National Vocational Qualification
Associates develop considerable management skills and understanding through managing their KTP Projects, attending the Associate Development Course and implementing their Personal Development Plans. The National Management Standards are a nationally agreed framework to guide Associates in acquiring these skills, and a route to gaining a professional award, the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in Management at Level 4.

Registration for the NVQ is provided free of charge to the Partnership budget. Associates achieve the NVQ by demonstrating competence and understanding of management to the National Standards through the presentation of evidence and its formal assessment. Nearly all the necessary evidence can be provided from the products (plans, reports, designs, data, presentations, etc), which Associates generate routinely during the course of their work. The evidence is usually assessed by their dedicated Project Adviser.

Upon successful completion of the Level 4 NVQ in Management, the following progression options become available:

Enhance your professional status by becoming a Member (MCMI) of the Chartered Management Institute
Start working towards Chartered Manager status
Progress to the next level of Institute qualification, the Level 5 NVQ in Management, or the Executive Diploma in Management whose credit rating with the Open University (60 M points) means that most UK universities will give you credit towards relevant masters, MBA or postgraduate programmes

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Accelerating business innovation; a Technology Strategy Board programme