Micro-Credential – Starting on 4th June 2025

• Weekday: Wednesdays
• Time: 5:30 – 8:30 pm

This module will enable learners to reflect critically on development needs and strategies in helping them to take ownership of their personal and professional development. Interpersonal and transferable skills, fundamental for learners’ career development and future progression, will be reviewed.
By the completion of this module, learners will be able to implement and continually review their own personal and professional development plan based on on-going identification of needs and feedback from others.

Personal Development runs throughout the three years of this degree programme. In year One, learners are equipped with the tools to juggle work, life and study time while promoting and strengthening their lifelong learning. In year Two, learners develop their potential and capabilities through interpersonal skills for both personal and professional development. In year Three learners concentrate their personal development on leadership skills with a focus on ethical leadership.

Assessment

• No Exams, just practical learning – This programme is assessed through engaging and hands-on methods.
• Assessment Breakdown – 10% Participation, 50% Assignment, 20% Presentation and 20% Group Work. 
• Plan ahead with ease – The assignment brief is provided in advance, allowing you to manage your study time effectively.
• Guidance every step of the way – You will receive continuous support and feedback to help you succeed throughout the course.

Tutors
Our tutors combine extensive real-world experience with strong academic backgrounds, delivering practical insights and industry expertise to enhance your learning.

Opportunities for further studies
Upon successful completion of this Award, you can:

• Take up the opportunity to follow other Awards in different areas of business and management, or
• Follow the Certificate in Business and Management (30 ECTS), and it will also lead you to further studies.

This award is designed for:

• Adult learners looking for an immersive learning experience in this field.
• Working professionals, who have been working for a number of years, and seeking to enhance their competencies, knowledge and skills in business and management.
• Prospective learners, who already have a Level 4 and/or a Level 5 qualification, and who would like to challenge themselves within this area, to further develop their expertise.

The entry requirements are:

• Three MQF/EQF Level 4 individual single subject qualifications and at least 18 years of age.

or

• One MQF/EQF Level 4 qualification of at least 120 ECTS, or equivalent and at least 18 years of age.

or

• A minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience and at least 21 years of age.

or

• The MATSEC Matriculation Certificate. This comprises 6 subjects, and include passes in a language, a science subject, a humanistic subject, and a pass in the subject ‘Systems of Knowledge’. Two of the 6 subjects must be at an Advanced Level, three of the subjects must be at an Intermediate Level and a pass at the ‘Systems of Knowledge’ subject.
• A pass (at least Grade 5 of better) in the Secondary Education Certificate examinations in the following subjects: English language, Mathematics, and one other subject.

Other equivalent (international) qualifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

All learners must have proficiency in the English language (evidence of use of the English language at work, 0-level pass in the English language, English as the national language or mother tongue, or other equivalent foreign qualifications equating to Common European Framework (at B2), such as IELTS (overall score of 6.0 with no element less than 5.5), Cambridge English (overall score of 169 with minimum scores of 162), TOEFL (at 72) and others).

Competences:

• Create a personal matrix for own interpersonal and transferable skills
• Monitor, assess, and evaluate own personal and professional development
• Determine own key values and ethics and how your behavior reflects these in the workplace
• Set criteria for measuring achievement (formal and informal) of development activities

Knowledge:

• A range of time-management strategies
• Different types of activities that provide opportunities for personal and professional growth
• The key constructs of ethical leadership and how these translate into workplace practices

Skills:

Applying knowledge and understanding

• Appraise interpersonal skills needed in a work environment
• Critically evaluate the ethics of a range of leadership actions and activities
• Assess own leadership skills in the workplace and generate own personal development plan
• Employ reflection as a learning process for continuous learning

Applying knowledge and understanding

• Appraise interpersonal skills needed in a work environment
• Critically evaluate the ethics of a range of leadership actions and activities
• Assess own leadership skills in the workplace and generate own personal development plan
• Employ reflection as a learning process for continuous learning

Judgement skills and critical abilities

• Assess own and peer communication skills
• Evaluate own learning from the personal and professional development plan

Module-Specific Communication Skills

• Articulate own values and translate these into own behaviours and actions in the workplace
• Use relevant and appropriate terminology when discussing and exchanging views in a business context.
• Communicate and articulate their ideas clearly in writing and orally.
• Confidently give a formal presentation to a variety of audiences

Module-Specific Learner Skills

• Update own personal and professional development plan based on evaluation
• Appropriately and accurately apply the Harvard referencing system.
• Acknowledge all sources of information
• Individually carry out further research in this area

Module-Specific Digital Skills and Competences

• Search, gather, communicate and share related information using digital resources
• Identify reliable, authoritative, and current digital sources

Terms & Conditions apply, talk to us for further detail on this programme.