Business, Leadership and Management Courses at DCG

All organisations – from global companies, banks and law firms to charities, sports clubs, councils and start-up ventures – are looking for business-savvy leaders to help them keep ahead. Studying Business, Leadership and Management with DCG will help you make your mark in any industry, anywhere in the world.

We specialise in building the strategic capabilities that employers need, including budgeting, business analysis, forecasting, law, HR, marketing and sales. Add skills in customer service, communication, project management and decision-making into the mix – and you’re ready to achieve excellence in today’s rapidly changing business arena.

Because we’re networked into the business community, our full-time students enjoy plenty of contact with major employers. It could lead to placements, work-related projects and industry visits as well as exciting apprenticeship and job opportunities. Meanwhile, budding entrepreneurs will benefit from expert professional advice on launching their own ventures.

If you want to boost your existing career by studying part time, there’s a wealth of choice from nationally recognised ILM awards to accounting and bookkeeping qualifications, plus specialist training on themes like team leading. Our Business and Management Foundation Degree is also a smart move for those aspiring to more senior roles.

good evening everybody

and welcome to the

dcg information evening i’m here to talk

to you tonight about our business

courses

here at the roundhouse but i will give

you a bit of background knowledge about

the college first

just to put everything into perspective

for you

so we’re made up of four campuses

including the roundhouse

and the place where our business studies

will take place

but we also have the joseph wright

center

broomfield hall and orchestra all

together

these make up the derby college group

aka dcg

we have a multitude of support areas

available to every student at dcg

from the moment we meet you right up

until you have completed your study

program and are deciding on the next

steps

whether you still need to gain your

maths and english gcses or if you’re

looking for top

quality work experience to help gain

valuable

industry knowledge we will offer you

tailored support to suit your individual

needs

as you will see this evening dcg has

invested in

first class industry standard equipment

which you can view in more detail after

this presentation

we do everything we can to help you

succeed during your time here

and this has been recognized by ofsted

who have graded us as a good provider

which is the second highest rating that

is available

to any school or college another

fantastic asset

we have at dcs dcg are our innovative

employer academies these will help you

to gain valuable work experience

key industry contacts and really bring

to life

your college learning experience and i

will expand

on this a little bit more later on

our students are at the heart of

everything we do and our inclusion and

support services at dcg

are here to help maximize your potential

and help you to reach your learning

goals

if you have an inclusion and support

need you may

have what we offer you may have

tailored support to match your

individual needs

we work in partnership with teaching

staff and other internal services and

external organizations

to provide a person-centred approach

we’ve also teamed up with career coach

which is designed to help you

find a good career in providing the most

current local data on wages

employment job postings and associated

education and training as you can see

there is an example

of the data that’s relevant to business

and financial project management

professionals but you can do your own

search

on a role that you feel is relevant to

your career goals and aspirations

from the career coach link on the derby

college website

so head over to the careers coach

section of our website

and select career coach

as you can see from the data

the this dcg region is predicted

in business to keep rising each year

from now

through to 2028 and

there is a similar trend with other

business

type occupations that your view on

career coach

so now i’m going to give you a full

breakdown of

the different business courses we offer

at dcg we offer

everything from entry level through to

foundation degree so at entry level

we have the get into business

and we also have the level one business

at level two business we have

different strands depending on your gcse

entry requirements so we have the level

two

first extended certificate in business

the entry requirements for this course

are four gcses

within that you must have a four

or a c in english language

as well as a three in maths and

two other grade threes or above

in your gcses

we offer the level 2 first certificate

excuse me

in business and the entry requirements

for this qualification are gcses

three in maths three

in english and two other threes

you do have the opportunity to reset or

retake

your gcse english and maths on this

qualification

we off we also offer the first award the

level two first award

in business which is a smaller

qualification

for students that need to redo their

maths and all their

english and their profile is a three

or below

we are also offering the level 2 two

full-time

intermediate certificate in accounting

as well and the entry requirements for

that

are that you must have before or above

in maths as well as all the gcses

the level three qualifications are

equivalent

to three a levels after two years

