BSc Project Manager (Integrated Degree) Apprenticeship

Apprentices do not pay any course fees – costs are covered by the government and/or employer

Funding models for employers

Fully-funded

If the annual pay bill of your organisation exceeds £3 million you will pay for your apprenticeship training through your levy account. If you have exceeded your levy contribution you will fund apprenticeship training through the co-funded model – to better understand how this will work please contact us.

• Employer contribution: Employee salary only
• Apprentices contribution: £0

Co-funded

Programme modules  

• The Project Professional examines the profession of project management and explores the knowledge, skills, qualities and behaviours expected of a project professional. It provides an opportunity for students to reflect upon their practical experience and the need to develop their capabilities and profile as a project professional.
  
  
• Essentials of Project Management provides an introduction to project management concepts, tools, techniques and practices needed to effectively manage projects within business settings.
  
  
• The Project Environment provides an opportunity to examine the environments which projects operate and assess the factors prevailing in the environment, that can impact upon projects. There is engagement with discussion regarding the importance of projects in society
  
  
• Project Communication highlights the importance of communication in project environments. In particular, the importance of communication to developing stakeholder relationships will be explored, as well as the barriers to effective communication
  
  
• Project Planning and Resource Management explores the crucial processes associated with project development, planning, scheduling and resource management, including work breakdown structures and time-cost optimisation.
  
  
• Leading and Managing Project Teams will explore the leading, inspiring and supporting of project team members and the management of effective stakeholder relationships.
  
  
• Project Quality Management will examine the tools, techniques and approaches to managing quality in project environments.
  
  
• Project Control examines the management control of projects to ensure satisfactory cost, quality and time outcomes. It explores the use of tools, techniques, reporting structures and processes to control project performance.
  
  
• Finance for Project Managers explores the financial management of projects, from justification of the investment decision, determining costs and establishing budgets, through to reporting systems and assessing project performance.
  
  
• Procurement and Supply Chain Management in Projects examines the effective procurement of goods and services in a global environment and the management of commercial and contractual policies, practices and relationships.
  
  
• Managing Project Risk examines the process of identifying and analysing risks and determining appropriate management processes and strategies, for their successful management.
  
  
• Project Governance and Assurance explores the structures and mechanisms of authority, responsibilities and accountability in a project environment, to ensure successful project outcomes.
  
  
• Contemporary Issues in Project Management will evaluate the issues currently effecting and shaping projects in the contemporary environment. It will explore the tools of analysing the contemporary project environment and assess the development of appropriate management practices to address emerging challenges.
  
  
• Innovation and Creativity in Projects will develop knowledge and skills of innovation and creativity. It explores key issues impacting the project, highlighting the importance of innovation and creativity in developing workable solutions to project challenges, and the need for creative responses to manage change.
  
  
• Strategic Context of Projects examines the process of strategic management and its relationship with project management.
  
  
• Strategic Leadership and Organisational Change examines the concepts and theories of leadership in relation to strategy and organisational change.
  
  
• Work Based Project is an account of a project with which the apprentice has been involved and includes a critical appraisal of the project together with a critical review of their achievement in respect the relevant knowledge, skills and behaviour areas of the apprenticeship standard.
  
  
• Professional Review will synoptically assess knowledge, skills and behaviours as detailed in the project management degree apprenticeship standard.

The assessment rationale is based on the need to examine relevant theoretical models and frameworks in a practical, work-based context. Therefore, assessment comprises items such as: assignments, reports, presentations, projects and the collating of a work related portfolio.

In addition, all learners will undertake an end-point-assessment (EPA) to assess whether they have achieved the occupational competence, in accordance with the established standard.