Higher Diploma in Hotel Operations
Course Overview
The Higher Diploma in Hotel Operations at LSCAHM is a UK Level 5 qualification running 15 to 18 months on-campus, online or by distance learning. The programme takes students inside a working UK hotel and teaches how the front office, housekeeping, F&B, night audit, security, engineering and revenue functions coordinate to run a property. Alignment references Institute of Hospitality, HOSPA and UKHospitality guidance.
By graduation, students can supervise across hotel departments and articulate into a UK Bachelor's top-up in hospitality management with credit transfer confirmed at enrolment.
Key Features
- Curriculum mapped to Institute of Hospitality, HOSPA and UKHospitality
- Departmental deep-dives across rooms, F&B, revenue and engineering
- Case studies drawn from four- and five-star London hotels
- Night audit, security and hotel technology modules
- Confirmed articulation into UK Bachelor's top-ups in hospitality
- Named tutor supervision across every study mode
What You Will Learn
- Coordinate front office arrivals, in-house and departure flows
- Manage housekeeping productivity and room-status accuracy
- Interpret F&B, banqueting and restaurant service inside a hotel
- Support revenue management across ADR, occupancy and mix
- Understand engineering, maintenance and life-safety obligations
- Run night audit and financial closing across a hotel shift
- Handle guest complaints and service recovery at duty-manager level
- Deliver a capstone project on a live hotel-operations question
Who This Course Is For
- Hotel supervisors progressing to department head roles
- Cross-departmental rotators building general-management foundations
- Career changers moving into hotel operations
- Diploma graduates focused on hotel careers
Career Pathways
- Duty Manager
- Front Office Manager
- Rooms Division Manager
- Food & Beverage Manager
- Guest Relations Manager
- Assistant Hotel Manager (with progression)
- Revenue Manager (support)
The LSCAHM careers service connects Higher Diploma graduates with UK hotel groups and independent London hotels through annual industry-careers days.
Entry Requirements
- A relevant Diploma (Level 4), Advanced Diploma or comparable qualification in hospitality.
- 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.
- Working professionals moving from hotel supervisor, F&B associate or front-office roles are welcomed.
Why Study at LSCAHM
LSCAHM is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts across culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business. Central London places four- and five-star hotel groups and independent operators within a short tube ride of every classroom.
Three parallel study modes let working hotel supervisors complete the Higher Diploma without leaving live shift patterns.
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