Course summary

This course prepares you for managerial roles across a range of business environments while offering specialisation in international business. You study the core areas of business management including strategy; leadership; innovation; responsible management; sustainable practices; and entrepreneurship. Your specialism studies give you a thorough grounding in responsible and effective global business management including international economics, marketing and intercultural awareness. Facilities and Specialist Equipment

• New business analytics suite to support data analytics, 'big-data', data mining, digital marketing, SEO and other management skills needed in today's workplace.

• £500K of industry-standard hardware and software, including Sage, Refinitiv Workspace, STATA, and Vensim simulation software for analysing complex and messy business problems.

• Access to Harvard Business Publishing - international learning resources providing advanced business simulations.

• Reuters trading room give you the chance to react to live ‘stock-market’ data and building investment portfolios using data on listed international companies.

• Gain competencies in key digital skills such as Excel through SIMnet, our Microsoft Office training platform.

• Gain a sought-after specialism on a course that gives you the flexibility to change pathway option at the end of your first year.

• Gain the essential knowledge and skills you need to navigate the global business landscape, developing the global mindset crucial for success in today's interconnected business environment.

• Learn from research-driven academics actively involved in consultancy work.

• Take up opportunities for consultancy experience during the second year of the degree, assisting businesses – from start-ups to established corporations - to solve problems, up-skill and innovate.

• Attend talks from business professionals from across the world, broadening your understanding of what is possible in the field. Recent speakers have had influential positions at Enterprise Rent-a-car, Wizz Air, IBM Global Markets, and Luton Town Football Club.

• Access virtual business-management simulation software that allows you to participate in running a business and experience collaborative working.