MSc Marketing programmes first in the UK to receive CIM Employability Programme Award
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) has been awarded the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Employability Programme award for the MSc Marketing suite of programmes. These are the first postgraduate programmes in the UK to receive this award, which puts focus on our dedication to developing our students’ employability and the skills, knowledge, and behaviours expected by future employers.
By Eleanor Bradley | Published on 16 May 2024
Categories: Business; Nottingham Business School;
CIM is the world’s leading professional marketing body and by recognising that our marketing programmes maps to the body’s recommended criteria, it ensures our students are best equipped to progress their knowledge and career.
Jonny Crawley, Learner Partnerships Manager at CIM, said: “This award highlights the importance of providing students with opportunities to develop essential transferable capabilities through practice. It also helps students to recognise when and how they have gained these capabilities, which are highly sought after by today's employers, and encourages them to leverage the employability-enhancing opportunities offered by the MSc Marketing suite of programmes.
NTU can take pride in the MSc Marketing programmes’ excellence in employability, assuring both students and staff that its content and practical learning components effectively meet employer expectations of modern graduates.”
Dr. Sharon-Marie Gillooley, Programme Leader of Nottingham Business School’s MSc Marketing, MSc Marketing and Brand Management, and MSc Advertising and Marketing Communications courses, expressed her enthusiasm regarding the CIM award received by the programme. “The award reaffirms our position as leaders in marketing education, but it signifies much more. Our commitment extends beyond theoretical knowledge; it’s about empowering our master’s graduates for real-world success in their future marketing careers. Our courses are designed with an employability focus to equip our students with the practical skills and strategic mindset needed to thrive in the dynamic marketing landscape.”
The award builds on NTU’s status as a CIM Accredited Degree Partner. Our partnership with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) provides students with an Accredited Degree status. This means in addition to CIM membership, students are given opportunities to fast track their way to gaining additional professional CIM qualifications alongside their master’s degree.
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About Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Business School (NBS) at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a leader in experiential learning and personalisation of business, management and economics education and research, combining academic excellence with positive impact on people, business and society. NBS has an unrivalled level of engagement with business, public and voluntary organisations. With more than 8,500 students, NBS is also one of UK’s largest business schools.
NBS is Quadruple+ Accredited by EQUIS, AACSB, EFMD BA for International Business, which are globally recognised hallmarks of excellence and quality for business education. NBS is also accredited by Small Business Charter, providing support and development for SMEs. The school is also a PRME Champion and held up as an exemplar and beacon by the United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME).
About Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) received the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2021 for cultural heritage science research. It is the second time that NTU has been bestowed the honour of receiving a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its research, the first being in 2015 for leading-edge research on the safety and security of global citizens.
The Research Excellence Framework (2021) classed 83% of NTU’s research activity as either world-leading or internationally excellent. 86% of NTU’s research impact was assessed to be either world-leading or internationally excellent.
NTU was awarded The Times and The Sunday Times Modern University of the Year 2023 and ranked University of the Year in the Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023. It was awarded Outstanding Support for Students 2020 (Times Higher Education Awards), University of the Year 2019 (Guardian University Awards, UK Social Mobility Awards), Modern University of the Year 2018 (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide) and University of the Year 2017 (Times Higher Education Awards).
NTU is the 5th largest UK institution by student numbers, with approximately 40,000 students and more than 4,400 staff located across five campuses. It has an international student population of 7,000 and an NTU community representing over 160 countries.
Since 2000, NTU has invested £570 million in tools, technology, buildings and facilities.
NTU is in the UK’s top 10 for number of applications and ranked first for accepted offers (2021 UCAS UG acceptance data). It is also among the UK’s top five recruiters of students from disadvantaged backgrounds and was the first UK university to sign the Social Mobility Pledge.
NTU is ranked the second most sustainable university in the world in the 2022 UI Green Metric University World Rankings (out of more than 900 participating universities).