Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Marketing Management with Placement Year

at Leeds Beckett University - City Campus United Kingdom

Gain the skills to shape and maintain the world around us. The growing demand for infrastructure to sustain modern societies and underpin economic and social development requires creative solutions from engineering professionals.

This accredited course will help you develop your career as a leader in design, construction and management operations within civil engineering.

As part of your course, you’ll:

• Develop your technical ability, understanding of engineering principles, commercial flair and environmental awareness
• Study contractual issues, health and safety, business functionality, communication skills, report writing, codes of conduct and responsibilities to your team
• Develop research capability and skills to analyse complex problems
• Develop leadership skills required to meet changing technical and commercial needs in civil engineering

Address the global challenges of poverty and violence by linking theory and practice and make a positive difference to the lives of people around the world. This is your opportunity to develop your awareness of the relationships between peace, conflict resolution and development both nationally and internationally.

You will consider issues such as gender, poverty, employment, human rights and the role of civil society and community participation in decision-making and governance. From security threats and terrorism to the arms trade and non-violent social movements, you will acquire an in-depth insight into contemporary global issues. You will study the political, economic, cultural, environmental and technological changes that influence development decisions.

We place a real emphasis on international debate and your teaching will be delivered in small groups involving students from around the world, giving you access to a range of cultural perspectives to inform your learning. We will also provide you with skills in project management and you will learn how to draw up funding applications, competencies essential for working in the field.

You will benefit by being taught by our highly qualified team of academics who are renowned in their fields of research. Our research in peace and development keeps our curriculum fresh and cutting edge.

Develop your critical, analytical and interpretive skills and forge a deeper understanding of the world around you.

As part of this course you’ll:

• Examine social theory, class, gender, culture, the media, globalisation, and urban sociology
• Learn about changes and tensions in society and come to recognise how and why they develop
• Complete a range of innovative and creative assessments and research-based assignments
• Pick from a variety of modules to shape your course to your career interests

Our careers advisors will be on hand to offer guidance on your future career and to help you recognise and sharpen your employability skills. This course will develop your transferable skills in team working, time management, and written and oral communications.

Our graduates have established rewarding careers in a variety of fields, including marketing, advertising, social work, teaching and with charity, voluntary and community groups.

Develop the technical and creative skills you’ll need to write music for the moving image.

As part of this course you’ll:

• Gain a solid grounding in the theories, techniques and practices essential for contemporary film and television music production
• Have access to a suite of high-quality, professional music studios approved by JAMES, the accrediting body of the Music Producers Guild and the Association of Professional Recording Services
• Develop your composition skills in a range of genres
• Have the chance to work with colleagues from other media courses to further develop your portfolio of work; for example, you could find yourself working alongside student filmmakers from our university's Northern Film School
• Have plenty of opportunities to sharpen your practical skills through our links with local and national music, arts and festival organisations

Our links with local and national music, arts and festival organisations will ensure you get the most from your course. We also provide regular visiting speakers from the music and film industries and you’ll be taught by a highly skilled and experienced teaching team.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Complete your dissertation, an in-depth project focused on enhancing corporate governance practice, supported by an expert tutor
• Define your own area of investigation, be that corporate governance, compliance or social responsibility and performance
• Aim to support your professional development and improve the corporate governance of your organisation so it becomes a beacon for good practice
• Study part-time with the support of an applied business school, so you’re able to fit your studies into your professional schedule

Study an accredited and comprehensive business degree with the added advantage of gaining specialist knowledge of human resource management (HRM).

As part of your course you’ll:

• Build a skillset that will stand out from the crowd through practising an innovative, academically rigorous and vocationally relevant approach to business
• Benefit from our links with employers which will enrich your experience through guest lectures and placement opportunities
• Gain valuable industry experience and demonstrate to employers that you are a work-ready graduate through networking and extracurricular opportunities

If you take a paid work placement in your third year, you’ll develop and enhance your employability skills. Previous students have completed placements with companies including BP, Panasonic, GE Capital and Bentley Motors.

Immerse yourself on a physically, intellectually and emotionally challenging course. This degree will prepare you for an extremely rewarding career.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Have access to diverse placement opportunities, including Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and Leeds Community Healthcare Trust, within secondary and regional care units, community teams and GP practices
• Spend 50 per cent of your time on practice placements
• Develop the practical skills needed to care for adults with acute and long-term illnesses across a variety of settings
• Focus on areas of personal interest within healthcare during the volunteering strand of the course

Designed by performance makers for performance makers, this course will give you the opportunity to make new theatre, dance, digital and live performance work. You will be guided by of a team of research active, internationally acclaimed staff who are committed to making performance matter.

Whether you are a recent theatre or performance graduate, a professional arts worker, an emerging artist, or work in education, your course will see you learn among a diverse range of performance communities.

You will be immersed in an artist-centred learning environment and you will connect with other like-minded people interested in creating captivating performance work. We will give you the skills to expand and reframe your current practices within a supportive community that values practice-led research, and we will also give you the platform to perform your work at national and international festivals.

Develop the marketing expertise to make strategic business decisions, manage digital campaigns and understand buyer behaviour.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Gain specific knowledge of marketing ethics, corporate social responsibility and of the ethical and cultural differences between national markets, maximising your employability both in the UK and overseas
• Learn how to understand the thought processes behind every consumer purchase
• Develop the acumen for business management so you can oversee finance, economics, accounting and people 

What would you do if a rival company launched a cheaper product to compete with yours, or the demand for your product shrank in one part of the world? This course will give you the chance to gain real-life business and marketing expertise. You'll test your marketing skills against simulated challenges in our business simulation suite and attend workshops and networking events.

You’ll learn from expert teaching staff with a wealth of professional experience and close working links with the business community.

This integrated masters course provides the ideal platform to gain broad-based technical experience that will enable you to enter design, construction or operations roles within the civil engineering industry.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Build the foundations for a diverse and interesting future in civil engineering
• Develop knowledge of the mathematical and scientific principles and methodologies which underpin civil engineering
• Apply your knowledge to real-world problems
• Learn to produce innovative solutions using technical literature and industry codes of standard
• Practice using investigation and evaluation of design-related engineering issues
• Gain detailed knowledge and technical proficiency in health and safety, sustainable, environmental and economic development, and the frameworks in which they operate
• Equip yourself with the problem-solving skills to work on projects such as designing large structures and infrastructure including roads, water supply and drainage, bridges, airports, tunnels, and sea and flood defences

 You’ll learn using a variety of tools, including case studies and design-based exercises that will enable you to develop applied skills, participate in critical analysis and practise your presentation skills.