Higher Education

Strategic Management & Professional Development Courses

Here at SLC we run an extensive range of strategic management and professional development courses from our Martin Johnson Centre for Leadership and Management at our Wigston campus.

Whether you are starting out in the business world, or are looking for extra qualifications to gain promotion all our courses have been designed by experts in their particular field, and will give you the skills and knowledge that you can instantly apply to your career.

We offer part-time courses in the following areas:

• Accounting
• Administration
• Counselling
• Credit Management
• Law (ILEX)
• Leadership and Management
• Marketing
• Personnel / HR
• Purchasing and Supply
• Teacher Training

If you would like any information about the above courses contact our Information, Advice and Guidance Services Team on 0116 288 5051 or email iag@slcollege.ac.uk.

Just because you are older than 18 and haven’t got 3 ‘A’ levels doesn’t mean you can’t go to university. Once you have achieved your level 3 course which is the equivalent of 2 ‘A’ level passes you are now eligible to move onto Higher Education.

You don’t have to move away from home or stop work as you can complete university courses at SLC; many of which are part-time or have flexible study means through either the University of Northampton, our higher education partner.

The college offers a range of Level 4 courses in Marketing, Purchasing and Supply and Accounting. These are work-related professional qualifications and can lead to full degree programmes.

We also run Foundation Degrees which are aimed at those in work with projects and assignments based around your job.

What is a foundation degree?

Foundation Degrees are degree level qualifications, designed with employers. They combine academic study with workplace learning to equip people with the relevant knowledge, understanding and skills to improve performance and productivity. They can lead onto full degrees.

From your Level 3 course you may also decide to become a teacher in the lifelong learning sector. The college runs initial teacher training courses which lead towards Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS).

In helping you make your choices, the College hosts an internal UCAS fair. At this event there are representatives from the universities in our region and they provide information on all their courses.

As part of our careers service, there is an organised trip to the main UCAS fair held at one of the UK’s universities. Ask your tutor for the dates as there you can get information on all courses available at the different universities.

We offer a range of higher education (HE) and professional programmes in partnership with the University of Northampton.

• Foundation Degree in Leadership & Management
• HND Media
• HNC Advanced Practice in Work with Children and Families
• International Foundation Programme / BA Business Studies
• Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) / Certificate in Education (Cert Ed)

New for 2010/11 – Foundation Degree in Complementary Approaches to Health and Social Care

For more information about the University of Northampton, please visit their website.