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BA (Hons)

Business & Human Resource Management

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

3 Years

Start

September 2023

UCAS Code

NN66

Delivery

Campus Taught

Foundation entry

Behind every successful business is the excellence of its people. On our BA(Hons) in Business and Human Resource Management you will explore many things. This includes how to manage, lead and develop your people resource so that both your people and your business flourish and succeed.

Our Business and Human Resource Management (HRM) degree will prepare you for a role as an effective line manager in your chosen business. And, it will help your career as an emerging HR professional.

To kick start your career, the course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). This is the professional body for HR and people development, and reflects the CIPD’s professional standards framework. This means the course meets the contemporary needs of employers and focuses on best practice in HRM.

Study with us and we can help prepare you for a professional and rewarding career. We will encourage you to be curious, resilient, and agile; qualities much in demand of today’s workforce.

Why study with us

Combining business savvy with people management expertise enables you to pursue your career in any sector of your choice.
From Year 2, you will be a Student Member of the CIPD. When you complete the course, you'll gain professional recognition as an Associate Member. You'll also gain credibility in people management.
We have our own research centre iROWE (Institute for Research into Work Organisations, and Employment). You can foster business links and find work experience. And, you'll develop insight into practitioner challenges.

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What you'll do

Study in workshops and seminar groups to build your confidence. Develop your skills of enquiry and problem-solving.
Develop skills and behaviours through practical and case study tasks. This will foster collaboration and cooperation.
Be challenged to think, question, and research credible sources. This will help you make informed judgements about effective people practice.

A day in the life of a Business and Management student

Module overview

Course delivery

Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus aside from a small amount of online teaching where we have learnt it works best.

85%Face-to-face

15%Online

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Business course facilities

Academic expertise

Entrepreneurs in Residence

Our Entrepreneurs in Residence bring you real-world expertise and entrepreneurial practice. They contribute to teaching, learning and employability.

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Accreditations

This course is accredited by the CIPD, the professional body for Human Resources and people development. The course is mapped against their professional standards. We are an established CIPD accredited centre with a track record of delivering high-quality people management education. Upon graduation from this course, you will gain Associate Membership, with the opportunity to upgrade your status to gain further professional recognition.

Industry Links

We've been awarded the Small Business Charter (SBC) in recognition of our commitment to supporting student entrepreneurship, small businesses and the local economy. The SBC is an award for the UK’s world-class business schools.

Future careers

Many of our students choose a business degree as they are not completely sure of what they want to do in their future.

So, our BA (Hons) in Business and Human Resource Management gives you the ideal springboard into a career in a management role in any sector. It will also create opportunity for you to become an entry level HR professional.

Fees and funding

2023/24

Full-time£9,250 per year

International

Full-time£14,900 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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Our students value a degree of flexibility in their study and also prefer face-to-face classroom teaching. And so, in response to our student feedback, 80% of teaching and learning takes place in a physical space. The other 20% is online either as an interactive synchronous lecture or pre-recorded lecture.

All resource to support teaching, learning and assessment are available to students on our Blackboard VLE. We have high expectations of our students. You will need to be prepared and engaged in the learning environment. And, you'll need to actively contribute content and ideas to discussions and tasks. We value diversity of thinking and experience to help develop an inclusive learning environment.

Our assessment methods are carefully selected to test the learning outcomes for our modules. The also test and develop a range of skills of our students. That might include the formal business tools of report writing and presentations. Also, creative skills such as posters, portfolios, and video creation.