Higher and Advanced Diploma

From September 2010 our current curriculum will be extended to include Advanced Diplomas, which can be taken alongside traditional A levels.  The new Advanced Diploma is a highly regarded qualification and a flexible alternative to the traditional A level.  It will help keep your options open while easily leading to Higher Education or a rewarding career.  Based around work within a particular occupational sector this course allows you to work in different environments and experience varied learning styles while enjoying both practical and theoretical work.  In addition you will work in a team, think creatively, work independently and develop the ability to reflect and manage yourself.

By the end of the course you will be able to express yourself confidently and know how to apply your knowledge and skills creatively in any work related situation.  In this way you will be highly valued by universities and employers.

Business, Administration and Finance (Higher and Advanced Diploma)
This Diploma will be offered at both level 2 (Higher Diploma) and level 3 (Advanced Diploma).

The qualification has been developed to provide a solid grounding in business skills for young people who are interested in any kind of business career or hope to run their own business.

At Higher level (level 2) students will:

• Gain an appreciation of how innovation and creativity benefit business and society.
• Develop and demonstrate communication skills.
• Understand personal finance and financial services.
• Study marketing and sales in business.
• Explore how business interacts with, and affects, the local, national and global community.

At Advanced level (level 3) students will: Investigate communication strategies within the business world.

• Research and make decisions about a range of financial products and services.
• Explore business taxation, costing and budgets.
• Understand how businesses use marketing.
• Become effective at handling customers in a business environment.
• Explore the concept of corporate social responsibility.

*Please note that your enrolment on to a particular course must be approved by the Head of that department.