Human Resources Courses

We currently offer a fast-track option for the CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management. You'll cover the same content on an accelerated timeline of 10 months, and you'll be expected to study for 8 to 10 hours each week (this includes attending classes, reading, working through content, and writing assessments).

This type of accelerated study may be ideal for students who are balancing study with work or family commitments or may be tied to achieving a qualification for a performance review or appraisal. 

For more information on our CIPD fast-track programmes, get in touch with our HR course advisors by webchat, email or phone.

If you’re not ready to commit to a full human resources qualification and would like to focus on only the essential modules, you could study one of our CIPD Core programmes.

The CIPD Level 5 Core programme covers 3 modules:

• Organisational Performance and Culture in Practice
• Evidence-Based Practice
• Professional Behaviours and Valuing People

It has an average completion time of 6 months and a support period of 9 months. It costs £1,529 which can be paid in interest-free monthly instalments.

The CIPD Level 7 Core programme covers 4 modules:

• Work and Working Lives in a Changing Business Environment
• People Management and Development Strategies for Performance
• Personal Effectiveness, Ethics and Business Acumen
• Business Research in People Practice

It has an average completion time of 9 months and a support period of 12 months. It costs £3,449 which can be paid in interest-free* monthly instalments.

Bear in mind that our Core programmes won’t give you a HR qualification, just the essential skills you need to succeed in an HR position.

If you complete a Core programme and then decide you’d like to move onto the full CIPD Diploma at that level, you won’t need to take the whole course again – you can simply complete the extra modules and you’ll be CIPD qualified!

For more information on our CIPD Core programmes, get in touch with our course advisors by webchat, email or phone.

In the UK, The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is the only accreditation body in the UK.

Yes! Although these must be sourced and supported by yourself. At ICS Learn, we don't offer any mentorship programs.

CIPD, on the other hand, offer member-member mentoring schemes for HR students in some of their local branches. 

Why not contact your local branch and see what is on offer? 

Yes! As long as you have access to a laptop, phone or tablet and have a reliable WIFI connection, you can study a HR course with ICS Learn anywhere in the world. 

To study the Level 3 Foundation Certificate in People Practice, no previous experience or knowledge of HR is required, this makes it the perfect qualification for someone switching careers. 

Additionally, if you currently hold a degree, undergraduate or masters, you can skip straight to the Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management. 

CIPD are passionate about technology, including both the impact and implications it has on employers in the people industry. 

To find out more information, you can access CIPD:

• Factsheets
• Guides
• Reports
• Tools
• Thought Leadership
• Podcasts and Webinars here. 

You can find out more about CIPD's viewpoint on their website, including actions for the government and recommendations for employers.

Yes! At ICS Learn, our courses are designed to be completed alongside working full-time, with many of our students in employment.

With maximum completion times for each course, we allow for full flexibility, offering either On Demand Learning (at your own pace) or Live Online Learning (attending live online classroom sessions).

No matter what level of HR qualification you sit, 3, 5 or 7, there's mandatory modules which teach students about business, culture, change and changing environments. 

Yes, however, these courses are most commonly offered in the form of a university undergraduate or masters degree. If this is something you are interested in, why not look into the below: 

• BSc (Hons) Business Management with Human Resource Management - University of Surrey.
• BA Joint (Hons) Human Resource Management with Psychology - University of Strathclyde.
• BSc Business and Management (Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour) - University of Reading.
• MSc Business Psychology with Human Resource Management - Heriot-Watt University.
• BA (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management - Northumbria University.
• BA (Hons) Human Resource Management and Psychology - Arden University.

Students have the option to pick 1 out of 5 elective modules to study when enrolling on the Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management.

The elective module: People Management in an International Context has been designed to teach students how to manage diverse and remote teams in a globalised workforce. 

Similarly for Level 7, The Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management, 1 of 7 elective modules, Managing People in an International Context has been designed to prepare students for potential challenges that could arise when managing diverse and remote teams. 

The modules that make up CIPD Human Resources qualifications have been carefully designed to provide students with the knowledge, practice and skills required to be successful HR professionals.