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CIPD Level 7 Diploma in Human Resource Management

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CIPD: the gold standard for professional quality in HRThe Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is the world’s largest professional body for those involved in the management and development of people. It has over 140,000 members across 120 countries, and 12,000 professionals train with CIPD qualifications and certifications each year.

Their qualifications are highly sought-after and often required by employers, as they set the standard for HR professionals. They’ll put you head and shoulders above the competition in any business’s eyes, and fully prepare you to excel in an HR role.

We’ve been a trusted CIPD-approved centre for over 27 years.

We’re the UK’s first CIPD provider to offer Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced Level HR qualifications 100% online.

Our CIPD pass rate is

95%Pass rate based on 17,406 submitted

assignments and 16,550 passes

between 16th January 2016 and

17th January 2017.

Fully Supported Learning

You’ll have your own expert CIPD tutor who you can contact any time, our

friendly student support team is always on hand.

Years of Experience

We’ve been pioneers in flexible learning for 128 years, so you’ll

benefit from more than a century of educational expertise.

Payment Plans

You can spread the cost of your course with an interest-free monthly payment

plan.

We’re the UK leader in online learning, and our flexible courses are perfect if you’ve got a busy life. They allow you to shape your study around your schedule: learn at your own pace, in your own time, wherever suits you best on whatever device you are on, whether that be mobile, tablet or laptop. That’s why students from all over the world trust us to help them take their career to the next level.


The Level 7 Diploma in Human Resource Management is the most comprehensive, advanced, and widely sought-after HR qualification offered by CIPD. It’s equivalent to a Master’s degree, and it’ll allow you to become a Chartered Member of the CIPD (MCIPD) once you have the relevant work experience - a huge professional benefit to anyone working in HR.

You’ll cover subjects such as employment law, talent planning and employment law in depth, and learn about the latest research regarding human resource management and development. You’ll gain a firm understanding of HR within a full business context, and learn to investigate business issues from your professional perspective, among many other things.

The course will allow you to take on the most senior HR management roles such as HR Director - all without sacrificing your job, family time or social commitments. Your study can be completely shaped around your life.

Why this course is right for you

I have 20 years of HR experience but I’ve never managed to complete my CIPD qualification. I’ve held affiliate level membership for over a decade but I’ve always felt that I’ve left myself down because that affiliate doesn’t really reflect my experience or abilities. ICS Learn is helping to rebuild and increase my confidence - it’s reinvigorated my ambition and it’s a fantastic way to learn.

Fiona Hopkins, CIPD Level 7 Diploma

Entry Requirements

As this is an advanced course, you should have a good level of HR experience. A degree-level educational background would also be beneficial.

If English is your second language, you’ll need an IELTS 6.5 or ESOL Level 2 (or equivalent). If you don’t have this, we’ll review your case on an individual basis.

If you have any disabilities which you believe may impact your studies or assessments, please inform your Course Advisor before enrolment so that we can advise you on whether reasonable adjustments can be made to accommodate your needs.

This course is perfect for you if:

You’re an HR professional or consultant and are prepared to take on postgraduate level study

You’ve already completed the CIPD Level 5 Diploma and want to continue advancing your career

You have the responsibility for HR decision-making within your organisation at an operational, tactical or strategic level

You want to become an Associate, Chartered or Fellow Member of the CIPD


Achieve your

career goals with usYour course is the perfect foundation for building lifetime career success. With the benefit of our flexible approach, cutting edge course materials, and unbeatable tutor support, you’ll be well on your way to a lucrative and rewarding HR career.

What’s it like studying online?

Get expert advice,

& get startedWhether you’re set on a course or are still deciding

which level is right for you, the first thing to do is call our specialist course advisors. There won’t be any sales

pressure - we know that taking a new qualification is a big decision. We’ll take the time to learn about your

experience, education and ambitions to make sure you pick the right course.

