Attract, retain, grow with our Applied Business Management programme

On the Applied Business Management degree, your employees receive a first-class education that is designed around your business’ needs. They will be equipped to deal with a wide-range of topics including HR, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations Management,  Project Management, Innovation and Leadership.

Replacing key employees is costly, time consuming and risky. People are more likely to remain in a job if they are intellectually stimulated, feel like they are developing and are valued. By enrolling your top performers on this 2 or 3-year programme, you’ll be demonstrating your ongoing commitment to them, whilst also benefiting from the new skills they bring to your business.

With nearly all sectors reporting significant labour and skills shortages, it’s never been harder to recruit top talent. Offering new employees a place on the Applied Business Management degree provides you with a cost-effective way to differentiate your package from the competition and attract motivated, ambitious staff to your company.

Since its inception this programme has been developed in partnership with industry. The “blended learning” approach is designed to accommodate your operational needs alongside the study requirements. Modules are delivered flexibly (classroom and online) involving a mixture of lectures, practical group activities, case studies, presentations, guest speakers, and self-study – structured to minimise disruption to your organisation's working day. This approach means students only need 26-half days out of the workplace (per academic year).

Each module links theory to practice using your organisation for context. Students are constantly challenged on how to approach problems and steer pathways through (or around) them. We help students hone their management skills in a number of settings from implementing lean methodologies, to change leadership. So far we’ve already helped train future leaders in sectors such as aerospace, retail, hospitality, construction, recruitment, education, and manufacturing.

Admissions Criteria:

• A-level Qualification, International Baccalaureate, BTEC.
• All applications are considered on an individual basis, with work experience and employer references taken into consideration.
• Learners should be in approximately 30 hours (paid or unpaid) work per week.

Fee:

• Year 1: £7,500 FdSc
• Year 2: £7,500 FdSc*
• Year 3: £9,000 BSc articulation year*

_{*If the employer is not in a position to sponsor the student financially, student finance may be available. Individuals should be in approximately 30 hours (paid or unpaid) work per week. Our blended learning programme means students only need to spend 26 x half days (annualised) out of the workplace, which is generally acceptable to employers.}