Senior Leadership (Senior Leader Apprenticeship) University of Portsmouth

Overview

Senior leaders represent their organisations at the highest level, navigating relationships with clients, supply chains, and regulatory bodies. To be effective, they need the skills to influence, adapt, and drive meaningful change.

Our PgDip Senior Leadership apprenticeship builds on your existing experience and knowledge, sharpening your leadership approach and expanding your strategic insight. Designed for mid to senior-level managers, it equips you to apply your insight in real-world business environments, strengthening your impact across your organisation and industry networks.

Many of our graduates have progressed to roles as chief executives, global directors, and successful entrepreneurs. Others have chosen to build on their expertise by continuing their studies with our MBA Senior Leadership (Top-Up). 

Course highlights

• Take part in practical, outcomes-based learning which will develop practical skills that translate directly into your leadership approach, turning knowledge into action
• Balance study with your career on this part-time, two-year programme

• Navigate the strategic and ethical challenges of modern leadership, understanding the real impact of your decisions

• Learn from lecturers with wide ranging experience who are currently active in education research

• Access our Library resources, including electronic resources which you can access from anywhere with a web connection

• Receive and discuss feedback with lecturers and other students

• Network with other students on the course to share ideas, knowledge, experience and contacts across a diverse range of different industries

Career development

You can put the skills you’ll learn on this course to use wherever your senior leadership career takes you.

This course will provide you with the necessary abilities to succeed as a future leader in your organisation.

You'll engage in productive discussions with peers which will broaden your knowledge and experience base, and help in transferring knowledge among apprentices from different industries. 

Our apprentices are already working in a wide range of organisations, in both the public and private sectors, and our graduates have gone on to successful careers in roles such as chief executive, global director or starting up their own businesses. 

On successful graduation from this course, you'll also be eligible to continue on to our MBA Senior Leadership (Top-Up) programme.

Entry requirements for this course

Contact University of Portsmouth to find course entry requirements.

View foundation and pathway programmes to help you meet academic and language entry requirements.