Leadership Practice

Develop your strategic leadership capabilities through our new Senior Leader Apprenticeship, with learning that has impact on practice from day one.

You will advance your practice of leadership, learn how to get the best from your team through talent management and nurturing high performance, embrace strategic thinking and behaviour, gain vital knowledge on ethical and sustainable practices, and develop management of innovation and change.

Your studies are tailored to meet Senior Leader Apprenticeship standards and will lead to a Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership Practice. Tuition fees are funded through the Apprenticeship Levy.

Our digital delivery means you will learn flexibly, to fit around workplace realities, while gaining new knowledge and skills that can be applied in your professional role. Residential workshops provide in-person interaction and learning alongside a valuable network of fellow apprentices from diverse sectors and organisations.

Apprentices learn alongside our Executive MBA students, and upon successful completion of the Senior Leader Apprenticeship, you can choose to top-up to Lancaster University’s Executive MBA or Leadership Practice MSc. This requires a further six months' study, to be completed within five years of completion of the Apprenticeship, and with fees paid separately.

All members of the Senior Leader Apprenticeship Programme will benefit from:

• Facilitated and flexible digital learning that works alongside your professional role;
• 12 days of in-person teaching in four blocks across the two years, supplemented by optional in-person and blended delivery;
• Individual one-to-one support from a university apprenticeship mentor and an academic learning coach;
• Modules delivered by experienced practitioner-teachers;
• Peer-learning within and across organisational boundaries;
• Study support for students new to higher education, or those returning to HE after a long break.
• Access to Lancaster University amenities, including the Library, Careers, health and wellbeing services and sports facilities.

The full Senior Leader Apprenticeship programme takes two years, including an End Point Assessment. Some participants may complete the Apprenticeship more quickly by claiming module exemption based on previous academic, professional or experiential learning.

The next programme will start in September 2022. Applications must be submitted by 30 June 2022.

The optional Executive MBA or Leadership Practice MSc top-up pathways require a further six months of study, to be completed within five years of completion of the Senior Leader Apprenticeship.