Fees and funding

We offer introductory courses for those who want to start at the beginning, or you can work towards getting a qualification. 

These are some of our courses and qualifications that may be relevant to you as Business and Admin staff:

Role-specific learning opportunities

Access

People, work and society (Y032)
SCQF Level 7

An introduction to business and management (B100)
Perspectives in health and social care (K118)
My digital life (TU100)
Certificate of Higher Education in Business Management (T27)
Certificate in Health and Social Care (S31)
SCQF Level 7/8/9

Health and illness (K213)
Communication and information technologies (T215)
Diploma of Higher Education in Computing and IT practice (W15)
Diploma of Higher Education in Business Management (W51)
SCQF Level 7/8/9/10

BA (Honours) in Business Management (Q91)
SCQF Level 10

Marketing and society (B324)
Certificate in Promoting Public Health (S13)

Leadership and management learning opportunities

SCQF Level 7

Management practice (B123)  
SCQF Level 9

Making it happen! Leadership, influence and change (B204)
SCQF Level 10

Managing across boundaries (B325)
Leadership and management in health and social care (K313) 
SCQF Level 11 Project management (M815)
Leadership and management in intercultural contexts (BB848)
MBA (F61)

If you already have a qualification you may be able to use the credit in a pathway with the OU. Further details are available from Credit Transfer.  If you hold an SVQ Level 3 or equivalent learning, you could use it to access leadership and management or business qualification pathways:

The OU in Scotland offers flexible, work-related learning solutions for the Scottish healthcare workforce. For more details visit our site by clicking on the button below.

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