L&D Level 5 Brochure 2016

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Online CIPD L&D Level 5 qualifications

Implement cutting-edge L&D in your organisation and build your professional credibility.

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Welcome

CIPD Training and Home Learning College offer a range of online intermediate Level 5 Learning and Development qualification programmes.

We’re two of the UK’s leading providers of CIPD qualifications. This is a partnership you can trust to provide you with a leading edge learning experience.

• Gain the skills and tools to transform your L&D function, influence strategic decisions and position yourself as a forward-thinking L&D professional.

• Enhance your career progression and earning potential - achieve your CIPD qualification in L&D and get professional membership of the CIPD.

• Delivered entirely online, you’ll experience learning through social and collaborative techniques and technology, and gain the confidence to apply to your own organisation.

• Discover the very latest thinking from the CIPD and expert L&D practitioners.

CIPD Training

The CIPD is the professional body for HR and people development and has 140,000 members internationally. We are committed to championing better work and working lives for the benefit of individuals, businesses, economies and society.

Through the learning design expertise of CIPD Training, and the unparalleled body of knowledge of the CIPD, we’ve developed learning materials for this programme which mean that you can be confident you’ll get all you need to be a successful L&D practitioner of the future.

Home Learning College

Home Learning College is dedicated to making education available to everyone. With an active online community of over 20,000 students, we are the UK’s largest online learning provider for professional qualifications.

We boost professionals’ careers with online courses that lead to industry recognised and accredited qualifications. Our promise is that we’re with you every step of the way, our tailored online courses have been specifically designed to give you the best chance of success.


About the qualifications

CIPD Level 5 Diploma in Learning and Development

This is the full qualification at this level. You’ll cover a wide range of L&D subjects giving you an extensive breadth of L&D knowledge and skills.

It takes around 18 months to complete and leads to Associate professional membership of the CIPD.

To gain, you must successfully complete all the mandatory units plus two optional units.

CIPD Level 5 Certificate in Learning and Development

You’ll gain a firm introduction and understanding of L&D in the wider business context.

It takes around 10 months to complete and leads to Associate professional membership of the CIPD.

To gain, you must successfully complete all the mandatory units.

Our mandatory units:

Our optional units:

• Designing and developing digital and blended learning solutions

• Developing professional practice in L&D

• Evaluating L&D in a knowledge economy

• Understanding the context of L&D

• Using information, metrics and developing business cases for L&D

• Developing leadership and management skills

• Enhancing participant engagement in the learning process

• Facilitating collective and social learning

• Managing the L&D business function


Ideal for L&D practitioners at all levels

You may be at an early stage in your L&D career and looking to:

• understand the context of L&D

• design and develop digital and blended learning solutions

• develop professional practice in L&D.

If you have a few years’ experience, you can gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to:

• manage the L&D business function

• use metrics to build business cases for L&D

• develop your organisation’s leaders and managers.

If you’re an experienced L&D professional, you can:

• get the very latest L&D updates

• explore new ways to lead L&D initiatives

• develop your expertise in newer areas of L&D including social and collaborative learning.

These qualifications are also suitable if you are transferring careers (i.e. from teaching), elsewhere in HR and other training environments. Call us to find out if this qualification is for you.

If you’re looking to progress in your L&D career, develop the most up to date L&D expertise and gain a professional qualification, this is the programme for you.


‘I think these new qualifications will help L&D professionals like yourself by giving you the confidence to be able to deliver a modernised learning strategy that really looks at results. These qualifications in these subjects will help you deliver your organisation with an agility and improvement in performance that will really help them value the work you are doing for them’ Laura Overton, MD, Towards Maturity

‘I have discovered new insights, been introduced to the latest research in L&D and have developed a new community of L&D professionals. I have gained immense knowledge to better support our staff in their development.’ Sumaya, Professional Development

Unit Coordinator, RCSI Bahrain

This exciting new programme takes a fresh and innovative approach to learning. The first L&D qualification to be delivered entirely online, it means you’ll be able to fit your learning around your life. You can access the programme anywhere and from any device, making it easy to study when, how and where you want.

Online study isn’t something you’ll do alone – we’ll be there every step of the way, with support and guidance from your tutor and community manager.

