Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - 

 BUSINESS AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 

WITH FOUNDATION YEAR

Business can be found in every corner of the world and at the helm are human resources professionals. BNU's BA (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management degree is the perfect way to equip you with the professional skills in recruitment, performance management and industry best practice to allow you to succeed.                                              

Their academic staff and industry experts have developed their degree to ensure you are well-equipped for your future career, including industry recognised accreditation from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). This allows you to graduate with a CMI Level 5 diploma in Management and Leadership in addition to your undergraduate degree.

Why study this subject?

Do you have a passion for helping people to achieve their best? Want to create an inspiring work environment and match people to the best available opportunities? Then a career in human resource management could be the perfect choice for you.

Human resource management is an exciting and varied career that has people at its heart. It is all about ensuring that people are managed and treated fairly. You will be at the centre of the action by recruiting, retaining, and developing the talent in a business, you will play a crucial part in business strategy and ensure that it stays ahead of the competition.

Companies are invested in their future success; they are constantly on the lookout for skilled and qualified Human Resource (HR) advisers and managers. Employers want graduates who are not just academically qualified but are also work-ready with professional skills in management and leadership. BNU's Business and Human Resource Management degree will help you develop the skills needed to become a confident and successful HR manager.

Their programme has been specifically designed by our industry experienced lecturers to reflect the ins and outs of HR and allow you to gather the business function and operations knowledge needed to succeed in the workplace.

Why study at Buckinghamshire New University?

BNU is a vibrant and diverse university that has their students at its heart, they are committed to ensuring that you receive the best help for you. They know that everyone is different and their high lecturer to student ratio ensures that you are treated as an individual and will receive continual and first-hand support throughout your degree. In short, we want you to stretch and excel your abilities and so you can graduate with a versatile and in-demand degree.

BNU is proud to support you to become business ready. They have an employer-led student focused approach to their courses. A key feature of this programme is that it provides the chance to blend both the latest industry insights with best practice workplace skills, enhancing the employability of their graduates.

What will you study?

Now is an exciting time to study for a career in the human resource sector. The work environment is fast-paced and everchanging, but it creates the perfect opportunity to put your organisational and reactive skills into action from day one. Through undertaking this degree, you will develop the knowledge and understanding of contemporary best practice in strategic HR management, alongside progressing the personal skills required to prepare you for your future management role.

Over the past year, the global business landscape has had to adapt to a different way of working and trading. The use of technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has increased to ensure that key business activities are fulfilled. Subject areas such as Global Business Environment, Digital Business and New Technologies and Managing and Developing Innovation and Creativity will help you understand how technology can underpin innovation and improvements to business and organisations, alongside developing key skills, such as empathy, problem solving and creativity, which will ensure you are well placed to enter the employment market.

During your foundation year you will have the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of business and study topic areas like, creativity, self-development, responsibility, business studies and inquiry based learning to provide you with a solid basis for your study of business and human resource management.

In your first year, you will hit the ground running and become well versed in the fundamental principles of business management and human resources, including marketing, business environment, finance and people management.

In year 2, you will begin to focus on HR specific topics, such as resourcing, employee engagement and international human resource management. You will gain a more strategic understanding of business issues and put your skills and knowledge into action through working with clients to support them in implementing changes to their business.

In your final year, you will sharpen and expand on the skills you have developed so far on the course. There is a focus on strengthening your leadership skills, ready for employment post university. Topics including leadership and management, HR strategy and innovation and creativity will be explored in-depth to allow you to have a strong understanding of the changing business environment and key strategic HR issues facing all organisations. You will be expected to integrate, apply and evaluate the knowledge you have gained throughout the course to produce a dissertation or consultancy project. The dissertation or a consultancy project will be a key focus your final year and will allow you to specialise on your area of interest. This will prove invaluable when you graduate, allowing you to showcase your area of expertise at job interviews.