Learner Support

Studying membership

Every learner registered on any type of ILM programme is automatically entitled to a free year of studying membership with ILM which brings a terrific range of benefits:

  • Harvard Business Publishing online reference modules covering leading and motivating, delegating, time management, finance and budgeting, team management and coaching

  • Harvard Business Publishing’s Stepping up to Management programme, designed to help new managers become effective quickly

  • Edge online, ILM’s no-nonsense management magazine, packed with practical tips

  • Study guides – essential information about assessments for ILM qualifications

  • Reading lists for ILM qualifications and for key management and leadership topics

  • Evening events with input from a guest speaker and opportunities to network with other members – one free place for each studying member

  • ILM jobs board plus expert career development advice

  • Books for loan and e-books for online browsing 24/7 plus e-journals with thousands of titles to choose from

  • A fantastic range of money-saving services, to improve your work-life balance and your bank balance.  Discounts on gym membership, holidays, hotels, airport parking, magazines, CDs, DVDs, books, family days out plus car, home, medical and professional indemnity insurance and more

Find out more about studying membership

 

Learning resources

To support learners through their chosen qualification ILM is committed to providing custom-written text books that over the key topics in straightforward and accessible language. Choose from:

  • Super Series, a collection of 40 management development workbooks to support the ILM Level 3 Award, Certificate and Diploma in First Line Management

  • Management Extra, higher level management development workbooks to support the ILM Level 5 Award, Certificate and Diploma in Management

  • Leading Teams by David Pardey covers key leadership topics examined in the level 2 qualifications in Team Leading

  • Concepts of Coaching by Peter Hill has been written to assist in the development of managers as coaches and is particularly useful for those working towards one of the coaching and mentoring qualifications at levels 3, 5 and 7

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Browse qualifications

ILM offers the widest range of leadership and management qualifications in the UK. Now, our qualifications browser makes it easy for you to explore our programmes by subject, type and level.

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Our new qualifications finder does exactly what it says on the tin. Just answer a few questions about you, your interests and aspirations and it'll suggest the best-fit ILM qualifications for you.