Postgraduate & Professional Qualifications

At Carnegie College you can now study to degree level, and in certain areas of study this can be taken even further to postgraduate level. We currently offer a wide range of courses that can help you reach higher in your career or move into a managerial role. Professional qualifications generally lead to membership of professional bodies. Increasingly employers are looking for such qualifications and they can give you competitive advantage when seeking that career or promotion. If you are in employment but feel that by developing your learning you can progress in your career you may want to consider the range of Professional Qualifications Carnegie College has to offer. It’s likely that you’ll want a part-time, flexible learning course - one that you can fit in with your job, your family and time for yourself (if you have this luxury!). We support learners who work with many of the biggest and smallest companies in Central Scotland and study with us at Carnegie College. Most make this choice as a result of the high quality of professional development opportunities that we offer. Every applicant is offered support and guidance in making the right learning choices. Choices that can last for a few weeks or extend through many years of part-time study, right on to first degree and MBA level. We do our utmost to design the courses that give you as much flexibility as we can manage together. This means that you are quite independent if you want to be, or can attend all of the classes offered if you would rather. Professionals whose work takes them away from Central Scotland on a regular basis have kept in touch via email and phone can now, for the first time, keep up to date with work by using our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Examples of the kinds of postgraduate courses you can undertake are: CIPD Professional Development Scheme This course runs on a part time basis and will help you to advance your management career in personnel and development. It will also provide you with Graduate or Licentiate Membership status on the CIPD. You should have a degree in a similar subject, such as the CIPD Certificate in Business Awareness and Advanced Professional Study, cmi Diploma in Management or equivalent. If you do not have these qualifications and have significant people management involvement in a recent work role you are encouraged to apply. Click here for further course details or to complete an application form now CIPD Business Awareness and Advanced Professional Studies This course will develop your knowledge and expertise in research and reasoning skills in a business context; you will develop an understanding of the business environment, and you will gain self-management, study skills and analysis skills. To start this course you will need to have a level 3 qualification (a CIPD certificate) or a non-business or social science degree. Click here for further course details or to complete an application form now cmi Management Diploma This course will meet the continuing personal and professional development needs of first line managers. Click here for further course details or to complete an application form now cmi Executive Diploma in Management This course will enable first line managers to acquire the knowledge and skills to enhance their own capability and to prepare them to demonstrate competence at NVQ/SVQ 4. After 2 years of study this course can lead to an MBA, which is carried out in Napier University. Click here for further course details or to complete an application form now If you are interested in studying at this level and wish to find out more information about courses available please contact the Customer Services Team on 0844 248 0115. A brochure is available from Customer Services for Employer's. 'Giving You the Knowledge' An Employer's Guide to Training and Development' at Carnegie College.