The best just got better
We’ve spoken to employers, entrepreneurs and business people, and responded with a redesign of our first-year programme that will equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to launch an exciting career in the ever-changing, dynamic world of business.
Real-world learning
Prepare for the real world of business with real-world learning.
- Gain relevant and practical skills and knowledge as you unpack real-world problems with your lecturers and classmates.
- Explore the story of a growing company – taking it on its journey from start-up to a small-medium sized enterprise, culminating in a global business.
- Experience in the classroom what it’s like to work in different roles in a company.
- Experience what it’s like to turn an idea into a business.
- Have the opportunity to tackle some of the ‘grand challenges’ faced by businesses today, such as the future of work, sustainable business practices, or transformative business models in a complex, digital world.
- Test the assumptions that sit behind business.
You’ll explore questions like whether business enterprises can be sustainable and environmentally responsible – a force for good in the world.
Develop your professional skills
With these hands-on experiences, you’ll develop your professional skills. Critical capabilities that will enhance your employability in any career you choose:
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Programming
- IT
Learn business the way it’s done
Your first year will be a unique learning experience:
- You’ll complete an integrated set of core courses where you will see how the disciplines of business fit together, experiencing the multi-disciplinary dynamic environment that businesses actually operate in.
- You’ll be part of innovative workshops where you will explore and solve real-world business problems. A workshop might be planning the roll-out of a new product – bringing together and applying Marketing, Management, Supply Chain Management, Commercial Law, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship knowledge – to complete your successful launch.
Innovative learning
Your first year will be both active and interactive!
- Flipped classrooms
- Interactive workshops
- A mix of team and individual, active learning
- A blend of online and in-person learning
- New learning hub (featuring our new, state-of-the-art finance trading room and makerspace)
Your first year in Business – the integrated core
Your first year at the Business School offers a unique experience, completing an integrated core of Stage I courses.