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Longer reads for people weighing up Level 7
Written by the consultancy that publishes this site, for managers and the people who sponsor them. Each one answers a question that comes up in advice calls, at the length the question deserves.
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5 min read · 10 September 2026
Choosing between strategic management and a specialist Level 7
The catalogue has general management diplomas and specialist ones in finance, HR, marketing, projects, risk, data and more. How to decide which serves your next role.
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5 min read · 8 September 2026
Making the case to your employer
How to ask for sponsorship of a Level 7 diploma in terms a budget holder recognises: role, return, risk, time and what you will give back.
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5 min read · 5 September 2026
How advanced standing into an MBA works
What a university does with a Level 7 diploma when it admits you to the final stage of a master's, what it checks, what it may still require, and where the promises stop.
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5 min read · 3 September 2026
Level 7 diploma versus MBA, what is the difference?
Award, size, who confers it, how it is assessed, what it costs to enter and where it leads. A side-by-side reading of the two routes for a working manager.
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5 min read · 1 September 2026
Is a Level 7 diploma equivalent to a master's?
Level 7 is the master's level of the Regulated Qualifications Framework, but level is not the same as award. A precise answer, and how to describe the diploma honestly.
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Every article is written by Education adviser, LearnLoom Consultants, from reading the specifications and from advising applicants to LSPM's programmes, and is checked against the awarding body specifications and the Ofqual register. Nothing here is generated or syndicated.
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