The JCB Academy Sixth Form offers business in three diplomas. The business diplomas are a BTEC Level 3 Diploma, a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma, and a BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate Diploma. The level 3 diploma can both be complemented with an A-level and is the most demanding and rewarding of our vocational business pathway.
Our business diploma courses are quite different to the conventional way courses are delivered, offering significant enrichment to the learners who follow this vocational pathway. The opportunity to work with a variety of our ‘challenge’ partner companies; Trentham Gardens, PWC and JCB to name but a few, provides our learners with authentic organisational issues to examine. Learners are encouraged and guided to become more effective independent learners, whereby they recognize how to approach and tackle problems, whilst never losing sight that there is an effective support network as they require it.
The combination of the knowledge and skills developed following the completion of this course are equally transferable to university or industry, giving learners the ability to choose the most effective next step for them.
Business diploma courses on offer
Overview
Our BTEC National Level 3 Diploma in Business is the equivalent of two A-levels and must be studied with an additional A-level/BTEC subject. The qualification gives learners the knowledge, understanding and skills that underpin the business sector that will prepare them for further study or training. This includes the opportunity for learners to choose two units from a selection of options to supplement the mandatory units which reflect the key topics in business: marketing, business environments, international business, management and finance.
Summary Curriculum
- Year 1
- Recruitment
- Marketing
- International Business
- Work Experience
- Business Environment
- Year 2
- Accounting
- Management
- Event Management
Typical Destination
- BA and BSc undergraduate programmes at a range of universities.
- Advanced, higher and degree apprenticeships with regional, national and international employers.
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Overview
This course is suitable for anyone interested in a career in management and administration.
Learners will develop an understanding of a broad range of issues relevant to the sector, including:
- business context – an overview of organisational cultures and values, different types of internal and external stakeholder, different forms of governance and the impact of organisations on society and the environment
- project and change management – an understanding of the common change management theories and models and how to support and improve projects
- business behaviours – the importance of good communication and adapting social communication styles to professional standards and according to purpose, medium and audience
- quality and compliance – the importance of maintaining and improving quality in all aspects of public and private sector organisations
Options to specialise
In addition to the core content, each student will also complete at least one module of occupation-specific content.
The specialisms available in the T-Level in Management and Administration are:
- business support
- business improvement
- team leadership and management
Overview
The qualification gives learners the knowledge, understanding and skills that underpin the business sector that will prepare them for further study or training. This includes the opportunity for learners to choose one unit from a selection of options to supplement the mandatory units which reflect the key topics in business: marketing, business environments, management, recruitment and finance.
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Download the course sheet overview from our downloads page by clicking here.
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