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. 

Your foundation year is only the beginning of your journey to a successful business career.

Studying a business and human resource management degree gives you the opportunity to improve your employability by developing skills and knowledge in two complementary areas.

Not only will you graduate with a thorough understanding of how businesses function, you’ll know how to effectively manage and develop people within organisations.

Previous graduates have kick-started careers in a wide range of roles in:

• Management
• Commerce
• Banking
• Finance
• Manufacturing
• Public sector
• HR operations and planning
• Recruitment
• Training and development

Some of our of 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.