Master of Music in Composition

at University of West London United Kingdom

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.

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.

This innovative course looks into both the practical and managerial aspects of the world of hospitality. You will gain important transferable skills, such as customer service and analytics that will equip you to understand this fast-paced industry, which can lead you to a number of careers within international hotel chains or small hospitality and food business organisations.

This course has a strong focus on technology and sustainability, as well as delivering the skills needed for the hospitality managers of the future. You will learn how managing a hospitality organisation is an ever-changing and dynamic industry, with an additional introduction to the concept of hospitality professionals who need to be nimble and adaptive.

You will be able to explore other important aspects of the international hospitality industry, such as:

• The increased use of big data and artificial intelligence
• Organisations that focus on the customer experience
• Gaining loyalty to deliver profit.

Additionally, you will be able to undertake a placement between years two and three of the course.

When you graduate, you will have the business acumen to comprehend, manipulate and present information and data while having the operational knowledge needed to run a hospitality business.

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.

This course provides excellent teaching in all of key areas of biological sciences including biostatistics, programming in R and data modelling, helping you learn how to design biological research, analyse and model data, and present your results, preparing you for a career where your skills can be applied.

You will do a year-long project as part of a team in the second year, and another year-long project individually, in your third and final year, as well as present your research at the course research conference.

This Biological Sciences degree offers you the flexibility to choose certain modules in your second and third years depending on your interest, allowing you to specialise - from the second year - by taking one of four specialist pathways:

• Developmental biology
• Genomics and computational biology
• Ecology and conservation
• Animal behaviour and artificial intelligence.

There has never been a better time to start a business in the UK creative industries.

Do you have an idea for a creative industries start-up, such as an innovative lifestyle app? Or do you want to kick-start a creative designer collective? Or ‘simply’ take your fashion brand from your living room to the next level? Then our MA courses in Fashion Entrepreneurship might be for you.

This postgraduate course has been developed to complement the incubation and acceleration of a business in the fashion sector. You will cover market research and analysis, the application of knowledge in entrepreneurship, governance and operations, plus innovation management and negotiation.

From day one, you will have the opportunity to start building networks and interact with experienced industry professionals, which will help you develop the key attributes of a successful professional, such as independence, entrepreneurship and negotiation skills.

Personal tutors, project supervisors and mentors from the creative communications and fashion industry will support you as you work on your own start-up idea, on case studies and live briefs. 

Are you looking for a course that combines your passion for English literature with the technical skills required to make it in media and communications?

This innovative English and media course provides you with a range of opportunities to develop your interest in literature, your intellectual abilities and your creative talent.

You will study English literature and a media subject that suits your interests, allowing you to develop your specialism in an area of creative practice, such as TV, radio or screenwriting. This approach will combine theoretical understanding with the practical skills that media employers are looking for.

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.

When you study for your event management degree at UWL you will be ideally placed in London, the heart of the UK’s events industry and one of the biggest events capitals in the world. With work-based learning opportunities built into the course, you will have the chance to experience a wide range of events.

As part of your coursework you will be involved in planning and organising events; you will learn to effectively bid for contracts, work on client briefs, carry out risk assessments, design presentations and produce reports. Your work will integrate key areas of event management including operations and logistics, public relations, marketing, technical and production expertise.

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.

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.

Policing encompasses all the activities that prevent crime, detect offenders, and enhance community safety. Study with us and you will complete a course which, subject to validation, is licensed by the College of Policing (the Professional Body for policing in the UK) and which will bring to life the theory and reality of working as a police officer or in one of the careers which helps to keep people safe and secure.

The BSc (Hons) Professional Policing is a professional academic knowledge-based degree, based upon the national curriculum for the police constable role. It can only be offered by organisations that have been licensed by the College of Policing. One route to being a police officer is to gain this qualification before applying to join the police service. You would then need to successfully apply to join a police force as a probationary police constable. National and local entry requirements would need to be met, and achievement of the degree does not guarantee a successful application.

Are you interested in how buildings are designed? As an architectural technologist and designer you will have the expertise to advise planners, property developers and constructors on their building projects.;

This undergraduate course focuses on practical, in-demand skills so that you can make sure that buildings function as they are intended to. You will develop the valuable ability to plan and design buildings that suit the needs of a client, the surrounding community and, importantly, the environment.

On this course you will examine important topical issues, including environmental concerns and the technologies that are being used to address them. Through visits to materials manufacturers and construction sites, as well as opportunities to work on team projects, you will learn how to apply your technical knowledge to real-world design problems.