Master of Science in Sustainable Energy and Entrepreneurship

at University of Nottingham - Jubilee Campus United Kingdom

Take the next step in your career using psychology in the world of work. Join our British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited course to get your Stage 1 qualification in Occupational Psychology and by the end you should be ready to continue on to your Stage 2 training.

You'll learn about how we motivate employees, how we train them, how we recruit, how we design jobs, how we assess performance, how we manage well-being, how we lead, how we manage organisational change, and more. 

At Nottingham, you'll be taught by research-active experts in the field, some of whom completed their own MScs at Nottingham. We make sure the course has a practical focus to improve your skills as a practitioner. That's why you'll learn about consultancy as part of your studies. You'll also get a good grasp on research methods applicable to the workplace, something particularly valuable to future employers. 

By the end of the course, you should be ready to apply what you've learned to the real world of work.

Our Business Analytics MSc is taught in collaboration with multinational companies and will give you the essential skillset they are looking for. It has been developed by the Neo-demographic Laboratory for Analytics in Business (N/LAB), a state-of-the-art teaching, data visualisation and research facility within the Business School.

You will benefit from the engagement of N/LAB's multi-national partners through their support for teaching and access to data.

Our course will help you to become a business-orientated data scientist with a technical skillset, the ability to harness big data tools and the managerial skills to deliver practical business analytics projects. It will prepare you for senior management positions within the broad scope of the digital economy.

Recent development in big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and machine learning have fundamentally shifted the way in which financial institutions operate, innovate, strategise, and compete, allowing more financial transactions to be conducted online. In addition, Financial Technology (FinTech) start-ups are dealing with a range of consumer financial services, including mobile payments, (peer-to-peer) lending, and financial advice in the investment industry (robo-advisers).

Driven by this emerging trend, the demand for hybrid experts in both finance and technology has drastically increased. Our MSc Financial Technology provides progressive learning towards the frontiers of knowledge in finance, information technology, and how the two intertwine.

You will study modern finance theory, financial markets, information technology and its application in finance. This will help prepare you to become a hybrid expert in the finance and the technology industries, enhance lifelong learning skills and personal development to contribute to society at large.

Our International Business MSc will help to expand your global career opportunities and earning potential. It will give you the essential skillset needed to excel in international management positions.

You'll develop an understanding of  how to analyse and interpret big data to inform your strategic decision making, and you will gain in-depth knowledge of marketing, accounting, innovation and strategic planning. You'll also learn how to be an effective leader with a grasp of the key concepts of organisational behaviour and people management.

With your awareness of the role international business has to play in the global economy, this MSc will enhance your CV and help to bring you to the notice of prestigious employers who are looking for the skillset you will have. As an asset to their organisation you can put your knowledge and skills into practice, having a real impact on their business.

Our Marketing MSc gives you all the key skills and knowledge you need to excel in high level marketing positions. There are countless marketing agencies and in-house corporate marketing teams across the world, so you will have far-reaching career opportunities.

The skills you will learn can be applied across all businesses, so your ambitions don't have to be limited to a particular sector. Our core modules cover all the essential elements required by professional marketers. You can select optional modules that reflect your personal career goals and interests, enabling you to gain specialist knowledge of areas including branding, digital marketing and b2b marketing.

As our course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) it is mapped against their assessments of the industry’s needs. You can complete the CIM Diploma in Professional Marketing alongside your MSc studies at no extra cost, which means that you'll graduate with two internationally recognised professional qualifications.

This is a conversion course which is not designed for students with an extensive background in marketing. If your undergraduate degree contains modules with a marketing focus, please be aware that it is highly likely there will be overlap with your prior study. This should be considered carefully before applying.

Combine critical understanding of the cultural industries with the development of key business skills.

You'll get a thorough grounding in how the cultural industries are structured, organised and operate. You'll also look at the policy framework they operate in and the unique professional roles and practices they've developed.

On the business side you'll study entrepreneurial creativity, how to launch new ventures and lead entrepreneurial growth.

Through this combination you'll come to appreciate the interrelationships between fundamental research and its practical application.

By the end of the course you'll be:

• Fluent in the financial, marketing and managerial aspects of the cultural industries
• Ready to make a significant contribution to the cultural and creative sector of the economy