At Level 6 learners are expected to demonstrate a systematic understanding of key aspects of business and management, including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge at the forefront of the discipline; to deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry; to devise and sustain arguments; to describe and comment on particular aspects of current research or advanced scholarship; to appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge; and to manage their own learning.
The practical consequence for assessment design is that Level 6 work is characterised by argument and judgement, not by coverage. A submission that applies every framework correctly and reaches no defensible position does not meet the standard. This principle governs the assessment criteria and the marking guidance throughout this specification.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain and Logistics Management is designed to equip learners with advanced knowledge, strategic understanding and practical skills across the full spectrum of supply chain and logistics operations. The programme targets professionals working in or aspiring to senior roles within logistics, transport, procurement, manufacturing, production and supply chain management across private, public and third-sector organisations. Set firmly within the context of rapid technological change — including the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, digital twins, autonomous logistics systems and Industry 4.0 — the programme prepares learners not merely to respond to change but to lead it. Sustainability is embedded throughout as a strategic imperative, reflecting the urgent demands of climate regulation, ESG investor expectations and the transition to a circular economy post-2025. Learners will develop a sophisticated understanding of how global supply chains are being reshaped by geopolitical volatility, near-shoring and friend-shoring trends, digital disruption and evolving consumer expectations. The programme challenges learners to become reflective strategic practitioners who can synthesise theory with complex real-world evidence, exercise sound professional judgement and create value through innovation.
The LMQ Graduate Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering provides a broad, contemporary and applied education in electrical and electronic engineering. The programme enables learners to develop a sound command of the analytical foundations of the discipline, including circuit analysis and digital signal processing, alongside the applied technologies that define the modern industry: embedded software, communication systems and wireless technologies, artificial intelligence and renewable energy engineering
The LMQ Level 4 Advanced National Certificate and Level 5 Advanced National Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management together provide a coherent, career-focused management education for one of the world's largest and most opportunity-rich industries. The programme is deliberately hospitality-led: while learners gain a sound understanding of the tourism system that generates hospitality demand, the centre of gravity throughout is the management of hospitality businesses — hotels, restaurants, food and beverage operations, resorts, events and related services — because this is where the majority of graduate employment, supervision and management opportunity lies.
The programme has been redesigned around four substantial 30-credit units at each level, replacing the previous structure of eight 15-credit units. This design, benchmarked against current practice at ten UK universities, allows each unit to be studied in genuine depth over 300 notional learning hours, integrates related knowledge that fragmented units previously separated, reduces assessment burden in favour of richer, more authentic project-based assessment, and signals to learners, universities and employers that every unit represents a serious, worthwhile body of professional capability.
LMQ Level 3 International Foundation in Biology and Chemistry
LMQ Level 3 International Foundation in Computer Science
LMQ Level 3 International Foundation in Engineering and Science
This section is common to all six pathways.
Every student is required to complete four core modules: English for Academic Purposes, Mathematics, Information Technology, and Introduction to Research.
LMQ Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership qualifications are designed to provide focused and specialist courses, linked to professional body requirements and National Occupational Standards where appropriate, with a clear work- related emphasis.
There is a strong emphasis on practical skills development alongside the development of requisite knowledge and understanding in the sector. They are particularly suitable for more mature learners who wish to follow a programme of study that is directly related to their work experience or to an aspect of employment that they wish to move into in due course.
On successful completion of these qualifications, national recognition by employers enables learners to progress into or within employment and/or continue their study in the vocational area.