in the first year you will do the btec

level

3 national foundation in business

the entry requirements for this course

are

five gcses

fours or above you must have

a four in gcse maths

and english language and three other

gcses at four or above

progression after the end of year one is

on to the

level three national extended diploma

in business so once you complete the

level three national foundation

in business at year one you can then

progress onto the national extended

diploma in business

which gives you the equivalent of three

a levels

and can gain you entry to

university or higher education

and also we offer a pathway here

to higher education at derby college

part-time courses that we offer

range in the level in the

sort of from the level one aat

qualifications

right up to the level four hmc

hnd and also the foundation degree

in business and management so as you can

see

from the range of courses depending on

what you’re interested in

we can offer aat and business as part

time

the part-time courses are predominantly

for

adults and people in employment

or adults 19 plus um

either either in employment or applying

for

any of the sort of study loans or

employers are sponsoring

them

we have a range of business academies at

business that we work very very closely

with

and as you can see from our range of

business academies and employer

academies

um at the college

we have a selection

on this slide we work closely with

employers

in order to co-design our curriculum

our employers that we work with offer

projects

they offer work experience they

also come in and do guest speaker

sessions

they do a business communications day so

that our

students can hear first hand from

employer partners exactly what employers

are looking for

and they also offer job opportunities as

well

so as a dcg student in business

you would be able to access a range of

work experience or opportunities

through our employer partners as well

so what do you need to know about our

actual course

well on the business course one thing

that you do

need to know and be mindful of is that

the level two programs and the level

three

programs have exams

they have exams so external assessments

in january we also

allow the students to do a retake of the

exam

in the summer so around sort of

end of april may

preparation for the exams we do

encourage all students to

purchase the textbook we do encourage

students to have the revision guide

and we do do sort of additional classes

in terms of study skills support

academic writing thinking skills

for for all of our students at all

levels but it is definitely worth you

knowing

that each of the level two and the level

three qualifications

carries some exams on

the extended first certificate

in business at level two there are two

exams

one in marketing and one in finance

on the level three

qualifications again there are two exams

in the first year again there’s a

marketing and a finance unit

and then there’s two other exams in the

second year

one of them is the principles of

management unit and the other one

business decisions so be mindful of that

there is also coursework that is done

and assignment deadlines throughout the

year

we do have a dress code in business um

so we require our students to wear

a formal dress code but not

not not sues so what we ask for

is sort of casual business attire that

you would wear

in in the world of work as well

so we don’t expect students to wear sort

of jeans trainers

tracksuits um

while they’re in the classroom at

college

and also in terms of footwear students

are required to wear

shoes as well as i said before you get

access to a range of employer academies

that you can join and also it’s

fantastic because

these employer academies also offer work

experience as well

some of our students have actually sat

on the board of the employer skills

board with the employer academies

because it’s really really useful for

the employees to hear from student

representatives

what students want in terms of our

course as well

our work placement opportunities we do

block work placement weeks or we can

tailor the work experience

so that it is throughout the academic

year

every study programme also offers

personal tutor

and progression coach support as well

derby college has had a significant

impact on many individuals

businesses and the wider community we

are committed to producing a talent pool

equipped with the right skills and

attitude to meet the needs of employers

we are proud of our contribution to

economic growth and social prosperity

by guiding people onto learning pathways

that lead to positive and

positive destinations we encourage

progress

and aspirational outcomes

many of our learners have gone on to

achieve great things since leaving

college

and as you can see here are a few

examples of the many

inspirational success stories we have to

share with you

please feel free to ask any member of

staff

questions that you may have and

we also have the support team and the

college infrastructure on hand to take

any other queries

that you may have tonight

there is a detailed step-by-step guide

on how to apply

which is accessible from our website and

the prospectus

and you will see from the powerpoint

slide there is a bit of a summarized

breakdown of the steps you can expect to

take

during the application process with dcg

thank you very much for your time and if

you have any questions

please participate in our live chat

thank you bye

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