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Awarding Body: OTHM
OTHM is an Ofqual regulated Awarding Organisation. This guarantees that all of their qualifications confirm to a high standard.
The OTHM Level 4 Diploma in Business Management is specifically designed to provide learners with an excellent foundation for building a professional career, and is applicable to multiple types of organisation. This qualification encourages each student to be: an independent thinker, confident in owning a business, enriched with detailed knowledge of business management, and equipped with skills to help deal with rapid change.
This diploma is ideal for those learners who want to start their own business, or want to advance their knowledge in the area, possibly to assist with their undertaking of an existing role, whether that is within your own business or someone else’s. Successful completion of this course will enable the student to progress in their career or to higher studies.
The qualification is designed to be completed over one academic year of full-time study. However, we accommodate for completely flexible delivery, so that students can schedule their learning around other commitments such as work or family. The qualification is delivered online through our Virtual Learning Environment.
All units within this course are internally verified by our assessors and externally verified by OTHM. This course is criterion-referenced, based on specific learning outcomes. To achieve a “PASS” for a unit, a student must complete the learning outcomes to meet the assessment criteria set by OTHM.
The Level 4 OTHM Qualification presents practical skills, knowledge, competences, and capabilities that are comparable in academic terms as being equivalent to Year 1 of a three-year UK Bachelor’s degree or to a Higher National Certificate (HNC).
Successful completion of this course enables the learners to get direct entry into OTHM Level 5 Diplomas, including the Level 5 Diploma in Business Management. As this diploma is regulated and approved by Ofqual (Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulations), Learners can get direct entry into year 2 of three-year UK Bachelor’s degree programs at Arden University, University of Sunderland, London Graduate School, Coventry University, and Concordia University Chicago.
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For entry into this course, students must meet the following criteria:
• Have a relevant GCE/GCSE or NQF/QCF/RFQ Level 3 Diploma/Award or equivalent qualification
• The student must be 18 or older at the enrollment
• Students over 21 years are also advised to have management experience.
Learners are expected to have English language proficiency of CEFR Level B2, this can be met in any one the following ways:
• Being a native English language speaker
• Having achieved an IELTS 5.5 or equivalent
• Having had your last two years of schooling in English
• Passing our online English language test
Awarding body fee of £250 is payable by the learner to the awarding organisation within 14 days of starting the course. This will be collected from the learner and passed on to the awarding organisation for registration and certification purposes. The final certification you get is the same, regardless of your route. There are no strict deadlines for submitting individual coursework, allowing you room and flexibility to pace your studies; the only deadline is the overall course duration based on the option you selected above.
You can have instant access to the course; once you enrol on the course, you can start studying immediately.
Our courses are designed to provide a dedicated online tutor support to learners throughout the course for ongoing assistance.
Flexible payment plans to suit your budget; pay fee in easy monthly instalments.
You will receive your accredited certificate and transcript at no additional cost from our approved awarding body.
This diploma is perfect for Learners who desire to launch their own business or increase their expertise in the field, potentially to help them fill out a current role in their own or another company. The learner will be able to advance in their profession or higher education after successfully completing this course.
It is a self-paced course. The qualification is meant to be finished over the course of a full academic year. However, we allow entirely flexible delivery so learners can fit their studies around other obligations like work or family. Our Virtual Learning Environment provides the qualification online.
The learner must be 18 years or older at the time of enrollment and hold a relevant GCE/GCSE, NQF/QCF/RFQ Level 3 Diploma/Award, or equivalent qualification. The learners must have managerial experience if they are older than 21.
The learners will access all course materials, including videos, presentations, handouts, notes, assignment briefs and guidelines, and e-books. Additionally, learners are given the help of a tutor, who will correspond with them via emails and messages as they complete their courses. The decision to purchase extra books for the study is entirely up to the learners.
Completing this course will lay a solid basis for a career in various organisations. It will develop your confidence in problem-solving in the workplace. Furthermore, it will help show employers that you are competent in current business and management practices, improving your career prospects and employability. Advance to further study. Become “business ready”: a confident, independent thinker with a detailed knowledge of business and management and the skills to adapt quickly to change.
The OTHM, Level 5 Diploma in Business Management, Level 5 Diploma in Business Management is one of the academic advancement options available upon successful completion of the Level 4 Diploma in Business Management. A three-year UK bachelor’s degree programme at Level 4 is comparable to an HNC and Year 1. You are qualified to start the UK’s second year of a three-year bachelor’s degree programme year of a three-year bachelor’s degree programme in the UK. Before enrolling in the Level 4 course, please check your eligibility with the university where you plan to get your degree.
Six mandatory units totalling 120 credits, 1200 Total Qualification Hours (TQH), and 480 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) make up the OTHM Level 4 Diploma in Business Management.
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