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Part-time MSc in Human Resource Management
This exciting, innovative and flexible course offers a route to personal and career development for HR practitioners or those aspiring to become an HR practitioner. Students will, over two academic years, attend the School of Management on one afternoon and evening a week during term-time. During this period you will engage with an intensive taught programme of study which will support you both in developing a broad understanding and knowledge of the field of HR and in specialising in areas of HR of particular interest to you.
Our programme provides the underpinning knowledge required for CIPD professional membership.
The course is flexible in that you can decide at the end of the 1st year whether you wish to exit with a Postgraduate Diploma after 2 years or continue on into your 3rd year by completing your dissertation and achieving an MSc.
Bradford University School of Management is one of the UK's oldest university-based business schools, consistently ranked No.1 in the North (FT European Business School Ranking 2010). We have been delivering innovative and inspiring management education for over 40 years and have an enviable reputation for developing tomorrow's leaders.
The programme is delivered by a team of expert lecturers who are active in researching and writing in the HR field and have strong links with the CIPD and the HR profession. The Higher Education Funding Council has rated our research as internationally excellent in some areas and nationally excellent in others.
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The Part-Time MSc in Human Resource Management is suited to
Those who are based locally and who are:
- current or aspiring HR practitioners
- seeking personal and career development
- able to study in Bradford one afternoon/evening per week
Students on the programme are drawn from a wide range of organisations across West Yorkshire, including both private and public sector and large, medium and small firms. The programme will thus also allow you to develop professional networks that will benefit you across your entire career.
Career Opportunities
The programme enables students to examine current thinking on the strategic role of human resource management and to provide professional support to organizations in mobilising their human resources to meet business needs and employee aspirations. You will also gain the skills necessary for employment in areas such as recruitment and selection, training and development, reward management, consultant, career development and human resource planning.
Career opportunities in HR are extensive and varied in the public and private sectors of the UK, EU countries and globally.
Benefits to your organization
Studying on a part-time basis at Bradford can bring significant benefits to you and your employer. The knowledge you gain will bring new ideas into your organization and you will gain far greater understanding of how to move your organization forward as well as the skills and confidence to implement change.
Each time you return to work, you will have learned something new which you can start applying to your organization immediately. Your dissertation is carried out within your own company or on a related theme of your choosing. This is your chance to focus on particular problems or issues that affect you and deliver a significant piece of work for your organization.
Start date
Duration
Part-time one afternoon and evening per week in term-time (usually 1pm - 7.30pm)
Ranking
MSc in Human Resource Management Accreditation
CIPD membership is highly valued and widely accepted as a requirement of practice by employers throughout the UK. Our successful re-accreditation by the CIPD means that completion of the Postgraduate Diploma/ MSc in HRM will provide the underpinning knowledge required to gain professional membership of the CIPD at either Associate, Chartered or Fellow levels.
More information on the costs and benefits is available on the CIPD website.
Entry requirements
Whilst many applicants will have a first degree from an approved university (not necessarily in business and management), this is not always essential. We will consider applicants who do not have a first degree if they have substantial relevant work experience (normally a minimum of 5 years). Please contact us should you wish to discuss your individual circumstances further.
Proficiency in English - a 6.5 score on IELTS test of English or 240 in computer-based TOEFL needed from non-native speakers. From 1 May 2006, those applicants using the Internet-based TOEFL test are required to obtain a score of 94 or better.
It may also be possible, on occasion, to admit students onto the programme who do not have the necessary academic qualifications but who demonstrate a significant amount of work experience at a professional level.
Assessment
Student support and guidance
The Directors of Study and School of Management programme team
provide guidance and support throughout your time with us. In particular,
you are allocated a personal tutor who can help with any academic
or personal problems that may arise.
You can also benefit from the services of:
- the School's dedicated Effective Learning Advisor (http://www.bradford.ac.uk/management/els)
- the University of Bradford Language Unit (http://www.bradford.ac.uk/sled/lang)
- the University of Bradford Careers Service (http://www.careers.brad.ac.uk) and
- the School of Management careers advisor (http://www.bradford.ac.uk/management/careers)
The pursuit and celebration of diversity are a central part of our mission statement. In The Guardian newspaper's 2005 league table of UK undergraduate business-studies courses, we equalled the top score for inclusiveness - a measure of our ability to attract under-represented groups such as disabled, mature and ethnic-minority students to our undergraduate courses. If you are from one of these groups, you can be certain that you will be offered appropriate specialist support and guidance during your time with us. For example, the University of Bradford has a well established Disability Office, while international students can take advantage of the support and advice offered by the University's International Office. The International Office was ranked top in its category in a recent international survey of student-support services and the Counselling Service second best among its peers.
Fees (2012/13) for UK/EU students
Year 1 - £3,000
Year 2 - £3,000
Year 3 (MSc only) - £1,500
Related link: Funding, scholarships and bursaries
Scholarships
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Contact
For questions about the application process, please contact our
Recruitment Office
Tel: +44 (0) 1274 234321
Make an enquiry
If you have any queries about the academic programme, please e-mail Dr Peter Prowse, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management P.J.Prowse@bradford.ac.uk