Business Administration

The qualification has been designed to be accessible without artificial barriers that restrict access and progression. Entry to the qualification will be through centre interview and learners will be expected to hold the following: 

• qualifications at Level 5 and/or; 

• work experience in the business sector and demonstrate ambition with clear career goals. In certain circumstances, learners with considerable experience but no formal qualifications may be considered, subject to interview and being able to demonstrate their ability to cope with the demands of the programme. In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 5 (or equivalent) is required. International Qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK Higher Education post-graduate programmes. The applicants are normally required to produce two supporting references, at least one of which should preferably be academic.

These qualifications are vocational as they can support a learner’s career progression. To meet QUALIFI’s aim to provide an appropriate assessment method each unit will be assessed through tasks that will be written in a way to make them realistic ‘work-related’ tasks wherever possible. Learners will need to demonstrate knowledge, understanding and. Original thought, problem solving and recommendations on actions will also be asked for from learners where appropriate for the unit. Intellectual rigour will be expected appropriate to the level of the qualification. Assignments will contain a question strand for each of the given unit’s learning outcomes. The assignment tasks will address the LO (learning outcome) and AC (assessment criteria) QUALIFI Level 6 Diploma in Business Administration Specification February 2020 13 requirements. Within assignments there will always be requirements for learners to engage with important and relevant theory that underpins the subject area. The assignment questions will require learners to draw on real organisations to illustrate their answers. To support this activity during the programme of learning, centres are required to make sure that they include case studies of relevant organisations and, wherever possible, facilitate incompany opportunities for learners to undertake research and investigation projects and/or support the organisation with various tasks. Mature and part-time learners will ideally be able to draw on their personal work experience too. 

Sample assessments and marking scheme are available on request as part of the Qualification Specification supplied to centres. QUALIFI has an assessment policy and procedure documents that are available to all centres delivering this qualification. 

QUALIFI’s ‘Handbook on Guidance and Requirements for Assessment and Marking’ covers the following: 

• assessment strategy 

• assessment arrangements for learners with a disability 

• verification 

• marking scheme/pass mark 

• deferral after valid mitigating circumstances 

• referral after failure 

• dealing with difficulties in meeting assessment deadlines 

• late submissions 

• assessment boards 

• appeals 

• cheating and plagiarism 

• referencing 

• confidential material 

• submission.

 Learners completing the QUALIFI Level 6 Diploma in Business Administration can progress to: 

• any QUALIFI Level 7 Diploma, or 

• the first year of postgraduate study, or 

• directly into employment in an associated profession.

• Anglia Ruskin University
• University of East London
• University of Gloucestershire
• De Montfort University
• University of Bolton
• University of Lincoln
• University of West of Scotland
• University of Wolverhampton
• Birmingham City University
• University of Derby
• University of Northampton
• Arden University
• University of Law
• Bath Spa University
• Bangor University
• Leeds Beckett University
• University of Bedfordshire
• BPP University
• Buckinghamshire New University
• University of Chichester
• Cardiff Metropolitan University
• University of Cumbria
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• Northumbria University
• University of Huddersfield
• Liverpool John Moores University
• London South Bank University
• The Open University
• Staffordshire University
• University of Portsmouth
• University of New England – Australia
• Wrexham Glyndwr University