Plus, as part of a study group, you’ll learn with like-minded peers and build your network as you would on a face-to-face programme, without the inconvenience of attending workshops.

Learning is entirely online

Study when and where suits you


‘It’s great to see how the new qualifications are making use of leading edge methods and media. This allows L&D professionals to experience the future that they will, in turn, be shaping.’ Clive Shepherd, Expert L&D practitioner

Your mobile enabled virtual learning campus contains fantastic resources, including:

• regular webinars and live online events with expert practitioners and specialists

• videos, animations, infographics and podcasts

• social and collaborative learning, including forums and virtual group work

• lively online communities

• access to additional learning resources for a rich learning experience.

There are also no exams, just practical, work-based assessments, so you’ll apply what you learn at work straight away and add value from day one.

Take your tour of the campus by visiting http://join.homelearningcollege.com/ld-campus-tour

Access to your virtual learning campus


‘I’ve really enjoyed how social everyone has been! I have also really enjoyed the live classes and I love that we get guest L&D practitioners in to deliver them.’Charlotte, Training and Development Coordinator, University of Nottingham Students’ Union

When you successfully complete the CIPD Level 5 Certificate or Diploma in Learning and Development, there will be a host of benefits to you and your career.

• Apply the latest L&D research and thinking in your role.

• Demonstrate a sound theoretical basis that underpins your practice.

• Experience digital and social collaborative approaches to learning.

• Understand creative digital learning design and delivery methods that you can replicate.

• Boost your career prospects with a recognised professional qualification.

• Gain Associate membership of the CIPD to enhance your professional recognition.

• Establish ongoing networking contacts and opportunities both online and through CIPD branches.

• Engage in CIPD’s ‘Future of Learning’ forum to keep informed of latest research and thinking.

What you’ll achieve with this qualification

You’ll get the very latest L&D knowledge and skills to implement innovative and effective learning and development in your organisation.


‘In this world, nothing stands still and that means learning, often daily. The way(s) that individuals, teams and organisations support, develop and nurture that learning process is vital. When done well it can lead to rapid change, evolution and high performance. The biggest way I can affect that change is to support those learning their craft in the learning and development profession.’ Phil Willcox, Managing Director, e3 consultancy, training and coaching ltd

To support your journey, you’ll get FREE access to the Future of Learning Hub. Includes the latest research, trends and much more to keep you up to date in a bite-sized format.

How to successfully achieve your qualification

• Each unit is eight weeks long, including one study week and one assessment week.

• No exams at any stage – each unit is completed before you move on to the next one.

• Each assessment is one of three types (see right) and is a pass or fail, with one chance to resubmit.

• Each unit contributes six credits towards the QCF for the Certificate and Diploma.

• Each unit takes 60 learning hours to complete, including social participation and the assessment.

All assessments will fall under three types and are submitted and marked through the virtual campus:

• Project: Learners work towards producing one digital project. This is submitted and marked.

• Portfolio: Learners submit several digital artefacts over the course of the unit.

• Event: Learners work towards, carry out, then reflect on a real-world action. Learners submit evidence of the preparation, the actual event and reflection, with expert witness testimonial.

You will also be required to complete the mandatory unit ‘Future of Learning’.

To gain the CIPD Level 5 Intermediate Level Certificate or Diploma in Learning and Development through the online route with CIPD Training/Home Learning College, you must successfully complete all programme units.

For the Certificate, this is the five mandatory units. For the Diploma, this is the five mandatory units and two optional units.


‘It can be difficult to have conversations in the workplace about doing things differently, particularly when it comes to HR & L&D. The CIPD L&D qualifications will give L&D Professionals the tools, the language, the knowledge, and more importantly, the confidence to promote a changed learning agenda in their organisations, to enable great learning results.’ Michelle Parry-Slater, Learning & Development Director, Kairos Modern Learning

Develop essential skills and expertisewith our mandatory units

• Learn to construct a solid business case built on valid metrics and evidence

• Review and analyse data, draw conclusions and make recommendations

• Explore how research can improve decision making and provide the basis for change

Using information, metrics and developing business cases for L&D

Evaluating L&D in a knowledge economy

• Understand the purpose of evaluation of L&D

• Explore tools and techniques for evaluating L&D activities

• Maximise the value of L&D within your organisation

Developing professional practice in L&D

• Understand the core knowledge and skills required by L&D professionals

• Explore project management, creative problem-solving, team work and building relationships

