A foundation year provides the perfect environment to advance your academic abilities before continuing on to the full degree course. Key skills and knowledge gained during the year give you an excellent grounding and a wide exposure to a range of subjects within our triple accredited business school.

You'll develop your study skills including academic writing and personal and professional development to start you off in the best possible way for your degree. 

You will learn more about business in a global and national context, and approaches to leading and managing in organisations. The foundation year also gives you the ability to the to develop your analytical skills and learn how to incorporate data to add real value to achieve organisational objectives. 

Successfully completing your Economics Foundation Year will allow you to study for one of our full economics degrees.

These develop a host of skills employers are looking for. Problem-solving, analytical skills and the ability to interpret data are highly sought after.

We work closely with employers and they know that our graduates are ready for work in this fast-paced sector.

A foundation year is a stepping stone to further qualifications and an exciting career in the field of economics.

Some of our graduates from our economics degrees have gone onto careers in:

• Accountancy
• Banking
• Consultancy
• Insurance
• Public sector
• Retail

They are working in high-profile roles in the likes of the Cabinet Office, the Government Economic Service, PwC and the United Nations.