Journey - UK Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership

[OtterDen]

Which school did you pick for your studies?

I am not sure mentioning the "school" (actually it is an education company) name is the best idea. I am afraid this post will be considered as an AD post. That's why I keep the name only as a placeholder name in the previous paragraphs.

Additionally, I don't see why this matter at all. I just chose the cheapest one, after several rounds of price comparison, and bargaining with multiple education companies at the same time.

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1 & 2, it's the same thing, MBA is exactly that, an MBA anywhere else.  Top up just indicates they've transferred classes into the degree, you finish with the same degree everyone else gets when you graduate.  Here's an example, you do a level 7 UK diploma, top up to an MBA from a UK university, you get the MBA from that uni.  If you don't go the top up route, you get admitted directly at the uni and complete the same degree, but in a longer time frame.

The reason I ask, some UK universities have said their degree and transcript will indicate "MBA top-up". I fully understand the transfer aspect, similar to the US, take courses with study, sophia, SL and transfer into TESU, UMPI, etc. However, their degrees don't say "top-up" under the official degree title. Back to my original question, how do employers and the UK community view "top-up" degrees?

From those I've seen, the Certificate usually doesn't say MBA Top-up, but the transcript will clarify.

The transcript would state that it's a top up course, and the number of credits recognized as prior learning. In this situation, Level 7 diploma is considered as the prior learning part. Then, the dissertation or the project in the MBA top-up program will be recognized being accomplished in that University.