CIPD Diploma in Strategic People Management

L7 Level 7
Part Time
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City Centre Campus, Cardiff

About this course

This qualification is ideal for people professionals who wish to develop their personal effectiveness and business acumen. Learners will understand how to design and manage your own strategy, enhance people management skills – and learn how best to lead.

Advanced level builds on the Associate level qualifications.   

Advanced CIPD qualification which builds on Associate Level qualifications. 

This course runs over 18 months and is worth 120 credits. Our next cohort will begin late 2025/early 2026, applications will open closer to the time. 

On successful completion of this qualification, individuals will receive Associate membership of CIPD, they will also have the eligibility to apply for Chartered Membership based on specified criteria.

What you will study

The course gives learners more breadth and depth of knowledge while developing skills application in a strategic context.  Consisting of 8 Behaviours are aligned to the Profession Map.

Consisting of 8 units aligned to the core knowledge and behaviour standards of the CIPD Profession Map.

  • Work and working lives in a changing business environment 
  • People management and development strategies for performance
  • Personal effectiveness, ethics and business acumen
  • Business research in people practise
  • Strategic employee relations
  • Resourcing and talent management to sustain success
  • Strategic reward management 
  • Advanced employment law in practise

Entry requirements

- Current employment in a Strategic People Management related role or have strategic experience. - After applying, you will be asked to complete a Personal Statement Questionnaire and a Virtual Interview with the Course Tutor who will then assess your suitability for this level of CIPD qualification against CIPD guidelines. If suitable, you will be awarded with an offer. - Once enrolled, CAVC will send a link to set this up your CIPD Membership which is essential to completing any CIPD qualification. Please note that the course cost does not cover CIPD Membership as it is a personal membership.

Entry requirements

- Current employment in a Strategic People Management related role or have strategic experience. - After applying, you will be asked to complete a Personal Statement Questionnaire and a Virtual Interview with the Course Tutor who will then assess your suitability for this level of CIPD qualification against CIPD guidelines. If suitable, you will be awarded with an offer. - Once enrolled, CAVC will send a link to set this up your CIPD Membership which is essential to completing any CIPD qualification. Please note that the course cost does not cover CIPD Membership as it is a personal membership.

Teaching and assessment

The course will be delivered through face-to-face, classroom-based learning every week.

To obtain this qualification, you will need to submit assignments for every unit.

Entry requirements

- Current employment in a Strategic People Management related role or have strategic experience. - After applying, you will be asked to complete a Personal Statement Questionnaire and a Virtual Interview with the Course Tutor who will then assess your suitability for this level of CIPD qualification against CIPD guidelines. If suitable, you will be awarded with an offer. - Once enrolled, CAVC will send a link to set this up your CIPD Membership which is essential to completing any CIPD qualification. Please note that the course cost does not cover CIPD Membership as it is a personal membership.

Entry requirements

- Current employment in a Strategic People Management related role or have strategic experience. - After applying, you will be asked to complete a Personal Statement Questionnaire and a Virtual Interview with the Course Tutor who will then assess your suitability for this level of CIPD qualification against CIPD guidelines. If suitable, you will be awarded with an offer. - Once enrolled, CAVC will send a link to set this up your CIPD Membership which is essential to completing any CIPD qualification. Please note that the course cost does not cover CIPD Membership as it is a personal membership.

Course fee per year

Part-time enrolment fee: £35.00

Course Fee: £5,500.00

Important points

  • The College welcomes contact with parents/guardians of students who are under 18.
  • Additional support is available for students with learning difficulties and disabilities.
  • Cardiff and Vale College is committed to inclusion and values diversity. We are determined to promote equality of opportunity and to treat everyone fairly and with respect.
  • Cardiff and Vale College reserves the right to make changes to this course without prior notice.
  • Course fees are subject to change. Your fee will be confirmed prior to enrolment.
  • All courses are accurate at the time of upload or print.
  • Courses can only run if there are sufficient numbers.
  • Please note, if you choose three or more course choices, then you may be referred for a careers appointment first. This does not apply to A Level or GCSE choices.
Key information

Start date

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Time of day

Day Time

Part Time

6 hours per week

Location

City Centre Campus, Cardiff
Maps & directions

Course code

CSCIPD7PM
L7

Qualification

CIPD Level 7
cipd

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What our students say

I think Cardiff and Vale College have got very good reputation. They definitely know what they're doing in terms of teaching styles. They're extremely flexible. I think that you'll definitely get a lot of benefit out of coming, because there's so much that you can learn. There's such a variety of modules on this course, and there's definitely something that I've taken away from every single one of them.

CIPD
Rachael Donovan
CIPD in People Management level 5

Locations

City Centre Campus, Cardiff
City Centre Campus, Cardiff

City Centre Campus,

Dumballs Road,

Cardiff,

CF10 5FE