Course description
If you have a passion for supporting employees in reaching their full potential, the CIPD L&D Level 5 qualification is designed just for you. This programme will enhance your understanding of Learning and Development through a mix of essential subjects and specialised areas. Plus, you’ll receive a personalised plan for your own professional growth.
At CIPD, we offer the intermediate Diploma, which upon successful completion leads to Associate membership of the CIPD and will enable you to apply a wide range of organisational L&D management skills in the workplace.
CIPD qualifications offered through our partners We-are-HR.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This programme combines the application of skills with exploring theory and research, ideal if you:
- Really enjoy helping and mentoring employees
- Work in a people practice role and wish to gain organisational learning and development expertise
- Are currently in a training role
- Are looking to move into management
- Already have a degree
What are the Course Entry requirements?
To study this undergraduate-level course, you will generally need ONE of the following:
- A degree (any subject)
- Some learning and development experience in an entry-level L&D or HR role
- Other work experience (e.g., as a manager) that involved elements of L&D.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Your CIPD assessments are 100% online. You will complete written assignments of up to 4,000 words for each module that you study. These include assessment questions, reports, presentations and data analysis tasks. Once you have passed all your assignments, you will be awarded your new CIPD qualification – a truly fantastic achievement.
How Your Assignments Will Be Assessed?
You will submit your assignment online through the student community platform. Your tutors will mark your assignment and give you a provisional result. If it needs more work, they will give you guidance on how to improve it. If it is given a provisional pass, we will submit your results to CIPD.
At set times throughout the year, CIPD will moderate assignment submissions. When this moderation is complete, you will get your final results.
Training Course Content
Mandatory modules:
Professional Behaviours and Valuing People
This unit explores professional and ethical behaviours by evaluating what it means to be a people professional and how personal and ethical values can be applied. You will learn how to champion inclusive and collaborative strategies, arguing the human and business benefits of inclusive behaviours and the right to be fairly treated at work. You will also design and evaluate solutions aimed at building positive working relationships while exploring how the role of people professionals is evolving.
Organisational Performance and Culture in Practice
This unit examines the factors and trends that impact business strategy and workforce planning, keeping in mind the influence of culture as well as employee well-being and behaviour in delivering change and organisational performance. You will discover the connections between business structure and strategy as well as learn how to analyse and assess organisational priorities while ensuring business objectives are delivered in line with customer requirements.
Evidence-Based Practice
In this unit you will develop an understanding of the concepts of evidence-based practice and the tools and methods that are applied to diagnose workplace issues, challenges and opportunities. You will also learn to evaluate the benefits, risks and financial implications of solutions aimed at improving people practice issues, as well as measure the impact and value people practice contributions make to organisations.
Supporting Self-Directed and Social Learning
This unit covers the concepts, connections, and theories between self-directed and social learning, including evaluating the benefits and risks. You will study the steps that organisations take to encourage learning and how digital and technological innovations encourage and enable self-directed learning. Additionally, you will learn how to support learning through various resources and learn how to encourage and support learners.
Learning and Development Design to Create Value
In this unit, you will learn about the factors considered when designing a framework for learning and development. You will study L&D methods for identifying organisational needs and key principles, as well as conduct stakeholder analysis in relation to learning and development activity. You will also learn to design engaging L&D solutions and address identified objectives.
Facilitate Personalised and Performance-Focused Learning
This unit will help you develop a range of personalised, accessible learning resources. You will study the concept of facilitation and the techniques involved to support learning, as well as demonstrate techniques for monitoring the success of learning activities, differentiating these according to the needs of learners. You will also explore ethical factors involved in the facilitation of learning where you will deliver an inclusive learning activity that meets objectives.
ELECTIVE Course Modules: (CHOOSE ONE)
Advances in Digital Learning and Development
In this unit, you will learn about the impact of technological development and how digital collaboration can impact the design and delivery of L&D over time, including the risks and challenges that technology-based learning and development poses for organisations. You will compare systems for delivering online and in-person learning and discuss the implications of these methods, as well as create engaging digital learning content to meet specific purposes and learning needs. Finally, you will assess the main skills required to facilitate online learning and include reference to your own personal development plan.
Leadership and Management Development
This unit explores the fundamental elements that drive the need for leadership and management within organisations and examines its interdependent nature. You will identify the roles leaders and managers perform in different contexts and assess the skills and competencies required. You will then go on to evaluate indicators of successful leadership programmes while assessing the impact that leadership and management development has on the organisation and its employees.
Wellbeing at Work
In this module, you will explore the vital links between work, health, and wellbeing. You will learn how wellbeing connects with wider people management and organisational strategy and understand how it can be managed to support business goals. You will evaluate the main theories and issues surrounding wellbeing at work and identify the stakeholders that are required to maintain wellbeing initiatives. Finally, you will have the chance to develop a plan for your own workplace wellbeing programme.
Diversity and Inclusion
In this unit, you will learn about the value that diversity and inclusion has in the workplace and how a diversity and inclusion strategy can support organisations. You will also learn about organisational policies and practices in relation to diversity and inclusivity at work and conduct an equality impact assessment on a people practice policy. You will then move on to evaluate the role of managers and leaders and the key requirements needed to create a workplace culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion.
People Management in an International Context
This unit allows you to examine contextual factors in relation to managing people from an international perspective, assessing the drivers and benefits of employment in an international context. You will study the various approaches to international policy and practice and learn about the factors relevant in selecting and resourcing employees, as well as the challenges and cultural differences to consider.
Course delivery details
Delivery Method: Blended
- CIPD LIVE online courses.
- Different packages available.
- Wide choice of Add-ons available.
- All benefits of classroom workshops.
- Interactive lessons with a tutor and peer-to-peer interaction.
- Convenience of online remote study.
- Benefit of having a schedule – login at a set date and time
- Offered to people from across the UK and internationally
The average completion time is 12-15 months. The support period is 18 months.
Additional Costs
- CIPD membership must be taken up to complete this course and this is not included within our course fees.
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