Course summary
If you have a postgraduate diploma (Level 7, 120 credits), our MA Human Resource Management allows you to top up your qualification to a full MA. The course is ideal if you are aiming for a strategic or senior management role and want to build an all-round, high level performance profile. You can study on-campus (UK students only) or online from wherever you are, giving you the flexibility of learning in your own time. You can decide when and where to study to fit the degree in with your work and home commitments. And you'll enjoy a high level of personal support and online learning resources. Our teaching staff are both researchers and experienced HR practitioners. They are passionate about their subjects and will support you throughout your studies. We keep in touch with our graduates, their employers, and local CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) branch activities. This puts you in touch with great people from across the profession. And once a year we invite all these groups to come together at our Annual Postgraduate HR Research Conference.
Modules
Critical Investigation Skills This module provides students with a framework for understanding and researching organisations. Students encounter organisation theory and research methods, learn to deepen their organisational knowledge and develop valuable research skills. The module shows students a range of theoretical perspectives, providing critical awareness of the complexity of organisations & organisational processes. Students are introduced to the stages of research, (research design, data collection and analysis methods, & research ethics). Armed with knowledge of organisational theory and research methodologies, students develop a viable research proposal. In semester 2, students take part in a pilot project, which gives hands-on experience of ‘doing’ research. Based on this, students produce a reflective essay designed to inform their own research projects. Sessions on quantitative and qualitative data analysis, the use of computerised analysis packages, and dissertation writing complete the module. Research Project The research project allows students to undertake a self-managed process of systematic enquiry within the domain of their Masters programme. It aims to generate high quality, rigorous and systematic applied research as part of which the students have reflected critically on the theoretical and philosophical assumptions underpinning the process alongside the ethics of undertaking management research. The degree to which the project is ‘applied’ is flexible – from addressing a broad issue in HRM to researching a specific issue within an organisation. Please note: As our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, the modules you can choose from may vary from those shown here. The structure of the course may also mean some modules are not available to you.
Assessment method
Critical Investigation Skills will be assessed through and individual written assignment (3000 words) and an individual portfolio. The assessment for the Research Project will be a 15,000 word individual project and a 750 word individual reflective statement.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Personnel and Development, Chartered Institute of
How to apply
International applicants
If English is not your first language you will need to have the following level of English language competency: - IELTS minimum 6.0 (with a minimum of 6.0 in reading and writing and 5.5 in listening and speaking). Please also see the University's standard English language requirements.
Entry requirements
A Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (120 level 7 credits) from a recognised institution.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £2750 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £2750 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £2750 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £2750 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Fees quoted are for the first year only. If you are studying a course that lasts longer than one year, your fees will increase each year.
Provider information
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0BP