(Only available to employees of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group)
Why study for the Certificate or Diploma in Retail Credit?
The Certificate and Diploma in Retail Credit are specialist qualifications designed to equip employees of the RBS group with an understanding of the practices and principles involved in retail credit banking.
Course content
To achieve the Certificate in Retail Credit you must complete the following three modules:
To achieve the Diploma in Retail Credit you must complete the Certificate in Retail Credit plus the following module:
View syllabus by clicking on the links above.
Entry requirements
You must be a current employee of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
Students are required to have a minimum of GCSE grade C or equivalent in English Language and Maths. You must also have a level of proficiency, as exemplified for example by GCSE standard, in ICT. If you are unsure whether you meet these requirements, please check with an HE Guidance Officer on +44 (0) 1227 828232 or email abops@ifslearning.ac.uk.
This guidance document contains examples of equivalences.
You will need to have Internet and email access throughout your course of study, and to access the online student induction and syllabus.
Qualification level
The full Diploma is assessed at first year undergraduate degree level.
Study time
You should expect to complete the Certificate in 12-18 months and the Diploma in an additional 12 months.
How do I study?
You must follow an approved course of study provided by ifs distance or flexible learning. Please see Study support and exam information for Diplomas for more information.
Study support
On registration for Financial Markets and Risk and Organisations and Individuals, you will be sent a dedicated set of learning materials.
You will be given access to the ifs Interactive Learning Environment (my ifsILE) for these units, which includes online versions of the materials, online self-assessment and discussions forums.
On registration for Principles of Lending and Consumer Credit Risk Management, you will be sent:
You will be given access to ifs KnowledgeBank for all units.
Assessment
The Certificate and Diploma in Retail Credit are assessed and awarded by the ifs School of Finance.
The Financial Markets and Risk and Organisations and Individuals modules comprise three assessment components:
The Consumer Credit Risk Management and Principles of Lending modules are assessed by an objective test, delivered electronically.
Please refer to www.vue.com/ifs for further details about electronic testing.
If there does not appear to be a test centre in your area, please contact HE Student Services on +44 (0) 1227 829499.
In order to pass each unit you must pass all assessment components.
How to register
If you are an RBS group employee and would like further information on how to register for the Certificate or Diploma, please request an RBS-specific brochure from HE Student Services on +44 (0) 1227 829499, or email hestudentservices@ifslearning.ac.uk.
Before enrolling onto this programme there are some online documents you must read, these are viewable in the essential info area.
More information
Call HE Student Services on +44 (0) 1227 829499 or email hestudentservices@ifslearning.ac.uk.
