Business Management and Sustainability, BA (Hons)

This exciting degree programme offers students not just the possibility to study the fundamentals of Business, but in addition allows students to gain an understanding of contemporary issues in business including strategies for sustainable business development.

This course aims to nurture the socially and environmentally responsible business leaders of tomorrow by emphasising the theme of sustainability throughout.

It instils the practices common to all successful enterprises and was designed with the input of a range of businesses.

It will also prepare you to start your own successful business as you will develop transferable skills in analytical and critical thinking, strategic decision-making, problem- solving and self-reliance.

The programme also offers students the possibility to shape their own studies by electing to undertake either a dissertation or, to for those with an entrepreneurial spirit, to produce a detailed Business Plan.

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Duration:

Full-time: 3 years (2 days a week)

Part-time: 5 years (1 day a week)

Start date:

September 2023

Location:

Winter Gardens

Course codes:

Institution: W47

Course: BMS1

Campus: -

Course fees:

Full-time: £8,900 per year

Part-time: £5,340 per year

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You will cover content in core areas including financial management, planning, how to analyse businesses from organisational and operational viewpoints, and traditional and social media marketing.

The programme has a work-based focus throughout to prepare its participants for employment or starting their own enterprises.

UCW’s commitment to great graduate outcomes is also underpinned by our students having access to a Careers Coaching service for the whole time they are enrolled with us.

The programme is taught at the new teaching and learning facilities at the multimillion pound University Centre in the Winter Gardens on Weston seafront.

Please contact the course leader Jason Hillyerd or our HEART student services team if you have any questions. It would also be great to see you at our next Open Day, where you can see our facilities and also meet the team.

Full-time year 1:

Introduction to Research Methods (30 credits)
Introduction to Marketing (15 credits)
Operations Management (15 credits)
People and Organisations (15 credits)
Sustainable Venture Creation (15 credits)
The Business Environment (15 credits)

Full-time year 2:

Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship (15 credits)
Human Resource Management (30 credits)
Innovation and Managing Change (15 credits)
Sustainable Business Case Development (30 credits)

And

Digital Communications (30 credits)

Or

Work-Based Learning (30 credits)

Full-time year 3:

Global Strategic Management, Contemporary Issues in Business, Managing Projects, Managing Sustainability, Business Plan (optional), Dissertation (optional).

Contemporary Issues in Business (30 credits)
Global Strategic Management (30 credits)
Managing Projects (15 credits)
Managing Sustainability (15 credits)

And

Business Plan (30 credits)

Or

Dissertation (30 credits)

This course is taught via a combination of lectures, seminars, skills practice, presentations, case studies and group workshops. UCW’s Higher Education Library Plus (HE.LP) team also deliver a series of sessions on degree-level research and academic writing to all first-year students. When not in scheduled lecturers and seminars, students are expected to continue learning through independent self-study. This involves reading relevant literature, working on individual and group projects, and undertaking research in preparation for coursework and exams.

This course has an average of 12 hours of scheduled teaching per week and a work placement element totalling 100 hours.

Please click on the Course Handbook button to find out more, including how the course is delivered on a part-time basis.

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Meet our Team

Jason Hillyerd

Curriculum Coordinator - Law & Business

Jason holds an MSc in Criminal Justice & Criminology and an LLB (Hons) Qualifying degree in Law. Jason has also attained Fellowship of the HEA (Higher Education Academy). Jason is Curriculum Co-ordinator for The Business FdA and LLB (Hons) programmes.  Jason delivers a number of core modules of the legal and business syllabus across different courses within UCW as well as various professional courses including CIPD (Chartered Institute for Personnel & Development) and ILM (Institute of Leadership & Management).   Before coming to teaching Jason worked both in senior management and in the criminal justice sector.  

Dan Pratlett

Lecturer in Business and Tourism

I have worked as a lecturer since 2014, where I started on a graduate internship. Having taught across several provision, mainly specialising in marketing-based modules. I have been teaching on UCW degree qualifications since 2018 and have managed modules including marketing, digital communications, and social media marketing. Previous to working at the college I worked at a school as an assistant business manager, and worked as a business consultant during my degree placement year at a motorhome dealership. I have also held several varying retail and leisure work roles and have supported several small businesses to start up and market. The business sector is constantly evolving, specifically marketing. The rise of digital media and the change in the way people communicate in the 21st century means that marketing must follow. Teaching and learning about an ever-changing system means that the subject is never the same one year to another. The most inspiring thing is the way our prepare learners for their next steps, leaving the college as well-rounded, employable young adults and being part of that journey.

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Lecturer

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Programme Coordinator

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Meet our team

Jason Hillyerd

Curriculum Coordinator - Law & Business

Dan Pratlett

Lecturer in Business and Tourism

Caroline Jackson

Lecturer

Charmaine Hale-Lynch

Programme Coordinator

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Jason Hillyerd

Curriculum Coordinator - Law & Business

Jason holds an MSc in Criminal Justice & Criminology and an LLB (Hons) Qualifying degree in Law. Jason has also attained Fellowship of the HEA (Higher Education Academy). Jason is Curriculum Co-ordinator for The Business FdA and LLB (Hons) programmes.  Jason delivers a number of core modules of the legal and business syllabus across different courses within UCW as well as various professional courses including CIPD (Chartered Institute for Personnel & Development) and ILM (Institute of Leadership & Management).   Before coming to teaching Jason worked both in senior management and in the criminal justice sector.  

Dan Pratlett

Lecturer in Business and Tourism

I have worked as a lecturer since 2014, where I started on a graduate internship. Having taught across several provision, mainly specialising in marketing-based modules. I have been teaching on UCW degree qualifications since 2018 and have managed modules including marketing, digital communications, and social media marketing. Previous to working at the college I worked at a school as an assistant business manager, and worked as a business consultant during my degree placement year at a motorhome dealership. I have also held several varying retail and leisure work roles and have supported several small businesses to start up and market. The business sector is constantly evolving, specifically marketing. The rise of digital media and the change in the way people communicate in the 21st century means that marketing must follow. Teaching and learning about an ever-changing system means that the subject is never the same one year to another. The most inspiring thing is the way our prepare learners for their next steps, leaving the college as well-rounded, employable young adults and being part of that journey.

Caroline Jackson

Lecturer

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Charmaine Hale-Lynch

Programme Coordinator

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