Hi All ,

Myself having 14 years of experience in IT and now currently working as project manager and would like to move up in the corporate ladder in management or sales roles .

I am looking for a post graduate diploma program in business management topics egBusiness analytics, General management etc in London and in part time mode as I can’t afford to leave my job at this moment.

Any recommendations please ?



Also will QML MBA can be an option for me ? I am bit skeptical as it doesn’t have any of the 3 accredition .

[Edited by SGS on Nov 07, 2020]

For management, pick one of the EMBA courses in the FT ranking. Which of them has the best network in your industry, if you want to stay in IT? 

Thanks , do you recommend I should do MBA rather than diploma ?

thanks
SGS

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The diploma is not a well understood qualification in the UK. Depending on your goals, an MBA, MSc or a professional qualification could be the right way forward. What qualifications are held by people in the roles you want to have? Review 20 or 30 profiles in LinkedIn to see the pattern. 

Many Thanks Duncan for your reply . MBA is a preferred option but I discovered SAID business school offer a PH Diploma certificate.So I am wondering will this diploma will have more value in CV compared to a part time mba from MMU/QML/Bradford etc .
i have a budget constraint yo thing of around 20k Pound.

kindly suggest if you can think of any other colleges or any other idea pls .

thanks
SGS

This depends on your goals. Those diplomas are not exclusively "postgraduate" since anyone with work experience is admitted. They are executive education attendance certificates, not academic qualifications with the extent of a typical PgDip (two thirds of a full master's). You don't you need a degree to attend them, although it is an entry qualification for the Saïd EMBA. You do not matriculate as a student or become an alumnus of the university itself. It is also well over your budget, at £27,000 for just four courses. The Maryland Micromasters is a fuller qualification, with the whole core of a top MBA, for a fraction of the price. 

Focus on your goals and see which qualifications are really held by people in the roles you are targeting. The OU MBA is a triple crown MBA, for example. 

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Thanks a lot Duncan . In my present organisation having a MBA from grade A colleges help to make the shift in career .Could you please suggest any online MBA that will add value and help me for career progression which runs in UK ?

Thanks ,
SGS

I think it's helpful to point out the Said diplomas are not MBAs. Each of them is four modules; the Said MBA is 14 core models and 7 selective, so the diploma is around 20% of the MBA. IT's broadly similar to the LSE graduate diploma in management, which is less than 10% of the cost. 

Any accredited MBA will help your progression. The task for you is to work out which schools are best-represented in the sector you want to focus on, and for you to understand why such a limited budget is so self-limiting. 

Thanks for your response . Yes I understand those are not MBA’s . Can you please suggest any recommended courses?

If you want a triple-crown UK MBA, part-time, for under £20,000 then your choices are limited to distance learning: Strathclyde is strong and the Open University has great recognition in IT. I think they are both more respected than MMU. 

If you are in the UK and can start in January then you also have the last found of MBA and MSc apprenticeships. The government pays 100% or 95% of first 18000 degree, and you or your firm pay the rest. Many options are exactly 18k. 

Hello Duncan , thanks again . Yes I can start in January , could you please let me know the colleges you can think of then i can quickly drop a mail.

Use a search engine and type in Senior Leader Degree Apprenticeship

Manchester, the OU, Cranfield, Ashridge and Henley are probably the leading options

Thank you so much Duncan . Could you let me know if it can be self pay as I will not get any funding from my employer.

thanks ,
SGS

Yes, you can self pay. 

Thanks again . I searched regarding this apprenticeship and in most cases it’s written as employer need to contact , do you know if I have to approach through employer or can approach on my own please .

You can do this yourself. 

Ok thanks a lot I will connect with them . Just for reference do you know why this funding is given by govt as I am wondering the criteria is not too stringent only they need few years of experience then a lot of people will be eligible for this apprenticeship program , how do they manage ?

Thanks
SGS

This is exactly why the funding is ending. Please use Google to research a little rather than asking questions like this. 

Thanks Duncan , apologies if it offended you I never knew about it that it can be approached by an employee and google is giving details for employer   Hence thought would check in this forum .

Thanks
SGS