The Qualifications have been created to develop and reward the business managers of today and the future, and to continue to bring recognition and professionalism to the management sectors. The Level 7 Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management qualification is designed for managers who have the expert and personal encouragement in deciphering organisational strategy into effective operational performance. This programme provides learners with an advanced qualification that supports their development as managers within the tourism and hospitality industry through a lifelong-learning orientation.

The objective of the Level 7 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management qualification is to provide tourism industry professionals with the specialist knowledge needed to advance their careers, or for graduates entering the tourism and hospitality sector to gain the skills needed to manage business operations. The qualification provides learners with a contemporary, critical, and international programme that supports their development as managers with a lifelong-learning orientation.

The qualification enables learners to analyse complex management problems and to apply and adapt specialist skills and technical terminology to propose solutions to these problems informed by best practice and contemporary research.

Successful completion of this qualification will enable learners to progress into or within employment and/or continue their study towards a relevant Master’s programme with advanced standing.

• Level 6 Qualification or;
• First Degree

The Level 7 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management consists of mandatory units for a combined total of 120 credits for the completed qualification.

• Marketing Approaches in Hospitality and Tourism
• Strategic Planning Facets in Hospitality and Tourism
• Tourism Policy in International Context and Development
• The Culture and Society in Tourism

OR

• Strategic Management and Marketing
• Destination Management
• International Tourism Policy and Development
• E-Tourism and Social Media
• Advanced Research Methods
• Organisational Behaviour in International Contexts

1. To understand and apply the principles of management in a business environment
2. To improve the employability of learners by allowing them to explore the relationship between management theories and their practical application in the business world.
3. Analyse problem solving techniques specific to business and industry
4. Select, collate, review and analyse information form a wide range of sources
5. Work independently and as part of a team 6. Manage one’s own personal development and growth

Qualifications at RQF Level 7 represent practical knowledge, skills, capabilities and competences that are assessed in academic terms as being equivalent to Master’s Degrees, Integrated Master’s Degrees, Postgraduate Diplomas, Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and Postgraduate Certificates.

The qualification is designed to be delivered over one academic year for full-time study but it is also flexible in its delivery in order to accommodate part-time and distance learning.

The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online by approved centres only.

All units within this qualification are internally assessed by the centre and externally verified by Ofqual regulatory UK. The qualifications are criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes.

To achieve a ‘pass’ for a unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria. Judgement that the learners have successfully fulfilled the assessment criteria is made by the Assessor.

The Assessor should provide an audit trail showing how the judgement of the learners’ overall achievement has been arrived at.

The Level 7 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management qualification enables learners to progress into or within employment and/or continue their further study. As this qualification is approved and regulated by Ofqual (Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulation), learners are eligible to progress to Master’s top-up/ Advanced Entry Route programmes at many universities in the UK and overseas with advanced standing.