Easily keep track of progress & submit assignments as you learnYou’ll complete progress checks throughout your course, so you and your tutor know exactly how you’re doing. You’ll be assessed through online assignments which will be marked by your tutor. If you don’t get it right first time, you can always have another shot with their expert guidance.

Get unlimited support from

your CIPD tutor All our tutors are carefully selected CIPD experts with

years of experience in distance learning, so they’re perfectly positioned to give you all the help you need. They’ll be with you from enrolment to graduation, so

there’ll always be a real person on hand by phone, email or chat if you get stuck.

Study when &

where it suits youYou can get started on your course whenever you choose, and complete it as quickly or slowly as you like within the support period - there are no cohorts or deadlines, so we won’t chase you if you need to take some time off. Plus, all your study materials are online, so you can study from anywhere and on any device!


You can find out the cost of the course and membership fees on

our website, along with payment plan details

and any discounts we’re offering this month.

Alternatively, you can call our course advisors to find

out more.

Flexible, affordable payment options

Our mission is to make learning affordable and accessible for all, no matter your circumstances. That’s why we make spreading the cost of your course as simple and manageable as possible with our flexible, interest-free payment plans.

You can get started right away with a deposit, then pay the rest through monthly direct debit. Our plans are flexible, so you can pay your balance off sooner if you’d like.

If you think your company will fully or partly fund your learning, we can help you put together a case, and invoice them for the cost of your course. Simply discuss this with your advisor when you enrol and they’ll give you all the information you need.

You also have the option of paying the full amount up-front if you’d prefer.

CIPD Membership Fee

In order to sit your exams and receive your qualification, you’ll need to pay a few external fees:

In order to take the course and receive your qualification, you will need to become a member of the CIPD and pay CIPD’s annual student membership fees. Your CIPD tutor will arrange this for you to make your life easier.

Our course advisors can give you more information on CIPD’s membership fee.

My course advisor went through my background, what I already knew about HR, where did I want to go, what kind of roles I wanted, how I could pay for it (interest free payments!) and what qualification would suit me best, specifically Diploma vs Certificate. I will also say that ICS Learn were the most competitive by a long shot. I signed up there and then and started my first module the same day! I have since secured a job as an HR Manager for a national retail brand. I would not have been able to do this without the support from ICS Learn and their amazing tutors. This has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

Ashley Phillips, Level 3 Diploma


Once you’ve finished your course:

The Advanced Diploma in HRM is undoubtedly the most in-demand HR qualification. Employers will be assured that you can perform at the highest level in any senior management role, and you’ll have the specialist skills and knowledge to rise to the very top.

Jobs you’ll be qualified for include:

Where your qualification will take you

Potential salaries at this level:

Head of HR

HR Director

Senior HR Manager

HR Consultant

Head of Recruitment

People Development Manager

HR Business Partner: £60k - £90k

Senior HR Manager: £80k - £120k

Head of HR/HR Director: £120k - £180k

Head of Recruitment: £80k - £140k

Figures taken from a 2016 study by Morgan McKinley

Average Salaries with a CIPD Qualification

HR Officer(entry-level)

HR Officer with experience

HR Manager

HR Director

£26,000

£31,000

£46.000

£76,000

(up to £150,000 with bonus)

As this is the highest level qualification that CIPD offers, the next step in your professional development would be gaining Chartered or Fellow Membership of CIPD once you have the required experience.


How we support you

In our live tutor-led online classrooms, you’ll be able to talk to the tutor, interact with other students, and get help with anything you’re stuck with. All the classes are recorded so you can watch them in your own time if you prefer, and re-watch them as many times as you need.

Learning online doesn’t mean learning alone. You’ll have your assigned CIPD tutor, who’ll answer all your questions about coursework.

You will have dedicated access to our student support team waiting in the wings to help you with administrative tasks, using the Student Community, and any other non-academic queries you might have.

That means that no matter what you need, there will always be someone here to help. We’re with you every step of the way.

