Course summary
HR is changing – it is more business focused, internationally oriented and adds more value than ever. This course provides new or unqualified practitioners and line managers with the knowledge, understanding and skills to be highly effective HR specialists. Using critical analysis and investigation, you will develop an understanding of the business context of HR, and its role in driving performance. Intermediate qualifications available: Postgraduate certificate – 60 credits at Masters level Choose Human Resource Management PgDip at Bedfordshire and:
- Study employee resourcing, learning, development, reward and relations on a part-time, modular course that is designed to fit in with your existing work commitments
- Explore your practical skills and widen your understanding of the HR issues that affect a range of local and national, public, private and not-for-profit organisations
- Develop alongside other engaged and ambitious students currently working in personnel and development roles
- Gain Associate Membership with the eligibility to be upgraded to a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development following completion of the course
- Benefit from the development of strategic specialist HR and generic management skills that will enable you to make a creative and motivating contribution to organisational effectiveness.
Modules
• Hrm In A Strategic Business Context (PRO009-6) Compulsory • Leading, Managing And Developing People (PRO010-6) Compulsory • Learning And Talent Development (PRO013-6) Compulsory • Management Research Report (PRO015-6) Compulsory • Managing Employment Relations (PRO012-6) Compulsory • Performance And Reward Management (PRO014-6) Compulsory • Reflective Practice In Business Leadership (PRO016-6) Compulsory • Resourcing And Talent Management (PRO011-6) Compulsory Every effort is made to ensure this information is accurate at the point of publication on the UCAS website. For the most up-to-date information, please refer to our website.
Assessment method
Assessments are closely linked to the CIPD’s objectives and learning outcomes for their advanced standards in HRM and are therefore written with this in mind. The overall assessment strategy for this course is therefore to achieve a balance between the assessment of academic understanding and evaluation and the assessment of competences and skills that are valuable in organisations and to your development as a HR practitioner and member of the CIPD. Your learning will be gauged through a variety of summative and formative assessments. For example, summatively there will be: exams; short and long written business reports and papers; case study analysis; individual and group presentations; a management research report and the development of a reflective skills portfolio. All assessments explore topical HR issues to enable the integration of theory and practice into authentic ‘real world’ contexts. There will be key emphasis on continuous learning with every piece of work, questioning: what have you learned from this activity? This approach then becomes part of your pedagogic practice allowing you to become better autonomous reflectors. Underpinning each assessment, consideration must be made to ethics, diversity and legal issues impacting the business. Formative assessment will be provided through verbal feedback on: in-class presentations, coursework activities, mock exams and through the management research report supervision. The creation of your reflective portfolio in the second year will also assist in your CIPD membership upgrade.
Entry requirements
Applicants should have a good undergraduate degree at Honours level, or equivalent. The course welcomes applications from potential students with no formal qualifications furthering the widening participation strategy of the University and increasing the diversity of the course in line with the University's Education Strategy. The course also welcomes applicants from all sectors and job roles ranging from HR assistants through to senior HR managers and a variety of junior, middle and senior management roles. You will be interviewed by the course co-ordinator (where applicable) to determine suitability for the course. You will be required to be working within an HR role or as a line manager or supervisor (with responsibility for managing other workers). Additional: You will be expected to register as a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Where you are not currently in work you must have previous experience in work organisations as well as access to an organisation for research information.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
For information on the 2023 fees please refer to our website, https://www.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply/money/fees/
Sponsorship information
For information on postgraduate funding, please visit: https://www.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply/postgraduatestudy/postgraduate-fees-and-funding
Provider information
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton
LU1 3JU