Lancaster Online for business

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From cyber security to business management, and from data science to health, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s online programmes are designed to equip working professionals with the skills and expertise to lead and innovate. Supporting your employees to study part-time for a Lancaster qualification offers immediate advantages to your organisation and you’ll benefit from access to our exclusive corporate discount.

Our programmes

There’s no need for your employees to take a career break to study our fully flexible postgraduate or executive programmes. Programmes are typically available as a postgraduate certificate (PGCert, 60 credit points), postgraduate diploma (PGDip, 120 credit points) or a full master’s degree (MSc or MA, 180 credit points) and are designed to be studied alongside full- or part-time employment.

Lancaster’s flexible programmes are:

  • taught online: study a Lancaster qualification from anywhere in the world, either from home or the workplace.
  • available on demand: your employees can access learning materials at the time that best suits them and your business.
  • interactive: weekly live sessions provide your employees with direct access to our expert staff.
  • modular: choose from a single module to address a particular need or stack modules to form a qualification.
  • exam free: students often work on a real-life brief from their workplace as a coursework assignment or dissertation topic.
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Tab Content: Benefits to your business

Supporting your employees to gain a Lancaster qualification offers opportunities to upskill your workforce, empower your team, and attract new talent.

You may choose to provide your staff with full or partial tuition fee sponsorship, extended study leave, or enhanced flexible working. Regardless of how you offer support, you will be able to:

  • address skills gaps: Lancaster’s programmes have been designed with industry needs in mind, providing knowledge and skills that can be applied straight away.
  • develop your staff: support your staff to develop the critical thinking skills needed to advance their career with you.
  • improve productivity: unlock your staff’s problem-solving abilities to boost efficiency and empower them in decision making.
  • retain and attract staff: investing in your workforce’s professional development signals your commitment and can help attract new talent.

Tab Content: Why Lancaster?

Over the last 60 years, we’ve blended tradition with innovation in teaching and research, sustainability initiatives and a dynamic culture of entrepreneurship. Education at Lancaster is:

  • research-led: 91% of our research has been rated world-leading or internationally excellent (REF, 2021). Our teaching is delivered by research-active academics at the forefront of their disciplines.
  • industry informed: Lancaster has collaborated in over 15,000 business and innovation partnerships to date; we work together with industry to deliver impact at scale.
  • applied: case studies, student dissertations and research projects draw on real-world data and challenges to equip graduates with a solutions-focused mindset.

As a Lancaster student, your employee will also have access to our award-winning library services, advice on career management, and study support should they need it.

Access our corporate discount

As part of Lancaster’s commitment to innovation and knowledge transfer, we’re delighted to offer all organisations choosing to provide full or partial tuition fee support to their employees an exclusive corporate discount.

This corporate offer provides up to £3,000 tuition fee discount, per student, from the price of a full master’s programme. To access our corporate discount, please complete our enquiry form.

Get in touch

Complete our enquiry form to find out more about our how flexible programmes can work for your organisation, enquire about course start dates, and access our corporate discount. 

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