FdA Business and Management
Higher Education at The College is actively promoting Foundation Degrees to Industry. As these are vocational courses it is important for us to work in partnership with interested employers who can offer short-term student placements, sit on our advisory panels, or guest speak at a lecture. This continually serves to update the quality of the courses we can bring to our students and help to produce graduates with skills recognised and needed by industry.
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Skills for the Professional Workplace
Students cover a breadth of business subjects such as Marketing, Human Resource Management, Finance and Management. Target career areas include:
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Work Placement
This is the students' opportunity to experience a real working environment. Through regular tutorials and careers seminars, students are taught how to approach companies for placement. They are then expected to arrange a 6 week placement with an industry relevant company and gain experience at management / supervisory level. Students are required to produce an assessed body of work from their placement and The College requests feedback from a designated 'mentor' at the company who reports on the student's performance.
This is a very important element of the course and The College is always pleased to hear from interested companies willing to take students for placement. It is an opportunity for Industry to play an influential role in determining the tuition we give our students so as to install in them the skills they really need for business. Find out how to get involved.
Getting Involved
Many local companies have been involved in advising us on the design of our Foundation Degrees and help us to keep course content up-to-date and industry relevant. We are always appreciative of new companies giving a short amount of their time to assist us in this design process, or guest speak at a lecture.
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Course Units Include:
- Business Environment
xStudents undertake a practical study of the business environment and legal frameworks in which UK businesses operate.
- Introduction to Finance
Introduces concepts and techniques relevant to an understanding of both financial and management accounting, and develops the ability to apply these concepts and techniques in the working environment.
- Marketing
>Students gain an understanding of the fundamentals of Marketing and develop approaches for a range of marketing scenarios.
- Human Resources
Provides an understanding of human resources and employment law.
- Introduction to Project Management
Teaches project management in a variety of fields of application within the workplace environment.
- Professional Skills
Provides a sound foundation to enhance the students' ability to cope with the demands of the degree and to improve their employability.
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