LAIBS has recently launched its eleventh cohort of UPS students who will study for the BA (Hons) Management and Leadership degree. Rachael Hall and Vanessa Knowles from the Business School first started working with UPS Ltd in 2008 when students from the faculty joined UPS to undertake their 2 year placements which formed the workbased element of their BA (Hons) Management and Leadership.

The programme's potential to demonstrate added value for both the individual and the business led to the full 3 year workbased model of the degree being launched in 2010 and to date in excess of 200 managers and supervisors have embarked on a Degree Programme with Lord Ashcroft International Business School.

By engaging closely with UPS in terms of their organisational and business objectives, the programme aligns individual and organisational learning. Drawing on 3 core themes; Commercial and Organisational Awareness, Applied Practice Based Research and Self-Awareness via Career, Professional and Leadership Development the aim of this work based learning degree is to develop individuals who are competent, confident and inspired in their practice.