ILM

[saxy_jag]

Someone I know did an ILM course - Institute of Leadership & Management. She's a first-time team leader with a couple of O'levels and ECDL level 2 by way of any other qualifications, and the course took her around six months to complete - certainly no more than a year. It was part-time and she was allowed a couple of hours a week at work to study it. Any idea what NQF level this would have been at.

I suspect it's a level 2 course she's done, but she's now hoping that it will get her into a part-time/distance learning degree course. I somehow doubt that unless she goes to the Open University then she's going to be sorely disappointed, even as a mature student. I would like to tell her so but she seems to think I know nothing about these things so I know she wouldn't listen to me. Just wondering if anywhere else is likely to accept her on the strength of what qualifications she has.

[Buenchico]

The 'levels' used by the ILM, to describe their courses, match those used by the national Qualifications & Credit Framework (which has replaced NQF). It seems likely that the person you're referring to took one of the Level 2 courses from this list:
http://www.i-l-m.com/learn-with-ilm/847.aspx
That's equivalent to a single GCSE pass at grade A to C. (See 'The Framework in England', here, for an explanation of the different levels:
http://www.i-l-m.com/learn-with-ilm/1386.aspx )

Chris

[saxy_jag]

That's pretty much as I thought, Chris, thanks. Methinks she's going to spend some time figuring out that it's not enough for a conventional degree course before she relents and goes down the OU route.

[bednobs]

some unis will use the apel system to allow people to enter courses