Course overview
CIPD Qualifications are internationally recognised and offer you the opportunity to gain credibility in the Learning and Development field. With AVADO in partnership with CIPD Enterprises you can gain your professional CIPD Level 5 Diploma online, allowing you to study whenever and wherever you want, and fit study in around your other commitments.
Our CIPD Level 5 Learning and Development Diploma is ideal you want to formalise your existing experience, or simply gain the latest skills and knowledge in the industry. The L&D Diploma is a great stepping stone from practitioner to L&D Manager, or from HR or Training into the L&D sector. The Diploma will help you close any skills gaps and get you up to speed in digital learning, ready to transform your practice. This CIPD Level 5 qualification roles models social and collaborative learning techniques which you can translate across to your own L&D function, enhancing your performance and positioning yourself as a forward-thinking L&D professional.
This CIPD Level 5 Diploma is the most comprehensive Intermediate L&D course, with seven units enabling you to specialise in the areas of most interest or relevance to you and your L&D practice.
On successful completion of the CIPD Level 5 online course, you will gain Associate Membership of the CIPD, allowing you to use the designation Assoc CIPD after your name to showcase your credentials.
Job outcomes
- L&D Manager
- Head of L&D
Recognition
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
Duration study load
- 14 months
Entry requirements
An existing Level 3 qualification (or equivalent) is essential; alternatively, relevant work experience can be considered.
In addition, the following entry requirements apply:
- You must be over the age of 18 or have a third-party payee for any financial agreement
- You must have a solid grasp of the English language (IELTS 5.5 or equivalent if English is not your first language)
- You must have access to a computer or other internet enabled device and a reliable internet connection, plus basic computer skills
Course features
- Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
- CIPD Level 5 Certification – comparable to studying at Degree level
- Seven units with seven tutor-marked assignments. There are different types of assessment tailored to the content of the unit, these can include essays, presentations and proposals.
- Typical completion is 14 months
- 24-hour access to your online campus, accessible on mobile and tablet
- Regular online live classes with your tutor and classmates
- Dedicated tutor and community team to support you throughout the course
- Free access to AVADO’s premium Career Development Hub
Delivery
All our L&D courses are delivered through our award-winning Virtual Learning Campus (VLC). The VLC is an online learning platform that houses all your learning materials in one easy-to-access place. The VLC is designed for use on all internet-enabled devices, so you can study on your mobile or tablet any time, wherever you are.
Your VLC features:
- Inspiring bite-size learning content, including videos and quizzes
- Regular live online classes with your tutor, tailored to your group’s needs and recorded so you can catch up whenever you like
- Learn as a group, with structured milestones to keep you on track
- Regular learning checks and practice tests so you know how you are progressing
- Proactive tutor support – monitoring your progress and reaching out if you need support
Our approach to online learning and student engagement has been recognised by the Learning Technologies industry awards, with Silver for Best Online Distance Learning Programme 2016.
Subjects
To gain your CIPD Level 5 qualification you must complete seven units in total – five which are mandatory and a set of two which are chosen by you from two possible pathways:
- The Manager pathway is suitable for students who want to learn how to develop and implement creative and strategic business solutions to help drive organisational performance.
- The Professional pathway is suitable for students who want to find out more about cutting edge developments in L&D, enhancing participant engagement and collective and social learning.
- Understand the knowledge, skills and behaviours required of a learning and development professional.
- Be able to manage self and workload to deliver timely and effective learning and development services to meet client need.
- Be able to work collaboratively with others, as a member of a team or working group.
- Be able to apply CPD techniques to devise, implement and review a personal development plan.
- Understand the nature of organising and managing in a variety of contexts.
- Be able to analyse the key factors influencing achievement of strategic objectives in varying organisation contexts and their impact on learning and development policies and practice.
- Understand how to develop learning and development policies and activities to respond to and exploit the limitations and opportunities arising from varying contextual factors.
- Know how to scrutinise appropriate learning and development data.
- Be able to conduct small-scale research in an area of learning and development to support a business case.
- Understand the meaning and purposes of evaluation within a learning and development context.
- Know about different theories, tools and techniques for evaluating learning and development activities.
- Know about the challenges for evaluating learning and development within a knowledge economy.
- Understand current digital technologies and their contribution to learning and development solutions.
- Be able to design blended learning solutions that make appropriate use of new technologies alongside more traditional approaches.
- Know about the processes involved in designing and developing digital learning content efficiently and what makes for engaging and effective digital learning content.
- Understand the issues involved in the successful implementation of digital and blended learning solutions.
- Understand the distinction between leadership and management.
- Be able to explain different approaches to developing leaders and managers and the role of the learning and development function.
- Understand how to ensure the ownership and success of leadership and management development programmes.
- Understand the evolving nature, purpose and business improvement activities of the learning and development function in contemporary organisations.
- Understand different models for delivering the learning and development function.
- Be able to manage different aspects of the learning and development function.
- Be able to use stakeholder analysis to inform their learning activities.
- Understand motivation theory as it relates to the learning process.
- Be able to use neuroscience and psychology to enhance engagement throughout the learning process.
- Understand the constructs of collective and social learning.
- Know about different models of collective and social learning and their application within the workplace.
- Understand how technology has transformed the nature and shape of collective and social learning.
- Understand the benefits and challenges of facilitating collective and social learning in organisations.
About AVADO
At AVADO, we’re passionate about creating inspiring learning that has a lasting impact.
We deliver engaging online learning to individuals and businesses, working in partnership with leading organisations like Google and the CIPD. Our flexible, accessible programmes allow anyone, anywhere to become professionally qualified and further their career.
AVADO is reinventing professional learning with our digital-first approach. By combining expert tutors, award-winning learning design and inspiring content, we have become the UK’s leading online professional education provider for both professionals and businesses.
