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MSc - Master of Science
University of Portsmouth
Part Time
SEP-25
9 months
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MSc - Master of Science
University of Portsmouth
Part Time
SEP-25
9 months
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Overview
You're a passionate and qualified Human Resource (HR) practitioner looking to progress your career. You've already successfully achieved the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Advanced Level 7 qualification and you're looking to progress your HR training to Master's level. This MSc Human Resource Development Top-up will help take you there, boosting your skills and employability.
Human Resource Development (HRD) is a more specialised field, with a specific focus on the learning and development of people within organisations. HRD activities include training, coaching, mentoring, well-being, management development, technology-enhanced learning strategies and many more.
You'll enhance your HR knowledge and skills through a 3-day intensive research methods workshop at the University, before completing a dissertation proposal and dissertation on a related subject of your choosing. As you progress through your studies, you'll get support from your dissertation supervisor through online tutorials.
You'll graduate as a highly competent HR practitioner, with the specialist skills needed to achieve success in your chosen career path. Depending on your choice of dissertation, you'll be awarded with either an MSc Human Resource Management (HRM), or an MSc Human Resource Development (HRD) qualification.
The University of Portsmouth is an Approved Centre for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the professional body for HR specialists and the world's largest Chartered HR professional organisation.
Course highlights
Careers and opportunities
Careers this Master’s prepares you for
HR practitioners are integral to any business or organisation and professionals in this field are in demand across all sectors of industry.
As a graduate of this MSc Human Resource Development (Top-up) degree course, you'll have successfully boosted your HR training to Master's level, increasing your skills and employability in a more specialised field, with a specific focus on the learning and development of people within organisations.
Graduates of this course have gone into areas such as:
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Advanced Level 7 Qualification either through the completion of a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management or Personnel Management or the level 7 qualification at a CIPD accredited centre. If a Pg Diploma was gained more than 5 years previously, Chartered Fellows and Chartered Members of the CIPD may be eligible to apply through a specific RPL route.
Students living in
Domestic
£4,000 per year
Students from Domestic
The same fee will be applicable for Channel Islands and Isle of Man students. Tuition fee are subject to annual increase.
£4,000 per year
Students from EU
Tuition fees are subject to annual increase.
£5,970 per year
Students from International
Tuition fees are subject to annual increase.
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