Business and Human Resource Management BA (Hons)

This is a Connected Degree

Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after youve started your course.

Overview

People are a vital business asset — and getting the human side of business right leads to a competitive advantage in industry.

Prepare for a successful career in human resources (HR). As a human resources manager youll formulate policies that address modern workplace issues like flexible working, remote working and equality and diversity, and lead on strategies to recruit and retain the right workforce.

HRM covers the strategic approach to the employment, development and wellbeing of people in business. On this degree youll develop your understanding of human resources in the context of business, as well as discovering the core business disciplines that make organisations successful.

You’ll apply your learning through real-world scenarios and learning projects, with opportunities including paid industry placements throughout your studies. If you take on a Business Consultancy Project youll work on a live client project with a local business in your final year.

By taking an industry placement year before or after your third year, you’ll graduate with a year of experience in the workplace as well as your degree.

Youll graduate from this course with a head start in the job market, and be able to apply for Associate Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) — something that is often only available after postgraduate study.

Course highlights


• Develop a holistic understanding of how businesses operate as you explore operations, business finance, marketing and data analysis alongside your human resource management modules



• Learn the human resource management skills you need in a post-Covid world, focusing on workforce retention and talent management, managing equality and diversity and developing creativity and business improvement



• Practise your skills by setting up recruitment campaigns and getting involved in simulated interviews, selection panels and employment tribunals



• Benefit from an active programme of specialist and industry talks and networking events



Accreditation

This course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

This means, if you successfully complete all the required modules, youll be able to apply for Associate Membership of the CIPD when you graduate. This membership is sought-after by employers and is likely to give you an advantage when looking for your first job.

Please note that you will need to pay a membership fee when you apply for your membership.

Worried about your grades?
If youre not sure you meet the entry requirements, or need some help to get uni-ready, then we offer this course with a foundation year to bring you up to speed. When you successfully finish, youll get a guaranteed place on this course.

Careers and opportunities

As a human resource manager you can work in any sector that youre passionate about, whether thats sport, charities, manufacturing, or maybe the arts.

Your CIPD accreditation means youre likely to earn more money and have more job options than your non-accredited peers (Reed UK).

Best of all is that this qualification opens up many possible career routes. You might want to specialise in workplace training and development, become an expert in employment law, or lead on business development.

All Clearing students are guaranteed an offer of a room in halls (terms and conditions apply), giving you added confidence as you plan your next steps. Full details can be found on the University of Portsmouth website.

By signing up for Priority Clearing, you can receive accommodation information straight to your inbox, along with exclusive access to Portsmouth’s Clearing Visit Day on Thursday 6 August. Priority Clearing applicants benefit from queue-jump status on Results Day, as well as exclusive updates, invitations to Clearing Webinars and personalised one-to-one application support.

The Clearing Visit Day offers you the chance to experience Portsmouth’s welcoming campus and vibrant student community first-hand before you enrol. With guaranteed accommodation, you can feel reassured that you’ll be at the heart of university life from day one.