Pearson BTEC Level 7 Extended Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership

BTEC Professional qualifications are qualifications at Level 4 to Level 8 and are designed to provide professional work-related qualifications in a range of sectors. They give learners the knowledge, understanding and skills that they need to prepare for employment. The qualifications also provide career development opportunities for those already in work. Consequently, they provide a course of study for full-time or part-time learners in schools, colleges and training centers.
BTEC Professional qualifications provide much of the underpinning knowledge and understanding for the National Occupational Standards for the sector, where these are appropriate. They are supported by the relevant Standards Setting Body (SSB) or Sector Skills Council (SSC). A number of BTEC Professional qualifications are recognized as the knowledge components of Apprenticeships Frameworks.
On successful completion of a BTEC Professional qualification, learners can progress to or within employment and/or continue their study in the same, or related vocational area.

The Pearson BTEC Level 7 Extended Diploma provides an even broader work-related focus than the Pearson BTEC Level 7 Diploma and is particularly useful for learners who wish to progress to an MBA or other Master’s degree programs abroad.

The Pearson BTEC Level 7 Professional qualifications in Strategic Management and Leadership have been developed to give learners the opportunity to:
• engage in learning that is relevant to them and which gives them opportunities to develop a range of skills, techniques and attributes essential for successful performance in working life
• achieve a nationally recognized Level 7 vocationally-related qualification
• progress to employment in a particular vocational sector
• progress to related general and/or vocational qualifications.

The Pearson BTEC Level 7 Extended Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership is a 1200 TQT, 120-credit qualification that consists of three mandatory units plus optional units that provide for a combined total of
120 credits (where at least 115 credits must be at Level 7 or above).

All units within these qualifications are internally assessed. The qualifications are criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes. To achieve a ‘pass’ a learner must have successfully passed all the assessment criteria.

Learners who achieve the minimum eligible credit value specified by the rule of combination will achieve the qualification at pass grade.

The Pearson BTEC Level 7 Professional qualifications in Strategic Management and Leadership are for learners aged 19 and above.

NICON will recruit learners to Pearson qualifications with integrity. Appropriate steps will be taken to assess each applicant’s potential and a professional judgement will be made about their ability to successfully complete the program of study and achieve the qualification. This assessment will need to take account of the support available to the learner within the center during their program of study and any specific support that might be necessary to allow the learner to access the assessment for the qualification.