University Degrees Postgrad Human Resources Programs

- Study management at a UK Top 6 university for Accounting and Finance, and top 7 for Business and Management Studies (QS World University Rankings 2025).
- Study core and specialist areas of business and management according to your personal or academic interests or career ambitions.
- Gain hands-on experience in your final year through a dissertation or a live consultancy project, working with real organisations to put your learning into practice.

Our BSc (Hons) Human Resource Management course is designed to develop your people management and leadership skills, as well as launch your HR career.
With a focus on shaping your professional problem-solving skills, our enquiry-based learning approach will help you build a skill set to respond to contemporary people management issues.

Develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours to manage people in organisations on our Business management and human resource management degree.
With this course, you'll learn about key dimensions, issues, and concepts in human resource management, as well as broader business areas such as strategy, commerciality, and analytics.

Are you ready to master the art and science of managing people? As a BSc Business and Human Resource Management student, you will explore how people are key to business strategy and success and learn how modern human resource professionals shape the culture, performance, and future of organisations. You will examine key Human Resources (HR) practices, including talent acquisition, performance management, employee engagement and more. You will also gain insights into the creation of innovative, inclusive and resilient workplaces.

Effective, enthusiastic and empathetic HR professionals are central to the success of contemporary organisations. So you’ll be in high demand for roles in the public, private and third sectors with competitive salaries and excellent prospects for career progression.
This means you’ll be in high demand for roles in the public, private and third sectors with competitive salaries and excellent prospects for career progression.

Our BSc Business Management with Human Resource Management programme combines the core foundations of business principles with a focused exploration of people management and organisational behaviour. You’ll develop expertise across key areas such as finance, marketing, operations, and strategy, while gaining specialist knowledge across human resources.

In a recent report, it was found that 26% of CEOs ranked talent shortage as the top damaging factor to business outlook (Gartner, 2024), highlighting the pressing concern of finding and retaining skilled employees for many companies today. Human Resources plays a key role in all businesses, from talent acquisition, employee training and development, to reinforcing the values of the business, HR helps to drive employee engagement and maintain a positive business culture.

Business Management at Brighton is taught by our AACSB-accredited School of Business and Law. AACSB accreditation is achieved by fewer than 6% of business schools worldwide.
Do you enjoy working with and helping people? Combine business management with human resource management (HRM) and gain a versatile skill set that is crucial to business success.

Are you seeking a degree to develop your interpersonal skills towards managing people at a global, national or local business?
If you are interested in the human side of business management, this course is ideal. We cover areas from classical human resource management to areas of leadership and high-performance organisation.

This programme is designed to enable you to evaluate theories of contemporary human resource management and to understand and prepare for the challenges of managing in culturally diverse and fluid business contexts. It is an engaging and stimulating learning experience, with staff and students coming together in a vibrant postgraduate community. The Adam Smith Business School celebrates the legacy of Adam Smith by developing enlightened and enterprising graduates and internationally recognised research with real socio-economic impact. The School is an accredited member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).

Our dynamic BSc Human Resource Management course will give you the professional skills necessary to gain credibility and influence, so you can positively impact sustainable leadership for the future of work.
Our practice-based curriculum combines case-based learning with real-world projects aligned to your career aspirations. You'll start with local community challenges, then advance to substantial live industry projects addressing global sustainability issues. To get you ready for the workplace, you will research and present contemporary themes and trends and compare these to past practice and future requirements and test your critical thinking by taking relevant news features from various sources and debate them.

This programme is designed to enable you to evaluate theories of contemporary human resource management and to understand and prepare for the challenges of managing in culturally diverse and fluid business contexts. It is an engaging and stimulating learning experience, with staff and students coming together in a vibrant postgraduate community. The Adam Smith Business School celebrates the legacy of Adam Smith by developing enlightened and enterprising graduates and internationally recognised research with real socio-economic impact. The School is an accredited member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).

Want to know how to manage people? Interested in the human resources aspect of business? Whatever your aspirations, our Business and Management (Human Resource Management) course will give you a good grounding in the theory and practice of modern human resource management. Along the way you’ll develop the core skills you need to excel in all kinds of businesses and start to build a clear picture of exactly where those skills could take you.

