Master of Arts in Strategic Financial Management

at University of West London United Kingdom

Are you looking for a journalism degree that combines studying traditional formats alongside rapidly developing contemporary media?

This course offers you the opportunity to train in a variety of journalistic forms, including video, radio and digital journalism. You will develop your communication skills, learn creative techniques and enhance your technical abilities in preparation for a career in this area.

You will learn the basis of sound reporting, experiment with new formats and have an opportunity to learn on work experience.

As well as learning the basis of sound reporting, experimenting with new formats and having an opportunity to learn through work experience.

This course takes people with an existing passion for electronic music and through a systematic programme of artist development, equips them with the skills and confidence to achieve their creative goals. Each artist on the programme will be exposed to the huge range of opportunities that exist in the music industry, to exploit the commercial potential of their talents.

The University of West London provides a unique approach to the field of electronic music education by allowing space for individual talent to flourish. The course is carefully structured to recognise and nurture your unique artistic identity, allowing you to develop and grow over three distinct years of study as a composer, performer and freelance producer.

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 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.

Foundation year

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.

Studying the BSc (Hons) Aviation Management with Commercial Pilot Training course will prepare you to enter the industry as a First Officer who is a competent, confident and well-informed member of the flight crew. As well as gaining the technical expertise required for this role, you will also have management skills relevant to the dynamic aviation industry.

We work with a number of Approved Training Organisations (ATOs) and our exciting new course will allow you to combine your Integrated/MPL training with academic studies over two years.

On graduation, you will have both an BSc (Hons) degree and an fATPL. This balance of practical and theoretical skills is highly sought-after by global aviation industry employers.

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 and we are proud to involve experts from Heathrow in our guest lectures and workshops to directly connect you to the industry.

Would you like to enhance your career prospects in aviation or international tourism management? This Masters degree will equip you with the critical understanding and advanced research skills you need to work towards a managerial career in either of these growing service industries.

This Masters course stands out for the specialist mix of subjects available to study, taught by our highly experienced team. Throughout the course you will have opportunities to apply theory, including work on industry briefs, fieldwork and trips, and industry guest speakers.  

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

Are you interested in a career in the music industry? The BMus (Hons) Performance and Music Management is the perfect course if you want to take control of managing your career while gaining enough studio knowledge to perform basic recordings. As such, this degree has a heavy focus on learning how the industry works and how you can empower yourself as pragmatic, well informed creative business entrepreneurs. The degree recognises that modern performing artists are no longer just performing artists. They require a solid – industry focussed – managerial foundation, a high level of performing ability, a knowledge of musical concepts, and a strong creative drive.

The degree establishes how and why the music business operates and builds on this knowledge with a strong focus on new and creative marketing concepts. This management foundation pairs with a comprehensive performance course designed to foster new modes of content creation and live music performance skills. The course celebrates the following attributes necessary to thrive in the current performing and recording environment:

• The exploration of management, and industry knowledge as both an artform, and an employable skill;
• and the evaluation of musical practice in the context of history, culture and the contemporary marketplace;
• The acquisition of musical technique;
• The understanding that musical acts are accomplished content creators and experienced music industry figures;
• The recognition that artists curate unique careers, and they require the business skills to design their own future.
• The course’s philosophy takes a strategic approach focussed on investigation, evaluation, and creation. At Level 4, you will begin with a range of subjects designed to develop early knowledge of core management and legal concepts as well as performance, and introductory recording skills.

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.

Love to promote, share and shout it out from the rooftops? With the development of new technologies, creative opportunities for publicity are growing with companies needing multi-skilled professionals talented in the areas of advertising and public relations.

This advertising course is designed to prepare you for this exciting, fast-paced world of communications. It will help you to develop core skills in communications strategy, creative development, marketing analysis and digital media.

The course has an entrepreneurial ethos, and you will be encouraged to learn through initiative, experimentation and teamwork. On any given day, you may start the morning discussing the psychology of advertising and end the day working with fellow students to make a video for a social media platform.

This exciting course focuses upon key elements involved in the Criminal Justice System – Criminology, Policing and Forensic Investigation. The interdisciplinary field of criminology explores topics such as the study of offenders, victims and the motivations for crime.

You will have the opportunity to study policing modules that explore the powers of the police, how crimes are investigated, the role of police in society and contemporary issues that are associated with the role and actions of law enforcement agencies. The scientific investigation of crime explores the role of science in the investigative process, its accomplishments, complexities and issues affecting justice.

This degree embeds academic, professional and transferrable skills that will equip you for your future career with dedicated support and opportunities to gain valuable work experience in the wider criminal justice field.  

The course utilises both theoretical and practical methods to provide authentic learning experiences such as the investigation of crime scenes, police interviewing and giving evidence in Court.  

These key elements provide a valuable and insightful overview of the workings of the justice system and assist in preparing you for the future as well as providing global perspectives and networking opportunities to enable you to experience criminal justice across the globe. 

This course will prepare you for a career in Quantity Surveying in the construction industry - one of the largest sectors of the UK economy.

You will learn to assess the amount of materials and labour required for building operations so that you are ready to work alongside architectural technologists, building surveyors, project managers and other roles.

You will also learn to meet the contemporary challenges and opportunities in quantity surveying. These include the digitisation of design and automation of some aspects of project planning and management.

Here at the Career University, we are committed to equipping you with the skills required by the job market today.

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.