You’ll also benefit from a huge range of resources, including:

Two e-books

Interactive Quizzes

Progress Checks

Lively Group Forums

Personal Journal

CIPD Resources

Your study materials have been specially designed for online learning by CIPD and distance learning experts, and they’re split into bite-sized sections so they’re easy to follow from home.

When you enrol, you’ll be able to join a live induction webinar so that we can welcome you to ICS Learn and show you how to navigate the Student Community. That’s our easy-to-use online learning platform - it’s a one-stop-shop that allows you to:

Access your course materials

Contact your tutor and Student Support

Submit your assignments

Connect with your fellow students

I have recently completed my CIPD course and it’s been brilliant. When I was signing up the advisors could not have been more helpful and informative - I couldn’t wait to get started. Throughout the course the tutor team have been incredibly supportive. The online resources are brilliant and the Student Community is clear to use.

Catriona Mundill, CIPD Level 5


About your course

The course sits at Level 7, or Level 8 in the Scottish system.

You’ll need a total of 120 credits to complete the course. Each module is worth 15.

You’ll complete this course two modules at a time. You’ll complete the four core modules plus four out of the seven elective modules. We’ll be happy to help you choose the modules that are most useful to you.

Typically, students complete this course in around 22 months, but some do it more quickly or slowly depending on their circumstances. We give you a support period of 30 months so that you have the flexibility to go at your own pace - you won’t be held back by inconvenient deadlines or the pace of other students, and you can always take time off if life gets hectic.

Before it’s time for your official assessments, you’ll complete practice assessments that’ll be marked and given constructive feedback by your tutor, so you’re well-prepared for the real thing. The two nationally-set exams take place in January, May and September each year, and you should enrol for them four months before. All other assessments will be marked by your tutor.

Module Type Assessment

Human Resource Management in Context Core Exam

Leading, Managing & Developing People Core Exam

Developing Skills for Business Leadership Core Written assignment (3000 words)

Investigating Business Issues in Human Resources Core 4 written assignments (1000 - 7500 words)

Resourcing & Talent Management Elective Written assignment (3000 words)

Managing Employment Relations Elective Written assignment (3000 words)

Reward Management Elective Written assignment (3000 words)

Employment Law Elective Written assignment (3000 words)

Learning & Talent Development Elective Written assignment (3000 words)

Organisation Design & Organisational Development Elective Written assignment (3000 words)

Leadership & Management Development Elective Written assignment (3000 words)


Human Resource Management in Context

Leading, Managing and Developing People

This module provides you with an understanding of the principal internal and external environmental contexts of contemporary organisations, including the managerial and business context within which managers, HR professionals and workers interact in conditions of environmental turbulence, change and uncertainty.

The module also examines how those leading organisations respond to these dynamic environmental contexts, and indicates how leaders in organisations, and those in the HR function, and line managers with HR responsibilities, need to recognise and acknowledge that corporate decisions and HR choices are not always shaped by managers alone.

This module will familiarise you with major contemporary research evidence on employment and effective approaches to human resource (HR) and learning and development (L&D) practice.

Research focusing on the links between people management practices and positive organisational outcomes is covered, as is research that highlights major contemporary changes and developments in practice.

The module also introduces you to major debates about theory and practice in the specific fields of leadership, flexibility and change management, the aim being to help you become an effective manager as well as an effective HR specialist, managing others fairly and effectively and increasing levels of engagement, commitment, motivation and performance.

What you’ll learn

With our flexible CIPD courses, you’ll get the same exceptional learning experience as you’d expect in a traditional classroom, but with no restrictions on when, where, and at what pace you learn. Our courses cover everything you need to know to achieve your HR career goals and build lifetime success.

Here’s a breakdown of the key topics covered in each module.

