Master’s-level HR strategy for people who already do the work — workforce planning, employee relations, reward and organisational development.
HR officers and managers are asked to handle restructures, talent strategy and employment disputes long before anyone gives them a postgraduate qualification for it. This diploma closes that gap at SCQF Level 11, the same level as a UK master’s degree.
Six modules cover contemporary HRM, employee relations, resourcing and talent, performance management, leadership and HR development, and a business issue investigated from an HR perspective — the last one usually drawn from your own organisation.
The award is an EduQual diploma, credit-rated on the Scottish framework and regulated by Qualifications Scotland, studied alongside the OPEC-approved ADVEX Executive Programme. Its 120 credits transfer into a master’s degree.
In exceptional cases ADVEX may admit an applicant who does not hold the stated entry qualifications, where we judge that they can complete the programme successfully.
Transfer 120 SCQF Level 11 credits into a master’s degree and finish in a further six to twelve months, subject to each university’s advanced standing policy. Recognised by a growing number of universities in the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Thailand and Europe.
Three Arden University master’s programmes are structured as top-up awards. Holders of this diploma may transfer 120 SCQF Level 11 credits into them, subject to individual assessment.
Full master’s programmes. The programmes below are delivered in full rather than as top-up awards. Credit for prior study is considered module by module through Recognition of Prior Learning, and is assessed individually.
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| Award title | EduQual Diploma in Human Resources Management (SCQF Level 11) |
| Awarding / credit rating body | EduQual UK |
| Regulated by | Qualifications Scotland |
| Delivered and assessed by | ADVEX Management School, approved by OPEC, Ministry of Education Thailand |
| SCQF level | Level 11 |
| SCQF credit points | 120 |
| Equivalent Ofqual RQF level | Level 7 — master’s degree level |
| Length | Nine to twelve months normal track, six months with RPL |
| Modules | Six modules, 20 credits each |
| Module | SCQF Level | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary HRM | 11 | 20 |
| Employee Relations | 11 | 20 |
| Resourcing, Talent Management and Development | 11 | 20 |
| Performance Management | 11 | 20 |
| Leading, Managing and HR Development | 11 | 20 |
| Investigating a Business Issue from an HR Perspective | 11 | 20 |
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