Build on your existing HR expertise and turn your postgraduate diploma into a full Masters qualification with the MA Strategic People Management and Human Resources Top-up at the University of Wolverhampton. Designed for professionals who already hold a CIPD postgraduate diploma in Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development or an equivalent CIPD-approved qualification, this one-year part-time course is structured to fit around existing professional commitments.
At the heart of the course is a Masters-level research project, giving you the opportunity to investigate a strategic people-related issue in human resource management, learning and development or organisational development. Your project can be connected to your workplace, allowing you to carry out primary research, critically analyse a real organisational challenge and develop practical recommendations that can create value for your organisation as well as strengthen your professional expertise.
The Top-up is designed to develop the strategic thinking, research and analytical skills required for more senior roles in people management. It can support career progression across HR leadership, learning and development, organisational development and wider strategic people management roles, while giving experienced professionals a Masters qualification that demonstrates advanced expertise in their field.
More information on who this course would be ideal for:
This Top Up allows students who already hold a CIPD Post Graduate Diploma or equivalent to gain a Masters level qualification.
The course is designed for those professionals looking to enhance and develop their postgraduate level strategic level knowledge and behaviours to provide the necessary skills, competencies and knowledge to achieve a Masters in the area of People Management (including Human Resources, Learning and Development and Organisational Development).