Human Resource Management with Law (with Foundation Year)

This course equips you with the knowledge, skills, behaviours and graduate competencies that employers value and need, in line with the CIPD professional accreditation. You explore key areas of human resource management (HRM) such as talent management; leadership and motivation; data management and interpretation; and employee relations. The additional law element ensures you have a good understanding of areas such as employment contracts and immigration, and you can manage people effectively while working within relevant legal frameworks.

Foundation Year
In the Foundation year, you will study three days per week. The focus will be on academic writing skills and numeracy, plus subject-specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree. It provides a balance between content related to your chosen subject and the range of wider skills required for undergraduate study. This is an integrated four-year degree, with the foundation year as a key part of the course. You will be required to pass the foundation year in order to progress to the first year of your degree. This course is ideal for those who do not meet our standard entry requirements or those with a non-standard educational background. It will allow you to graduate with a full undergraduate degree in your chosen subject in four years.

Course accreditation

We are an accredited Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) centre. This means all of our HRM courses are professional body accredited, giving you access to Level 5 accreditation and increasing your employability in the HRM profession, on successful graduation.

Career-powered links

The Law team work closely with local law firms and often encourage students to engage directly with these legal experts.

Your student experience

Learn from expert tutors, active within the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), and in both consultancy and research.

Develop your understanding of how HRM works with other business disciplines, enabling you to fit into numerous organisation roles.

Apply what you have learnt to real-life situations experienced by companies and organisations globally.

Build the confidence and problem-solving skills needed to be an effective manager across a range of organisations and settings.

Benefit from HRM-focused employability events throughout the academic year, including careers fairs and immersive CV events.

Learn from employer site visits and visits to the University by employers and local HR managers, who to share their HRM stories - a great way to network and ask questions relating to HRM career development.

Gain from having regular engagement and support from CIPD members and branch officials, helping you make a smooth transition into the world of HRM employment.

Course modules

Year 1
Applied numeracy for business – Develop key numeracy skills vital for your future employability. English legal system – Gain a solid understanding of the working of the English legal system including statutory interpretation and judicial precedent. Beginning your professional business journey – Take on business challenges and collaborate with peers in a professional environment. Human resource management foundations – Understand the organisational issues relating to staff, the role of HRM and the key HR professional standards. The role of HR in the digital age – How the digital economy and future of work is changing the landscape of people management.

Year 2
Employability and the future workplace – Prepare for future employment, with a clear awareness of the skills and attributes you bring to a HR role. Employment law – Study the law governing the employment relationship and the regulation of working life, including the influence of European law. Immigration and asylum law – An in-depth introduction exploring the relevant UK legislation as well as international and EU law standards. Data and research methods for business – Investigate research and data-analysis methods to support you in applying research findings to business issues. Innovative practice in HRM and HRD – How to manage and share knowledge in an organisation, and boost performance through human resource development. The strategic context of HRM – Build a sound understanding of the business and external factors affecting organisations and the impact of these factors on the HR role. Employment relations – Develop the skills to make informed decisions about current and emerging employment relations and employee reward practices.

Year 3
Developing professional human resource management practice – Build your personal and professional effectiveness alongside your understanding the practicalities of the people profession. Management and leadership – Using real-life examples of current organisational issues, learn to solve problems by applying management and leadership principles. Contemporary issues in the workplace – The importance of people professionals in understanding and anticipating workforce needs. HR analytics and data – Understand how data is analysed and utilised in HR, and the ethical issues and limitations attached to using HR/people information. Business project – Independently design, plan, manage and execute a research project.

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