Programme Overview
The Business and Management Foundation Year provides a supportive learning environment that prepares students for their progression onto the BA (Hons) Business and Management programme.  The modules you study will develop a broad range of skills and knowledge that will prepare you for degree-level study.  The programme develops students to be innovative, responsible and well connected within local, national and international contexts. This programme is ideal for students who wish to progress onto a degree that will provide them with a firm foundation to build a successful career in leadership and management across a range of business sectors.

You will join a collegiate academic community that champions lifelong learning, supported by research and practice-informed teaching.


Programme Aims
  • Engage learners in a distinctive programme of business education that prepares students to progress to degree level study and succeed in the sector within the local and national business environment.
  • Equip students with the necessary general theory and understanding of the changing business environment and introduce students to approaches to problem-solving relevant to Business and Management.
  • Develop enterprising behaviour through professional and personal development – preparing learners to be adaptable and opportunity-ready.
  • Equip learners with the knowledge of a range of tools to enable communication and collaboration including an understanding of how digital technologies are used to develop professional networks.
  • Develop an understanding of the nature of the global forces which shape contemporary organisations - economic, social, ethical, political, ecological, technological and regulatory.
  • Introduce learners to the concept of ethical awareness and to think about the positive and negative effects of differing business and management practices, before making judgements about their value and implications
Assessment methods
A range of summative assessment tasks will be used to test the Intended Learning Outcomes in each module. These are indicated in the attached assessment map which shows which tasks are used in which modules.

Students will be supported in their development towards summative assessment by appropriate formative exercises.

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