Employers

Kaplan Open Learning is an innovative and flexible solution that can help employers address the skills requirements of their workforce. Kaplan and the University of Essex have a long and successful history of partnering with employers to deliver quality training to help improve workplace productivity, employee retention and overall levels of satisfaction.

Kaplan Open Learning online Foundation Degrees have been designed to provide practical and relevant work-based skills to employees seeking to advance their careers and develop their responsibilities within the workplace.

Our core Foundation Degrees curriculum focuses on fundamental skills and knowledge related to the business workplace. Following the compulsory modules, students are given the opportunity to pursue one of four pathways: Business & Management, Marketing & Sales Management, Internet Marketing or Entrepreneurship.

Employer Benefits

Online Foundation Degrees from Kaplan Open Learning provide several unique advantages to employers:

Online delivery allows employers to enrol employees from multiple locations on the same course. Not only will participating employees learn the exact same material, but they will have a daily dialogue discussing their own professional experiences and best practices.
Our curriculum has been designed with employers and industry in mind. We have applied the academic quality of Essex to a curriculum emphasising practical and relevant work skills. Students will think about their jobs, their companies, and their industries from new vantage points and will develop skills to help them advance their careers.
Unlike a rigid campus schedule, our flexible delivery system allows employees to juggle their professional, family, and academic responsibilities. Employees miss less time on the job, spend more time at home, and maintain a healthier work-life balance.
We encourage employers to remain involved in their employees´ academic success and progressions. Workplace mentors are assigned to employees to help them develop their skills further and apply key learnings to their current roles.
Kaplan will work with employees to make sure that the curriculum suits their needs and will discuss opportunities to embed company-specific lessons and learnings into the curriculum.

Please contact us to learn more about how we can work together.