Human Resource Management (With Professional Practice Year) (Accredited) BSc (Hons)
University of Bedfordshire
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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Luton Campus 1

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SEP-25

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4 Years

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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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This course equips you with the knowledge, skills, behaviours and graduate competencies that employers value and need, in line with the CIPD professional accreditation. You explore key areas of human resource management (HRM) such as talent management; operational management; leadership and motivation; data management and interpretation; selection and recruitment; and employee relations. You may also take up opportunities to engage with real-life HRM problems, allowing you to carry out ...Read more

This course equips you with the knowledge, skills, behaviours and graduate competencies that employers value and need, in line with the CIPD professional accreditation. You explore key areas of human resource management (HRM) such as talent management; operational management; leadership and motivation; data management and interpretation; selection and recruitment; and employee relations. You may also take up opportunities to engage with real-life HRM problems, allowing you to carry out practical projects that emulate working as a professional manager.


Professional Practice Year

Take your course over four years and include a Professional Practice Year after your second year of studies. It is an opportunity to apply your learning in the workplace while enhancing your knowledge and skills through fee-free paid practice. It also builds your CV and industry contacts with many students progressing to employment within their practice-year organisation or institution.


Course Accreditation/Industry Endorsement

- We are an accredited Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) centre. This means all of our HRM courses are professional-body accredited, giving you access to Level 5 accreditation and increasing your employability in the HRM profession, on successful graduation.


Your Student Experience

- Learn from expert tutors, active within the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), and in both consultancy and research. - Develop your understanding of how HRM works with other business disciplines, enabling you to fit into numerous organisation roles. - Apply what you have learnt to real-life situations experienced by companies and organisations globally. - Build the confidence and problem-solving skills needed to be an effective manager across a range of organisations and settings. - Benefit from HRM-focused employability events throughout the academic year, including careers fairs and immersive CV events. - Learn from employer site visits and visits to the University by employers and local HR managers, who to share their HRM stories - a great way to network and ask questions relating to HRM career development. - Gain from having regular engagement and support from CIPD members and branch officials, helping you make a smooth transition into the world of HRM employment.

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CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
121st
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
129th
Human Resource Management
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 85 = 15% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
15%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
85%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Human Resource Management graduate salary at this uni
£20,000
UK Human Resource Management graduate salary
£20,000
What students say
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Entry requirements

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A level

A level:

CCC Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

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UCAS Tariff:

96 Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

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Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

MMM Grades / Points required

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96 UCAS Tariff points

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96 UCAS Tariff points

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£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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Students from Wales

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Channel Islands

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University of Bedfordshire , Luton

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