• Learn to identify development objectives; devise and implement plans to deliver them

Designing and developing digital and blended learning solutions

• Understand digital technologies and their contribution to L&D solutions

• Learn to design blended learning solutions

• Deliver engaging and effective digital content

Understanding the context of L&D

• Understand and analyse a range of factors that form the L&D context

• Analyse key factors that influence the achievement of strategic objectives, policies and practices

• Learn to position L&D policies and activities to achieve organisational strategic aims


Choose your specialist areas to complete your Diplomawith our optional units

You’ll pick two optional units as part of the Diploma from a choice of four. Each unit takes approximately eight weeks to complete, including the assessment.

Developing Leadership and Management Skills

• Understand and analyse the critical role of L&D in leadership and management

• Explore different approaches to developing leaders and managers

• Learn to ensure ownership and success of development programmes

Enhancing Participant Engagement in the Learning Process

• Understand how to maximise participant engagement

• Explore classical and contemporary theories, neuroscience and psychology and how these can be used to inform practice

• Develop the ability to plan, manage and deliver learning that meets needs, underpinned by theory and research

Facilitating Collective and Social Learning

• Explore the nature and impact of different models of collective and social learning

• Investigate the implications of social tools and technologies

• Understand the benefits and challenges of collective and social learning

Managing the L&D Business Function

• Gain the skills to manage and co-ordinate the business of L&D

• Explore different models of delivering L&D solutions

• Understand the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for managerial L&D roles


The Future of Learning

The L&D Professional Development Hub


Embarking on a Certificate or Diploma gives you FREE access to the Future of Learning Hub; the quick and easy way to stay at the forefront of your profession. Get the latest industry trends, techniques, skills content and much more in a bite-sized format.

It’s the ideal accompaniment to support you during and after your studies to ensure you keep your finger on the pulse.

The key benefits of the Future of Learning:Social and collaborative learning – experience how digital learning works

Monthly expert insight and ‘How To’ sessions to inspire and inform you

Build your professional network and share knowledge with your peers

Demonstrate your commitment to ongoing development and track your progress

Rate peer contributions and get rewarded for your input

Be part of opinion forming research and help share the future of L&D

Debate the big issues and stay up to date with trends

Access the resources you need online just in time, from wherever you are

Bite-sized lessions with the chance to demonstrate and reflect on your understanding

Find answers to the challenges you face in your organisation

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Visit futureoflearning.co.uk for more information.

You’ll also gain access to Learning Toolclicks, CIPD’s online training resource designed to give you the right foundations to design and deliver effective training solutions.

Visit cipd.co.uk/L5ToolClicks for more information.

FREE access to Learning ToolClicks

CIPD professional membership

Successful completion of the Diploma or Certificate leads to Associate membership of the CIPD, the first level of CIPD professional membership. CIPD Associate membership is a mark of your professionalism and gives you status, relevance and a competitive edge in the job market. You’ll be able to use the designation Assoc CIPD after your name to showcase your professional credentials.

CIPD Student membership

You’ll join the CIPD as a Student member at the start of your qualification. CIPD Student membership gives you access to:

• a dedicated online student resource area with resources to help you in your studies and at work, for example, the latest L&D resources, research, factsheets and much more

• opportunities to expand your professional network at CIPD branches, conferences, exhibitions and online.

Build your professional credibility


‘It’s very easy to say you do training; many people become experts in their area and then believe they can train people simply because they know a lot about their topic and can talk about it. What they often don’t recognise is the huge knowledge and skill set that goes into helping people learn effectively and that’s where having relevant qualifications can help.’

Stella Collins, Learning Specialist

How to get started

For more information and to book:

visit http://cipd.homelearningcollege.com

call +44 (0) 20 7173 5909

email [email protected]

@HLC_CIPD_LD #cipddigitalLD

Book today! It’s easy to enrol, and we have regular start

dates throughout the year. Contact us to find out when

the next cohort begins.

The Certificate is £2,950 (inclusive of VAT)

The Diploma is £3,950 (inclusive of VAT)

There are no additional workshop or exam fees to pay, the only additional cost is CIPD membership.


L&D Level 5 Brochure 2016

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