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. 

Once you complete your degree, you’ll be ready for roles in recruitment, training, organisational behaviour and more. You’ll also have the skills to work in management or continue to further study.

We focus on helping you develop the skills to work across a range of organisations around the world, whether you specialise in one area, or work across the discipline.

HR professionals are employed in a wide variety of sectors, including:

• banking and finance
• retail; including supermarkets and online stores
• hospitality, tourism and events
• public sector organisations such as government departments, councils, hospitals and the police. 

Many of our graduates go into training schemes with international companies like IBM, McDonald’s, or GE Healthcare. Some have chosen to develop their careers abroad – in Europe, Asia, and South America.

Other graduates have chosen to continue their HR studies at postgraduate level to become CIPD Chartered HR Managers.