This exciting programme will give you a thorough grasp of current theory and practice relating to the management of human resources and employment relations.
Teaching and Assessment Teaching As a research intensive university, international level research findings by Brunel Business School tutors are regularly used in student lectures. Tutors on this programme are leaders in the field of HR and active researchers within the school’s Human Resource Management and Organization Behaviour Research Group (HRM - OB). Examples of tutor research used in MSc Human Resources & Employment Relations include: Professor Neil Anderson Professor Anderson provides several of his seminal review papers, empirical studies, and theoretical models for consideration by the students and additional readings are also provided. Students are asked to present back in small groups, having critically assessed research findings for themselves. As the findings are both confirmatory and non-confirmatory, the ensuing debate is used to improve their understanding of whether high-performance HRM practices do indeed contribute to organisational performance and profitability. Professor Anderson is also an Academic CIPD Fellow. Professor Mustafa Ozbilgin The programme’s Global Diversity Management module is designed around Professor Ozbilgin’s research in diversity management in multi-national organisations within the public private and voluntary sectors. In particular, Professor Ozbilgin’s book Global Diversity Management: An Evidence Based Approach (2008) co-authored with Dr Ahu Tatli is used as the core text on the module. The book is the only empirical research based text in the field, and provides original field work on diversity management that spreads across eight years. Other Business School research by Professor Ozbilgin is used for the practice of literature reviews. Further to this Professor Ozbilgin is Academic CIPD Fellow and regularly uses CIPD reports that he has co-authored. Students also receive case studies and case reports by the tutor.

With our innovative blended learning approach and specialised placements, you'll emerge as a confident and competent midwife. You'll champion the human rights of women and newborns, providing personalised, safe, and transformative care.
If you are already working in an employed support role and looking to study and graduate with full registration as a midwife, this degree apprenticeship is for you! Modern midwives play a vital role in the community and make profound impact in countless ways. Designed in collaboration with practice partners, service users, and advocacy groups, this programme will support you to transform into an exceptionally skilled midwife dedicated to delivering safe, person centred, compassionate care.

Why not step away from your degree for a year to dive deeper into the science that underpins clinical practice? This integrated Masters degree combines advanced biomedical teaching with hands-on research training.
Dive into the science that drives modern medicine. You’ll gain a solid understanding of the research behind biomedical topics that you are most interested in with the opportunity to undertake a novel research project in this field. Throughout the MSci Medical Sciences degree, you will explore cutting-edge developments in one of a range of specialised themes:

Why not take a break from your degree for a year to deepen your understanding of anatomy? The intercalated Clinical Anatomy degree offers the perfect chance to elevate your anatomical knowledge to new heights.
The significance of anatomy has surged with advancements in imaging and minimally invasive interventions, from laparoscopic surgeries, diagnostic and interventional radiology to ultrasonography, endoscopic procedures, and interventional cardiology. As most new medical graduates will engage with these methods, a thorough knowledge of anatomy is crucial for their success. Explore the role of anatomy in modern clinical medicine and how emerging techniques and treatments demand a deeper understanding of anatomical structure, function, and dysfunction.

Empowering the next generation of digital marketing professionals, the Digital Marketing Degree Apprenticeship will give apprentices the know-how to plan and evaluate successful digital campaigns.
This Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship will provide the practical and theoretical training for developing digital marketers who want to gain new skills and a formal degree qualification. This course would be ideal for those in an entry-level digital marketing role, or those looking to join a digital marketing team.

Are you 16–19 and fascinated by the human body, health, and disease? This course is your chance to explore biology in a hands-on, real-world context, while earning a qualification equivalent to one full A Level.
Over two years, you'll combine practical assignments with exam-based learning, studying topics like:

The course has links with other parts of the University, particularly the Faculty of History, the Department of History of Art, and Kellogg College, amongst the fellows of which is the largest concentration of architectural historians associated with the University.
To learn more about the research topics you’ll have the opportunity to explore, please refer to the Research areas section on this page.