BA (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management Bachelor's degree at UWE Bristol

You'll build your academic and practical skills by engaging in collaborative projects and undertaking self-managed learning, making use of academic theory and relevant professional practice to address relevant problems and societal issues.

This module introduces you to professional and personal development, encouraging you to evaluate your skills and to set and monitor progress towards your own specific development goals.

You'll cover the basic concepts of accounting, finance and financial reporting. You'll understand how to use evidence-based decision making to address real world issues and practice-relevant problems.

You'll explore the discipline of marketing, its associated underlying concepts, approaches, and principles. In this practice-based module, you'll see what marketing means in action.

You'll work in teams on running a virtual company to develop entrepreneurial and data analytic skills. You'll gain practical knowledge and a strategic understanding of the role of data in effective decision-making.

Through this professional practice module, you'll develop your knowledge of workforce and organisational behaviour. You'll look closely at key topics, including leadership, motivation, and culture.

You'll be introduced to sociological and economic analysis of contemporary issues that reflect the embeddedness of businesses in markets, specific spaces, and specific institutional frameworks.

You'll explore how to use HRIS to manage employees. You'll look closely at the employment journey, with a particular focus on the role of HRIS in managing performance.

You'll explore the role of, and strategies behind, strategic workforce planning and resourcing, equipping you with the insight and knowledge needed to design sensible, strategically-aligned workplace plans.

You'll examine the vital roles of employee voice, diversity, and inclusivity - and how essential they are in creating an ethical, healthy, and productive employment environment.

This professional practice module will develop and strengthen your skills in business research within a human resources context. You'll carry out a short piece of enquiry-based HR research, from data collection to final reporting.

You'll develop your understanding of key HR management functions, including the strategies and operations that allow them to be used to maximise productivity and streamline the employee lifecycle.

If you study on the five year (sandwich) course, you'll spend a year away from the University on a work or study placement after Year two.

If you study on the five year (sandwich) course, you'll spend a year away from the University on a study placement abroad after Year two.

Building on your professional development through a live consultancy project you'll examine the evolving nature of work and how HR strategies, like reward or performance, are integrated into the wider business strategy - and how they support long-term goals and outcomes.

You'll develop a comprehensive understanding of key concepts and theories in the fields of human resource development and stakeholder management, while gaining practical experience in workshop design and delivery.

You'll study IHRM-specific theories, concepts, principles, and processes, so you can understand the ways in which people management strategies, policies and practices contribute to an organisation's broader objectives and strategies.