Business Management (Placement Year)

Why this course? Start your successful career in business with us. In your first year, you will gain knowledge and skills in marketing, digital business, data-driven decision-making, and finance, as well as gaining insights into your own personal effectiveness and emotional intelligence. In your second and third years, you can choose from a vast range of specialist business modules so you can make your course your own. Our diverse mix of specialist modules enable us to offer a choice in assessment methods including presentations, digital artefacts, portfolios and business reports ensuring a real-world insight into being in the workplace. Throughout your time with us, you will work with our close-knit community of experienced and enthusiastic academics and practitioners to help you thrive. You will also have your own Personal Academic Tutor who will stay with you throughout your journey to support your progression, development, and student experience.

Sustainability promise We are proud to ensure sustainability is at the heart of what we teach - all our modules are mapped against the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2023, we were the only university in the West Midlands to be in the top ten of the SDG Teach-in Leaderboard (SOS-UK, 2023). We have also been winners of ‘Sustainability Institution of the Year’ in the Green Gown Awards.

Future employment Your business career is supported by our dedicated colleagues in Business Development, Careers, and Placements who will work closely with you to ensure your graduate success during and after your time studying with us. You can enhance your employability through paid placements and other opportunities to work with the vast range of SMEs in the region, or large enterprises across the country. At Worcester, we have excellent employment prospects - 96% of Worcester graduates are in work or further study 15 months after graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2022).

Added benefits

Opportunities to compete for funding to start your own business.

Experience international cultures and develop a global mind-set through options to work and study abroad.

Invitation to gain Associate Membership of the Chartered Management Institute due to our dual accreditation.

Why the University of Worcester?

The University of Worcester is a campus university, meaning everything you need is on site. We’re based in a vibrant cathedral city just 40 mins south of Birmingham and an hour north of Bristol, and our beautiful green campuses have plenty of parking and quality on-site accommodation.

At Worcester small class sizes, supportive tutors and professionally focussed courses mean you’ll be prepared for your dream career. These are just some of the reasons why we’re first in the UK for both graduate employment and quality education.

First in the UK for sustained employment and/or further study (excluding specialist institutions), 5 years after graduation – Longitudinal Education Outcomes data 2024.

First in the UK for quality education – Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2024.

Ofsted Outstanding in 2023 the University’s primary and secondary teacher training programmes were rated ‘Outstanding’.

Join us at one of our regular Open Days to see if the University is a good fit for you: www.worcester.ac.uk/opendays