New L&D degree launched

The University of Chester has got together with the Training Foundation to offer practitioners a Foundation Degree in Learning and Development Practice in a bid to help professionalise the sector.

The two-year long part-time degree will be delivered by facilitators from private sector course provider, the Training Foundation (TF), under the supervision of the University and will comprise 11 modular short courses based on TF’s existing Training, Application and Performance (TAP) programme.

Current holders of a TAP Master Diploma in Learning & Development will receive Recognition of Prior Learning for 50% of the degree, which would cut the duration of the course down to a single year.

Nick Mitchell, TF’s chief executive, said: “The Foundation Degree is a major step in our long journey to professionalise learning and development, which is so mission-critical today for organisational effectiveness and growth.”