Employability
Students graduating from full- or part-time programmes in Business and Management at the School of Business develop a range of business related competencies which prepare them for roles in their chosen careers.
These skills help students:
- in their personal development planning
- when job searching
- at interviews
They also make them valuable employees.
All our undergraduate and HNC students take career development modules to support them in planning their careers, and project work gives full-time students the opportunity to practise their learning in the real world and make useful contacts with employers.
The Graduate Young Enterprise Scheme provides students on the full-time programme with the opportunity of organising their own business company. The students learn from first-hand experience how to balance all the factors required for a successful business venture.
Jody Marie Davies
BA Business Management
"I have enjoyed taking part in the Graduate Young Enterprise Scheme. The experience of running a business has been invaluable."
Our professional programmes for Accountancy (CIMA), Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Marketing (CIM) help our students to gain promotion. They also keep them up to date in their professions and aware of employers’ needs.
The MBA, MA HRM and MA in Public Sector Management programmes enhance the career prospects of our postgraduate management students.
Carl Murphy
MA Public Sector Management
"Successful completion of this course will give me the opportunity to improve my career progression within the public sector."
Business and Management graduates:
- know and understand how organisations are managed and operated
- can think critically, analyse and synthesise information
- have the quantitative and qualitative skills for problem solving and decision making
- can communication effectively and use a wide range of business media
- can use IT for business applications
- are motivated and enterprising self managers who can time manage effectively
- can plan their own learning and development
- are self aware, sensitive and open to diversity of all kinds
- perform well within teams and can lead and build teams
- can listen, negotiate, persuade and present effectively
The Student Employability Profiles from the Higher Education Academy points out how useful these skills are for gaining employment.
Our student surveys repeatedly show that over 90% of Business and Management students gain employment or enter further study within 6 months of graduating.
