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MSc HRM or CIPD Level 5?

Samia

Hello, 

New to the forum so please bear with me . I have nearly 10 years of experience in Resourcing / Recruitment In the UK and Dubai . I am currently qualified from abroad as Masters English Literature. 

Been recently looking into starting some form of specialist education in HR . Narrows down to CIPD level 5 and MSC HRM ( 1 year degree , CIPD Accredited ) . Cant decide which route to take . Partucularly want to keep PhD options open since I might just go down that route too eventually. 

Can you wonderful people please guide me and recommend to me which path is better to take ? CIPD level 5 and then Level 7 . Will it help me persue a PhD qualification eventually ? 

Or , a MSc in HRM would be a better option ? 

The time frame here is , CIPD will take about 4 years alltogether . But I dont know if that means i will be able to persue a PhD after wards . 

MSc HRM will take a year full time study . Both programmes cost the same . 

Ideas please . 

Much appreciated and thankful in advance :) 

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  • hi Samia
    I had the same queries when starting out as I already have my CIPD Level 3 in HR Practice, however, what I found through my closer research was that university programmes aren't all affiliated with CIPD and so they will not accredit you with CIPD as you would like. Hence, I chose the CIPD Level 5 option and am half way through my course.

    I have also run into other people who assumed that because it was a higher level academic qualification used within the industry that it would come with the CIPD accreditation, a few of which were in my CIPD Level 3 course, simply for the membership! Despite being able to walk the walk in the business they were working in, some couldn't talk the talk required for CIPD assignments!

    My advice, if you want professional accreditation, do CIPD. If you want academia, do the MSc. It's always possible to go back and do the other once you have finished one option, however, I imagine this will create some duplication which I sense you're trying to avoid.

    Good luck
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  • hi Samia
    I had the same queries when starting out as I already have my CIPD Level 3 in HR Practice, however, what I found through my closer research was that university programmes aren't all affiliated with CIPD and so they will not accredit you with CIPD as you would like. Hence, I chose the CIPD Level 5 option and am half way through my course.

    I have also run into other people who assumed that because it was a higher level academic qualification used within the industry that it would come with the CIPD accreditation, a few of which were in my CIPD Level 3 course, simply for the membership! Despite being able to walk the walk in the business they were working in, some couldn't talk the talk required for CIPD assignments!

    My advice, if you want professional accreditation, do CIPD. If you want academia, do the MSc. It's always possible to go back and do the other once you have finished one option, however, I imagine this will create some duplication which I sense you're trying to avoid.

    Good luck
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