The objective of the Level 6 Certificate in Academic and Professional Skills Development qualification is to provide learners with an opportunity for deeper engagement with academic and professional skills.
These skills will enable learners to advance to academic study through the development of academic conventions, procedures and considerations relevant to study in higher education.
It will also enable learners to develop relevant academic skills towards professional, organisational and self-management attributes that are associated with professional practice.
The aims of this programme will allow learners to:
- Apply principles of academic convention
- Develop academic assignments
- Use analytical and critical skills to develop arguments
- Apply time management skills for academic study
- Understand how to source and utilise information for academic study
- Understand own learning styles.
The Level 6 Certificate in Academic and Professional Skills Development consists of 1 mandatory unit, of 20 credits, 200 hours Total Qualification Time (TQT) and 100 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) for the completed qualification. It can be completed within 2-4 months.
The RQF Level 6 represent practical knowledge, skills, capabilities and competences that are assessed in academic terms as being equivalent level to relevant Bachelor’s Degrees with Honours, Bachelor’s Degrees, Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), Graduate Diplomas and Graduate Certificates.
As this qualification is approved and regulated by Ofqual (Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulation), learners are eligible to progress to relevant qualifications at a higher level or for progression with professional practice.
All fees paid for the qualification include:1.e-portfolio allocation.
2.Tutor support.
3. Research and support materials.4. Certificate issue.
5. Learner support if raised and identified.6. FREE NUS / TOTUM discount card.
7. FREE SET membership.
8. When on an instalment plan there is no interest rate charged.
9. Upon signing up for the qualification an agreed break in learning and qualification can be issued upon request as soon as it is identified and raised.
