Course summary
Human Resource Management at Oxford Brookes University builds your knowledge to excel in international people management. Our Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)-accredited programme equips you with confidence and skill to manage and lead in challenging and ever-changing worlds of work. Taught by research-active and professionally experienced tutors, you will learn how to unpick complex issues and critique taken-for-granted assumptions, develop alternative perspectives, and design creative pathways to resolutions. Teaching and learning is informed by academic research, hands-on, experiential learning, creative assessment design, organisational visits, and guest-speaker lectures. Oxford Brookes University facilitates a collaborative approach to learning, reflected in the many social learning spaces in our award-winning buildings. Based in a diverse and vibrant city that blends the historic with the modern, you’ll have a wealth of resources around you.
Assessment method
Most modules are assessed through a combination of course-work (typically 80%) and a group based assessment (typically, 20%). There are no written exams. We use a range of assessment methods, including:
- individual assignments
- group work
- presentations
- portfolio, to demonstrate continuing professional development
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
Please see the University's standard English language requirements.
Entry requirements
2:2 honours degree or a recognised equivalent from an approved institution or a professional qualification from an approved and recognised professional body that is regarded as equivalent. For the MA route, all candidates are required to provide a reference evidencing relevant work experience and their motivation and suitability for the programme. Entry will be subject to two satisfactory references (one of these must be a professional reference). We offer a PGDip apprenticeship route (30 months) for home students currently working in HR. We also offer a ‘fast track’ MA option for a full MA if you already have an equivalent PG Diploma from another institution.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £10200 | Whole course |
| Northern Ireland | £10200 | Whole course |
| Scotland | £10200 | Whole course |
| Wales | £10200 | Whole course |
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
Fees quoted are the full price of the course.
The following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support.
Provider information
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0BP