Business and Environment (Cornwall) The University of Exeter

Overview

This Business and Environment programme from  The University of Exeter examines how business needs to change in order to address intensifying environmental issues and to achieve a sustainable economy. It is designed for anyone interested in becoming an adaptable and resilient leader, wishing to contribute to long-term ethical solutions.

Career opportunities:

The wide range of business, management and environmental skills developed throughout the Programme will result in flexible employment options including roles such as project manager, marketing manager and sales manager. You will have employment advantages in private companies, public organisations, investment banks, NGOs, and third-sector industries, including key areas for Cornwall such as, water, renewables and food supply chain.

This combination of ethical, work-based, and global skills will create students who can compete at the highest levels and progress onto graduate Programmes to become CSR managers, change managers and environmental consultants.

Your degree demonstrates that you have the following professional skills:

• Understanding of organisations and the environment they operate within, with an appreciation for the changing needs of modern business.
• Proven ability to work with modern data technologies and critically appraise challenges.
• Being able to identify and confidently communicate management strategies to provide sustainable solutions to complex business problems
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills including negotiation as well as sensitivity to the diversity of people and cultures.
• Project management, leadership and consultancy skills applicable to a range of fields.