Developing Skills for Business LeadershipThis module is primarily concerned with the development of your skills, and specifically seeks to develop and improve a range of definable skills that are pivotal to successful management practice and to effective leadership. These include thinking and decision-making skills, the management of financial information, managing budgets, a range of team-working and interpersonal skills and others associated with developing personal effectiveness and credibility at work.

The module also seeks to develop further, more specialised skills that are of particular significance to effective higher level people management and provides opportunities for applied learning and continuous professional development.

Core Modules


Resourcing and Talent ManagementThis module focuses not just on the practical aspects of recruitment, selection, employee retention and dismissal, but also on the strategic aspects to equip you with the knowledge and skills required for resourcing and talent management within a global context.

Skills can be sourced by hiring employees, but also through other means such as the employment of agency workers, subcontractors and consultants, or through outsourcing arrangements. To mobilise an effective workforce organisations hire people from employment markets, which obliges them to compete for talent with other employers whenever demand for skills is greater than the available supply.

Managing Employment Relations

Learning and Talent Development

The module provides opportunities for you to critically apply the activities, knowledge and behavioural competencies required for managing employment relations practices in union and non-union, small and large, private, public and indigenous and multinational organisations and will enable you to review and critically evaluate the roles and functions of different stakeholders in employment relations and the structures and processes required to manage the employment relationship effectively.

You will also be able to assess the impact of contextual changes on employment relations practices and organisational performance from a managerial perspective and gain insights into the creation and implementation of effective employment relations procedures and policies.

This module will help you develop a critical understanding of the potential and limitations of the contribution of learning and talent development policies and strategies to formulating and achieving objectives at national, organisational, group and individual levels and will enable the development of intellectual, social, professional and personal skills to perform effectively in associated professional roles.

The module requires you to reflect critically on theory and practice from an ethical and professional standpoint, explores the implications for professional practice, and provides opportunities for applied learning and continuous professional development.

Elective Modules

Investigating a Business Issue from an HR Perspective

This module provides the opportunity for you to demonstrate the ability to diagnose and investigate a live, complex business issue from an HR perspective, to locate the work within the body of contemporary knowledge, to collect and analyse data, to derive supportable conclusions and to make practical and actionable recommendations for change, improvement or enhancement of current practice.

The applied nature of the report requires a critical evaluative approach, empirical investigation and analysis and a combination of academic research and business report writing skills.

What you’ll learn


Reward Management

Leadership and Management Development

This module examines total rewards in an organisational and international context and provides you with the knowledge and understanding of environments in which reward professionals plan, implement and evaluate employee reward policies to support strategic organisational goals.

You will acquire both theoretical and normative understanding of the diverse approaches to reward management and be able to critically reflect on the strengths and limitations of these approaches in promoting individual and organisational performance in a fair, reasonable and equitable way.

Leadership and Management Development is about enhancing the capacity of organisations, and the people within them to better achieve their purpose in a business. LMD is a massive industry, organisations collectively spend a lot of money on this activity per annum, therefore, if it is done well, it can make a massive different to the running of an organisation. This module will walk you through the literature of LMD, the key academic theories and various exercises to ensure that you complete this section of your qualification with a strong understanding of how LMD can be used effectively.

Employment Law

Organisational Design and Organisational Development

The purpose of this module is to provide you with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to brief organisations on the consequences of current and future developments in employment law, and to give up-to-date, timely and accurate advice concerning the practical application of legal principles at work in different jurisdictions.

The module will provide you with the key principles that underpin UK (or Irish) and EU employment law, their purpose, the major defences that employers are able to deploy when defending cases, and the potential organisational costs and reputational risks associated with losing them.

Organisational design is the process of strategically aligning the structure of the business in line with the ultimate aim, goal and mission of a business. It heavily involves change management and identifying how it can be successfully implemented in order to achieve success. OD on the other hand aims to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of a business focusing on structure and culture. This valuable module will therefore provide a high-level strategic overview of the key areas that you need to know in order to help build your knowledge on ODD.

What you’ll learn

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