What will I learn on this module?
This module is the third of four 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 the manner in which 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 fulfilment of these standards. Completion of this module and progress to the next stage of your studies will depend upon:
• The production of a reflexive log which 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.
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How will I learn on this module?
You will develop through learning and development opportunities that arise in the context of your work supported by learning opportunities curated across the leadership curriculum. This module has been designed to enable you to seek out and to pursue such opportunities by providing a platform for knowledge exchange and skills development, which while tutor-led is focused upon the distinctive learning needs of Higher Apprentices. These opportunities will introduce you to the leading knowledge in the field, current practices across sectors, and provide time and space to discuss with tutors and your peers how these relate to your own work-based experiences and practice.
How will I be supported academically on this module?
You will be guided in your learning and development by a team of academics, practice tutors, workplace coaches and, of course, your workplace mentor. You will work with these individuals to develop a portfolio of learning that demonstrates that your appreciation of the manner in which the knowledge, skills and behaviours outlined in the HA standard allow you to perform the 12 core duties that underpin leadership and management at this level.
What will I be expected to read on this module?
All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. Online reading lists (provided after enrolment) give you access to your reading material for your modules. The Library works in partnership with your module tutors to ensure you have access to the material that you need.
What will I be expected to achieve?
Knowledge & Understanding:
1.You will complete your application of critical knowledge and understanding of key concepts relating to leadership as defined in the standard.
Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
2. You will complete your application of skills and abilities relating to leadership as defined in the standard.
Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
3. You will complete your application of behaviours relating to leadership as defined in the standard.
How will I be assessed?
This module will assess the evidence you are developing for your Higher Apprenticeship, to award academic credit. Therefore, you are not required to do anything further than your apprenticeship. The award of academic credit will be made on the basis of:
1. Satisfactory evidence of progress reviews to date, with records of these agreed by the workplace coach and mentor. (MLO1, 2, 3)
2. Satisfactory evidence of ‘personal development reflective learning account’ to date, with records of each learning opportunity undertaken, across the range of opportunities offered on-programme and in the workplace environment. (MLO 1, 2, 3)
3. Satisfactory evidence of holistic workplace evidence narratives to cover the whole standard. These should have completed narratives, supporting artefacts and witness testimony, and are agreed by the workplace coach and mentor. (MLO 1, 2, 3)
4. Evidence of completion of English and Maths at level 2 (if required) (MLO 2)
5. Records of engagement with performance reviews over the duration of the apprenticeship (including 360 if appropriate within your workplace).
6. A draft brief summary (500 words max) of the strategic business proposal, outlining the proposal’s subject, title and scope. This will be agreed between the employer and the EPAO at the Gateway.
Pre-requisite(s)
Commencing the Apprenticeship Journey
Developing the Apprenticeship Journey
Co-requisite(s)
None
Module abstract
This six-month module completes your development towards the Senior Leader Higher Apprenticeship programme. Over the duration of this period, you will advance your knowledge, understanding, and practical skills central to senior leadership roles, in addition to key skills essential for academic learning.
Themes covered will include:
1.People at Work: The Nature and Limits of Managing
2. Managing Communications in Organisations
3. Strategy and the strategy processes
4. Markets and Marketing
5. Innovation and Change
6. Managing Operations
7. Digital: Challenges and Opportunities
8. Managing Resource and Finance
9. Ethics and Enterprise
10. Managing and Developing People
11. Developing self as a leader
12. Big data in organisations
You will engage in learning within your own workplace, attend university masterclasses and practice development sessions, conduct independent study across a range of curated resources, and reflect on the learning and experience of this journey.
Course info
Credits 30
Level of Study Postgraduate
Mode of Study 24 months Part Time
Department Newcastle Business School
Location City Campus, Northumbria University
City Newcastle
Start September 2025
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