Vocationally Related Qualifications (VRQs) form the largest portion of ILM’s qualification portfolio. They are nationally recognised qualifications designed to bring tangible business benefits through their strong emphasis on practical skills and assessment.
VRQs challenge the individual learner – giving them the practical skills and confidence to contribute more to their organisation. Equally relevant to the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, ILM's portfolio of VRQs begins at Level 2 of the National Qualifications Framework, with a range of programmes for new or aspiring managers, right up to level 7, with high-level qualifications for individuals at executive management level. This breadth of VRQ offering means ILM can provide a recognised pathway for progression for leaders and manager of all levels of experience and seniority, working across all industries and sectors.
Flexibility
ILM VRQs are designed to offer the greatest possible flexibility in topic choice, completion, progression and assessment:
- Each qualification is built up from a broad menu of individual units, or bite-sized chunks of development, allowing employers or individual learners to select the optional units best suited to their specific development needs
- Individual units can be taken and ‘certified’ where there is a need for short, closely focused development
- Units build up to form three different sizes of qualification - Awards, Certificates and Diplomas - which are ‘nested’, allowing learners to accumulate units to progress to larger qualifications without repetition of study
- ILM is the first organisation to offer a VRQ portfolio that is ‘credit-ready’ – in anticipation of the emerging UK credit frameworks. By being part of the framework individuals will have further pathways to progression as careers or business needs evolve
- Because ILM VRQs are recognised by a growing number of universities, they offer a proven progression route to higher education
- Centres delivering ILMs core management VRQ's benefit from a choice of assessment routes, depending on the level of support required.
Organisations offering
Recognition
ILM VRQs are recognised by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) in England and from 1 May 2008 are accredited by the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). They are also recognised on the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW) and the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).