Higher Diploma in Hospitality Human Resources
Course Overview
The Higher Diploma in Hospitality Human Resources is a UK Level 5 qualification running 15 to 18 months across on-campus, online and distance learning routes. The programme is aligned with Chartered Management Institute leadership standards, UKHospitality workforce guidance and Institute of Hospitality management themes, and articulates cleanly into a UK Bachelor's top-up in hospitality management or human resources.
By graduation you are running a hospitality workforce brief that spans attraction, onboarding, retention, learning and reward, closing with portfolio evidence suitable for HR business partner, talent development lead and HR manager shortlists.
Key Features
- UK Level 5 award aligned with CMI, UKHospitality and Institute of Hospitality standards.
- Structured articulation into a UK Bachelor's top-up in hospitality or HR, confirmed at enrolment.
- Live-brief modules on attraction, retention, engagement and learning.
- Case studies from London hotel groups, restaurant chains and hospitality operators.
- Small cohorts with named programme-tutor support and industry guest speakers.
- LSCAHM careers service linked to hospitality HR recruiter cycles.
What You Will Learn
- Design hospitality workforce plans across seasonal, permanent and casual staffing.
- Interpret UK employment law and Right to Work processes in a hospitality context.
- Build onboarding, induction and probation frameworks for hotels and restaurants.
- Deliver hospitality learning and development programmes.
- Manage grievance, disciplinary and performance conversations to CMI standard.
- Model reward, recognition and retention strategies against UKHospitality guidance.
- Interpret engagement and turnover data across hospitality units.
- Support diversity, inclusion and wellbeing programmes.
Who This Course Is For
- HR coordinators, hotel supervisors and duty managers moving into HR roles.
- Diploma holders progressing to Level 5 study in hospitality HR.
- Working practitioners specialising in talent development or engagement.
- Working professionals moving from commis chef, F&B associate, hotel supervisor or event coordinator roles are welcomed.
Career Pathways
- Hospitality Talent Development Lead
- HR Business Partner (Hospitality)
- Hospitality Programme Manager (People)
- Group Operations Manager (People)
- Learning and Development Manager (Hospitality)
- Guest Experience Director (People)
The LSCAHM careers service runs at least one industry day each academic year across hospitality HR recruiters and refreshes curriculum against CMI and Institute of Hospitality guidance.
Entry Requirements
- A relevant Diploma (Level 4), Advanced Diploma or comparable HR, hospitality or management qualification.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
- IELTS 6.0 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers.
- One academic or professional reference from a supervisor or tutor.
- Working professionals moving from commis chef, F&B associate, hotel supervisor or event coordinator roles are welcomed.
Why Study at LSCAHM
The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. LSCAHM reads culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines, and central London places hotel groups, UKHospitality and the Institute of Hospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom.
Three parallel study modes let progressors, working HR practitioners and portfolio-route applicants complete an LSCAHM Higher Diploma without leaving employment.
Apply for Higher Diploma in Hospitality Human Resources
Applications for the Higher Diploma in Hospitality Human Resources are open now across on-campus, online and distance learning cohorts. Complete a Higher Diploma at LSCAHM and articulate into a UK Bachelor's top-up in the same discipline, with credit transfer confirmed at enrolment. Enrol Now.
