Human Resource Management MSc
- Level(s) of Study: Postgraduate taught
- Start Date(s): September 2023
- Duration: One year full-time / two years with a placement
- Study Mode(s): Full-time
- Campus: City Campus
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Introduction:
Our MSc Human Resource Management (HRM) course is ideal for students from any academic discipline who want to build a successful career in HR. The course is designed specifically to enable those who are seeking to start such a career, to gain a Masters qualification in HRM through completing a course of study that has been approved by the professional body for HRM practitioners, namely the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
During your studies, you will explore a full range of HRM approaches, techniques and methodologies. The modules will provide you with a solid grounding in HRM and its practice in contemporary organisations.
You'll gain internationally-relevant skills that create career opportunities in consultancy, recruitment, training and other HR roles which facilitate global business. The emphasis is on applying knowledge, skills and techniques to analyse HRM practices and strategies.
The Consultancy Experience Project (or an Applied Dissertation, on the two-year course) gives you the opportunity to apply the knowledge and analytical skills you have acquired throughout your studies enabling you to make costed recommendations to the senior managers of a real organisation on a business HR issue.
Successful completion of this course leads to Associate Membership of the CIPD, and is a prerequisite for you to eventually apply for Chartered Membership and ultimately enable you to apply to progress to Chartered Fellowship of the CIPD. Nottingham Business School will pay for your student membership for the duration of the course.
What you’ll gain from this degree?
- demonstrate critical knowledge and understanding of the primary theories and concepts relevant to HRM in a business context.
- apply knowledge, tools and techniques to resolve issues in new and diverse situations within the HRM discipline.
- demonstrate proficiency in the use of techniques of research and enquiry to draw conclusions from a critical evaluation of relevant issues.
- analyse a variety of relevant data used in diverse contexts to support effective decision making in the HRM discipline.
- communicate key issues and arguments in written and oral format to a professional standard.
- take personal responsibility for continuing professional development and develop the capacity to be an effective and reflective practitioner.
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Successful completion of this course leads to Associate Membership of the CIPD and NBS will pay for your student membership for the duration of the course. -
100% of MSc Human Resource Management (Part-time) students are in work and/or further study within 15 months after graduation (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2020/21). -
You will be allocated an Academic Mentor at the beginning of the academic year and you will meet with them regularly throughout the year. They will support you in developing and enhancing the qualities and transferrable skills necessary for your studies, career progression, professional and personal development. -
80% of MSc Human Resource Management students are in graduate level jobs within 15 months after graduation (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2020/21).
What you’ll study
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Careers and employability
At Nottingham Business School, we’re focused on your employability from the start of your postgraduate degree. We provide you with a learning experience that integrates theory and practice.
Graduates from this course have gone onto roles within the public, private and third sector, undertaking positions such as:
- HR Manager
- Global HRIS Analyst
- Head of HR
- Senior HR Specialist
- Organisational Development Consultant (self-employed)
Employability Team
We have a dedicated Employability Team who not only help you during your time with us but also following graduation, they’ll continue to support you by providing a number of services that will help kick-start your career.
Our Employability Team offer a wide range of support from one-to-one appointments with our specially trained consultants, to arranging recruitment fairs and skill building workshops.
Services they provide include:
- Assistance with finding placements, internships and part-time work
- Helping you to pursue self-employment
- Advice on taking gap years and time out
- Information and help on getting into volunteering
- Providing advice on further study.
As a student you will have access to our virtual learning environment, where you will be able to get in touch with our Employability team for CV support, application, interview and job hunting advice, career ideas and employer videos.
You can visit the Employability Team on your local campus every day during term time. They are also open outside of term time too, except on University closure days. So drop in, say hello, and get help with quick enquiries or book an appointment with a careers consultant from your school.
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