4Dec
UndergraduateUniversity of Bedfordshire has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course summary
This course equips you with the knowledge, skills, behaviours and graduate competencies that employers value and need, in line with the CIPD professional accreditation. You explore key areas of human resource management (HRM) such as talent management; operational management; leadership and motivation; data management and interpretation; selection and recruitment; and employee relations. You may also take up opportunities to engage with real-life HRM problems, allowing you to carry out practical projects that emulate working as a professional manager. Professional Practice Year Take your course over four years and include a Professional Practice Year after your second year of studies. It is an opportunity to apply your learning in the workplace while enhancing your knowledge and skills through fee-free paid practice. It also builds your CV and industry contacts with many students progressing to employment within their practice-year organisation or institution. Course Accreditation/Industry Endorsement
- We are an accredited Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) centre. This means all of our HRM courses are professional-body accredited, giving you access to Level 5 accreditation and increasing your employability in the HRM profession, on successful graduation.
- Learn from expert tutors, active within the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), and in both consultancy and research.
- Develop your understanding of how HRM works with other business disciplines, enabling you to fit into numerous organisation roles.
- Apply what you have learnt to real-life situations experienced by companies and organisations globally.
- Build the confidence and problem-solving skills needed to be an effective manager across a range of organisations and settings.
- Benefit from HRM-focused employability events throughout the academic year, including careers fairs and immersive CV events.
- Learn from employer site visits and visits to the University by employers and local HR managers, who to share their HRM stories - a great way to network and ask questions relating to HRM career development.
- Gain from having regular engagement and support from CIPD members and branch officials, helping you make a smooth transition into the world of HRM employment.
Modules
Year 1; Business Pod, Human Resources Management Foundations Year 2; Employment Relations, Reward and Law, Innovative Practice in HRM and HRD, People Resourcing and Development, Practice Weeks: Career Planning, Project Management, Research Skills, Strategic Thinking, The Strategic Context of Human Resource Management Year 3, HRM Practice Portfolio, Developing Professional Human Resource Management Practice, Dissertation or Specialist Project in Human Resource Management, Practice Weeks: The Future You, Strategy and Creativity
Assessment method
In line with the Business School’s commitment to practical applied education, a large part of the assessment will relate to your demonstration of your ability to do HRM in practice. We will want to see that you understand the theory and have developed critical thinking skills which help you evaluate the relevance of what you have learned. To assess this range of integration of theory and skills into sound practice, we use a range of methods including: Project work, reports, case studies (78%) Presentations, posters (9%) Formal exams (13%)
How to apply
31Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- N601
- Institution code:
- B22
- Campus name:
- Luton Campus
- Campus code:
- D
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 96 points
A level - CCC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MMM
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher
Applicants with other qualifications will be considered. If you would like to check that your qualifications will be accepted please contact the university.
Student Outcomes
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
For information on the 2024 fees please refer to our website, https://www.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply/money/fees/
Provider information
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton
LU1 3JU