Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Advertising and Public Relations with Foundation Year

at University of West London United Kingdom

Are you interested in crime and the criminal justice system? Do you want to know why people break the law? This Criminology, Policing and Criminal Law course will give you work experience opportunities alongside your academic studies.

This course is designed to provide you with a well-rounded, skills-base and covers the foundations of criminal law, ethics in criminal justice and policing.

The work experience segment of the course allows you to gain valuable experience to support your learning and enhance your CV.

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities. Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.

Ever taken an aspirin for a headache, or been given an anaesthetic for a filling and wondered how drugs are developed?

If you want to be involved in the areas of drug research, testing and development then pharmacology could be the course for you.

Pharmacology is the study of how drugs act on the human body and vice versa. It is the science of drugs, as well as their physical and chemical properties.

The course will cover the drugs that affect major systems of the body including the central nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory and endocrine systems.

Topics include pharmacological techniques, toxicology and anticancer drugs.

Through this course you will gain an in-depth knowledge of a wide range of drug classes, safety and efficacy and drug action. It will also give you a sound understanding of the drug development process.

This course in information technology management for business combines IT knowledge and technical ability with developing business and professional skills. This combination addresses the skills gap reported by employers, and aims to make graduates of this course highly employable.

Throughout the course, you will work on this balance of technical and soft skills, preparing for a rewarding career in management or consultancy roles within the IT industry. Business networking events, live projects and employer-led workshops all contribute to the career focus of this course,

If you want to launch your own start-up or help a new venture to grow, this business entrepreneurship course will give you the skills and knowledge to do it.

Leading employers in the UK have placed a greater emphasis on enterprising and entrepreneurial skills in its employees, so we have created this course to fulfil real business needs.

The course is designed to give you specialist insight into the world of entrepreneurship. You will gain practical knowledge of the contemporary business landscape and develop the skills you will need to operate within it.

We maintain links with major professional institutes, such as the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), to ensure the course remains current and to establish potential opportunities for students.

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities. Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities. Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.

This MSc Information Systems course aims to give you a full understanding of how information systems (IS) are designed, constructed and integrated within organisations. Your studies will take into account the large, varied and distributed structures of IS today, with multiple devices in different locations being used to access systems.

We welcome students from different educational and professional backgrounds who have an interest in IS, and you will benefit from our highly supportive culture and extensive industry experience.

Are you passionate about food and drink? Whether you want to manage a restaurant, become a private chef or develop new food products, on this course you will learn the technical and professional skills you need for a career in culinary arts management.

While studying, you will benefit from valuable hands-on experience, working with leading industry professionals. You will learn a range of kitchen and patisserie techniques as well as studying areas such as food microbiology, diet, nutrition and gastronomy.

In addition, we will help you to develop the business and people skills needed to become a successful manager within the food industry.

Our courses offer opportunities to discuss issues arising from the Covid crisis and examine solutions from a sector perspective. Our course content is developed with support from a wide network of sector professionals to include changes in the industry.

This course is designed to enhance your knowledge of biological and medical sciences to enable understanding and to analyse the basis of human disease.

It will involve the study and knowledge of the human body, to conduct medical research on a variety of common health conditions.

There are various areas to specialise in for example, genetics, microbiology, and immunology.

The course will prepare you for the required skills needed to become a biomedical scientist, such as practical skills for performing the research to make a breakthrough.

These include:

• Technical skills for maintaining high tech machines and equipment
• Communications skills to report on the results of the patient’s samples
• Analytical skills for reviewing test results
• Numeracy skills for analysing statistics and data
• Organisational skills, providing a methodical approach to prioritise workloads based on urgency.

Today’s international food landscape is rapidly developing. Our relationship with producing, selling and consuming food evolves as consumer and environmental demands change the marketplace.

Are you ready to be competitive in this developing industry? Whether you want to run your own restaurant, develop food products, become a chef or run your own business, studying on the BSc Future Food and Culinary Management degree will prepare you as a service-focused professional with a sustainable mindset, ready for the technological and environmental changes of the future.   

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities. Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.

Our courses offer opportunities to discuss issues arising from the Covid crisis and examine solutions from a sector perspective. Our course content is developed with support from a wide network of sector professionals to include changes in the industry.

The Covid pandemic is creating challenges for the industry but is also driving innovation and change across the sector. Join this career-focused course and graduate in a strong position to be a part of the industry’s transformation.

Do you have a keen eye for design, a practical mind and an active imagination? Our interior design degree can help you build on these assets and develop into a professional ready for a creative career.  

On this course you will build core skills in interior design, learning how to use contemporary design tools and gaining essential consumer insight. By exploring different media and approaches, you will also sharpen your understanding of design and visual communications.

By the time you graduate, you will be an imaginative, original creator, able to design innovative spaces that people dream of living in.

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities. Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.

Do you enjoy problem-solving and working with people? On this course, you will explore human resource management (HRM) issues in a global context and gain valuable professional experience on a real-world consultancy project.

You will learn how to approach problems from different angles using enquiry-based learning, a method that will prepare you for critical problem-solving in the workplace by helping you to think about problems in different ways.

In addition, you will build an electronic portfolio of HRM work to showcase your skills and knowledge for potential employers.

Our experienced staff will support you and encourage your personal and professional development throughout the course.