Course overview

Developed with employers and HR analytics professionals, this innovative course provides you with an in-depth, critical understanding of strategic human resource management alongside the principles and concepts underpinning statistics and data analytics. Critically, you will gain a practical understanding of how these principles and concepts can be applied in the field of HR and people management.

The course will develop your skills in ‘data translation’. You will learn how to identify people-related business problems, understand how analytics can provide solutions for these problems, and identify and explain actionable insights. Delivered by highly qualified teaching staff with extensive research expertise and consultancy experience in the field of HR analytics, you will gain knowledge and understanding of advanced HRM concepts.

Course Highlights

This course is shaped by the latest knowledge and critical thinking. Your learning will be informed by cutting edge research into the use of data and analytics in HR, developed at the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA), as well as specialist research from the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change (CERIC).

Gain valuable, real-world insight from high profile industrial guest speakers. Recent speakers have included the former Head of HR for NHS England.

Graduate with the skills to tackle complex HR and organisational problems through a combination of: knowledge of the theory and practice of strategic HRM, and applied statistics and data analysis skills.

Accreditation

Leeds University Business School has triple accreditation from the three leading bodies AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS

Our MSc Data Analytics and HRM is fully accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the only HR institution in the world to recognise HR professionals through chartered membership.

This course will allow you to satisfy the entry requirements for associate CIPD membership and chartered CIPD membership (if you have relevant work experience).

Course details

There are three core pillars to the taught part of the course: the theory and practice of strategic HRM; the principles of statistics and data analytics; and the application of data analytics to HR problems. You will study these three core areas, as well as being able to choose from several optional modules to suit your interests.

In strategic HRM, you will think about how organisational strategy and context shape what might be considered ‘good HR’ in functional areas like workforce planning, recruitment and selection, training and development and pay and performance management.

In data and statistics for people analytics, you will study how these principles can be applied in HR. The teaching approach is non-technical with learning through doing. We focus on teaching you to understand and apply statistics and data science to solve problems in an organisational context.

In HR Analytics: Strategy and Practice, you will bring together the knowledge you have gained to think about how analytics can be applied to identify and address specific HR problems faced by organisations.

Professional Development and CIPD Membership

During you time at Leeds you will also have the opportunity to attend professional skill workshops as part of your regular timetable. These practical sessions are taught by professionals from business and you allow you to gain skills and insight to help you to effectively cope with the challenges of the world of work upon graduation.

You can choose to enhance your studies by opting to gain Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) membership alongside your degree. If you choose to gain Associate CIPD membership the requirements for CIPD qualification will be explained in detail during your Induction programme.

Course structure

The list shown below represents typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our terms and conditions.

For more information and a full list of typical modules available on this course, please read Data Analytics and Human Resource Management MSc in the course catalogue

Year 1 compulsory modules

Module Name

• Strategic Human Resource Management
• HR Analytics: Strategy and Practice
• Data Analytics for Human Resources
• HR Analytics Project

Learning and teaching

You’ll be taught using a range of methods including lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops. The rest of your time will be spent in independent learning, which allows you to develop your skills in research and analysis.

Our Virtual Learning Environment will help to support your studies: it’s a central place where you can find all the information and resources for the School, your programme and modules.

On this course you’ll be taught by our expert academics, from lecturers through to professors. You may also be taught by industry professionals with years of experience, as well as trained postgraduate researchers, connecting you to some of the brightest minds on campus.

* Scholarships available for international students.