Integrating ILM qualifications into HE programmesChris Williams

Business Development Manager, ILM

Challenge One

» 93% of employers say poor management skills are holding back their organisations

» Most new managers have no training prior to taking up their role» There are limited opportunities for training once they were in post

The leadership and management talent pipeline (ILM: 2012)

» Low levels of management skills and performance are a limiting factor in the UK's economic performance and international competitiveness» Leadership & Management in the UK: The key to sustainable growth (BIS: 2012)

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The need for better leaders and managers

Challenge Two

» Appropriate levels of numeracy, literacy & IT skills» Work effectively with others (team-working)» Organise and take responsibility for their own work (self-management)» Business awareness and problem-solving skills» Demonstrate leadership capability.

» These 'employability' skills are particularly expected from graduates, irrespective of their programme of study.

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Employer expectations of graduates and school-leavers

‘Knowing how’ as well as ‘knowing that’

» Leadership & management is based on having a good grasp of the principles, theories and practices that underpin effective performance (knowing that)

» Effective leadership & management performance means being able to transfer that knowledge and understanding into the workplace (knowing how)

» An ILM programme requires that learners have an opportunity to apply what they have learnt and demonstrate that they can use it effectively in the workplace

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ILM’s approach to developing leadership and management capability

ILM and HEI working together

» Embedding ILM qualifications in degree and post-graduate programmes – enabling students to gain an ILM qualification alongside their HE qualifiction

» Agreeing progression or exemption opportunities – accepting holders of ILM qualifications onto degree programmes, somethines with exemtpion from components

» Employability programme – using ILM’s Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management to demonstrate key employability skills» Three pathways» Two common units - Teamworking and Communication» Choice of one optional unit – Leadership, Project management or Problem

solving and decision-making

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Thank you

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