24 months part time | September start
Option for Placement Year
Option for Study Abroad
Option for Placement Year
Option for Study Abroad
Applicants should normally have:
A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree, or at least three years of relevant work experience within Human Resource Management and Development (HRM/D) with responsibility for HRM/D delivery.
Other subject qualifications, including lower level professional qualifications such as the CIPD level 5 Certificate, or other related work experience such as Business Partner, will be considered on an individual basis.
Applicants without formal qualifications but with substantial senior-level HRM/D experience are encouraged to apply and will be considered on an individual basis.
International qualifications:
If you have studied a non UK qualification, you can see how your qualifications compare to the standard entry criteria, by selecting the country that you received the qualification in, from our country pages. Visit http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/yourcountry
English Language requirements
International applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).
*The university accepts a large number of UK and International Qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you will need in our English Language section. Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/englishqualifications
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Module information is indicative and is reviewed annually therefore may be subject to change. Applicants will be informed if there are any changes.
HA7018 -
Commencing the SPP Apprenticeship Journey (Core,20 Credits)
This module is the first of five designed to enhance your development and in so doing ensure your progress towards the End Point Assessment (EPA) that is the culmination of your Senior People Professional Higher Apprenticeship.
Your learning will be designed around the 12 core duties that underpin the HA standard but will be tailored by you to reflect how knowledge, skills and behaviours are constructed and enacted within the context of your employment.
Your performance on this module (and hence the award of academic credits) will depend upon your engagement with the HA standards and your ability to demonstrate the progress of your learning and development towards the fulfillment of these standards. Completion of this module and progress to the next stage of your studies will depend upon:
• The production of a reflective log demonstrates your continuing commitment to your own continuing professional development and your engagement with programme learning materials.
• Satisfactory performance in the regular tripartite reviews convened between you, your coach and your workplace mentor.
• Satisfactory progress in the development of your portfolio of learning as evidenced by the production of a minimum number of draft portfolio evidence components as agreed during your tripartite reviews.
There will be curated technology enabled learning (TEL) to support remaining 20% off the job learning including Zoom/Teams/Blackboard collaborate in addition to the following to support your learning:
• Practice and Academic reading lists
• Video lecture content
• Professional memberships
HA7019 -
Developing the SPP Apprenticeship Journey (Core,20 Credits)
This module is the second of five designed to enhance your development and in so doing to ensure your progress towards the End Point Assessment (EPA) that is the culmination of your SPP Higher Apprenticeship.
Your learning will be designed around the 12 core duties that underpin the SPP HA standard but will be tailored by you to reflect how knowledge, skills and behaviours are constructed and enacted within the context of your employment.
Your performance on this module (and hence the award of academic credits) will depend upon your engagement with the HA standards and your ability to demonstrate the progress of your learning and development towards the fulfillment of these standards. Completion of this module and progress to the next stage of your studies will depend upon:
• The production of a reflective log demonstrates your continuing commitment to your own continuing professional development and your engagement with programme learning materials.
• Satisfactory performance in the regular tripartite reviews convened between you, your coach and your workplace mentor.
• Satisfactory progress in the development of your portfolio of learning as evidenced by the production of a minimum number of draft portfolio evidence components as agreed during your tripartite reviews.
There will be curated technology enabled learning (TEL) to support remaining 20% off the job learning including Zoom/Teams/Blackboard collaborate in addition to the following to support your learning:
• Practice and Academic reading lists
• Video lecture content
• Professional memberships.
HA7020 -
Focusing on the SPP Apprenticeship Journey (Core,20 Credits)
This module is the third of five designed to enhance your development and in so doing to ensure your progress towards the End Point Assessment (EPA) that is the culmination of your Higher Apprenticeship.
Your learning will be designed around the 12 core duties that underpin the HA standard but will be tailored by you to reflect how knowledge, skills and behaviours are constructed and enacted within the context of your employment, via your specialist route.
Your performance on this module (and hence the award of academic credits) will depend upon your engagement with the HA standards and your ability to demonstrate the progress of your learning and development towards the fulfillment of these standards. Completion of this module and progress to the next stage of your studies will depend upon:
• The production of a reflective log demonstrates your continuing commitment to your own continuing professional development and your engagement with programme learning materials.
• Satisfactory performance in the regular tripartite reviews convened between you, your coach and your workplace mentor.
• Satisfactory progress in the development of your portfolio of learning as evidenced by the production of a minimum number of draft portfolio evidence components as agreed during your tripartite reviews.
There will be curated technology enabled learning (TEL) to support remaining 20% off the job learning including Zoom/Teams/Blackboard collaborate in addition to the following to support your learning:
• Practice and Academic reading lists
• Video lecture content
• Professional memberships.
HA7021 -
Completing the SPP Apprenticeship Journey (Core,20 Credits)
This module is the fourth of five designed to enhance your development and in so doing ensure your progress towards the End Point Assessment (EPA) that is the culmination of your Senior People Professional Higher Apprenticeship.
Your learning will be designed around the 12 core and your choice of 6 specialist duties that underpin the SPP HA standard but will be tailored by you to reflect how knowledge, skills and behaviours are constructed and enacted within the context of your employment, via your specialist route.
Your performance on this module (and hence the award of academic credits) will depend upon your engagement with the HA standards and your ability to demonstrate the progress of your learning and development towards the fulfillment of these standards. Completion of this module and progress to the next stage of your studies will depend upon:
• The production of a reflective log demonstrates your continuing commitment to your own continuing professional development and your engagement with programme learning materials.
• Satisfactory performance in the regular tripartite reviews convened between you, your workplace coach and your workplace mentor.
• Satisfactory progress in the development of your portfolio of learning as evidenced by the production of a minimum number of draft portfolio evidence components as agreed during your tripartite reviews.
There will be curated technology enabled learning (TEL) to support remaining 20% off the job learning including Zoom/Teams/Blackboard collaborate in addition to the following to support your learning:
• Practice and Academic reading lists
• Video lecture content
• Professional memberships.
HA7022 -
SPP Apprenticeship End Point (Core,40 Credits)
This module is the final of five designed to support your progress towards the End Point Assessment (EPA) that is the culmination of your Senior People Professional Higher Apprenticeship.
Your learning will support demonstration of some of the core duties that underpin the SPP standard and will be tailored by you to reflect how knowledge, skills and behaviours are constructed and enacted within the context of your employment. It will focus on Duty 1 - Lead the design, creation, implementation and review of people policies and practices aligned to the needs of the organisation
Your performance on this module (and hence the award of academic credits) will depend upon your engagement with the HA standards and completion of the end point project. Completion of this module and progress to the next stage of your studies will depend upon:
• Successful completion of professional discussion during the End Point Assessment process.
• Successful submission of a 7000-word project proposal to satisfy the requirements of End Point Assessment.
• Successful completion of presentation and questioning during the End Point Assessment process.
Our Applicant Services team will be happy to help. They can be contacted on 0191 406 0901 or by using our Contact Form.
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Contact time is subject to increase or decrease in line with possible restrictions imposed by the government or the University in the interest of maintaining the health and safety and wellbeing of students, staff, and visitors if this is deemed necessary in future.
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