Business and Management

This award is validated by The Open University.

About the course

From September 2025, this degree programme will be based in the new HE Hub at our Basford campus. This combines ultra-modern teaching and learning facilities specially dedicated to our university-level students.

Business is brought to life with a focus on real-world business and management scenarios, around key themes:

-sustainable approaches to business and management -planning for effective marketing and promotion -managing business function areas -current trends and changes in management -enabling success by using strategic choices -business innovation

Year 1 (Level 4) modules include:

-developing personal and academic studies -business law -essentials of marketing -introduction to sustainability -insight into economics -principles of finance

Year 2 (Level 5) modules include:

-sustainable management and leadership -business decision making -human resources management -entrepreneurship -promotional campaigns -supply chain management

Year 3 (Level 6) modules include:

-strategic management -employment law -global marketing -business ethics and sustainability -major research project

The final-year research project allows students to complete an independent body of research on a related topic of their choice. This will require students to demonstrate their ability to conduct original research, analyse data, and present their findings in a clear and concise manner. Students will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the programme to a real business-related issue.

Assessments

A mixture of traditional and innovative assessment methods will be used, including individual and group presentations, discussions, report writing, case studies, presentations, research and project work, examinations, reflective journals and work-based projects.

Qualification awarded:

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business and Management - validated by The Open University.

Bursaries

We want our courses to be accessible to students from any background, so we’ve put together a cash support package in the form of non-repayable bursaries to provide financial help where it’s really needed. Details for 2025-26 will be advertised once approved by the university regulator – the Office for Students (OfS). Please check our website - www.nottinghamcollege.ac.uk - for more information.

Your career and progression

Graduates will be well-placed for careers in a wide range of settings in the public, private and voluntary sectors . This multi-disciplinary degree provides the skillsets needed to succeed in business after you graduate and does not limit you to a specific job.

Most of our graduates enter the business world and find employment in a wide range of organisations, in the public, private and voluntary sectors. After graduating you could become a: business advisor, business development manager, investment banker, data analyst, consultant, project manager, accounts manager, risk manager, stockbroker, estate agent, HR manager, supply chain manager, teacher.

Several have chosen to continue their studies to postgraduate level.