Modules

Level 4 subject-Specific modules:   Contemporary Business Environment You will be introduced to the contemporary business environment and foster a practical understanding of the commercial opportunities and challenges facing businesses.  Managing Finance and Risk An introduction to the core issues in managing risk and financial resources. Learn how to assess and quantify risks understand how tools such as risk registers are used by organisations to mitigate organisational risk.  Managing in the Digital World You will delve into the core concepts in organisational behaviour and contemporary management theory.  Data and Decision Making You will be introduced to a range of approaches used in analysing business data. This includes predictive analytics, regression analysis, time-series analysis, big data, and machine learning.  Level 5 subject-Specific modules:   Operations and Sustainability Get an in-depth understanding of operations management across service and manufacturing organisations.  Marketing and Digitalisation Get to grips with contemporary marketing management, understanding consumer and organisational purchasing behaviour. You will also explore the principal aspects of the marketing function, including issues of product design, distribution, pricing and promotion, with a focus on marketing in a digital environment.  Human Resource Management (HRM) and Leading People Develop your people management skills by understanding the aspects of contemporary human resource management including recruitment, culture and managing change.  Entrepreneurship and Innovation You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the nature and role of innovation in businesses. With a focus on understanding the ways in which businesses can foster an entrepreneurial and innovative culture to deliver value to consumers and society. Level 6 subject-Specific modules:     Strategy and Ethical Leadership You will explore how businesses develop their strategic positioning and implement strategic plans to deliver this.  Technology and Business Model Innovation Explore how emergent technologies are driving fundamental change across multiple business sectors. Specifically, how digital technologies, ranging from AI to cryptocurrency, are disrupting sectors and generating innovative new business models.    Sustainable Financing Analyse the two dimensions of finance and sustainability. Explore how businesses raise and manage finance in order to deliver a sustainable financial future and how long-term investments in sustainable infrastructure, such as renewable energy, carbon capture and waste recycling, can be financed.  Business Challenge You will use your knowledge and skills to tackle a live case study from one of our business partners.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS