Business and Human Resource Management (Hons) University of Portsmouth

Overview

Throughout this  Business and Human Resource Management (Hons) degree at University of Portsmouth you'll build your HRM knowledge and develop your understanding of human resources in the context of business, as well as discovering the core business disciplines that make organisations successful. 

You’ll apply your learning through real-world scenarios and learning projects, with opportunities including paid industry placements throughout your studies. If you take on a Business Consultancy Project you'll work on a live client project with a local business in your final year.  

By taking an industry placement year before or after your third year, you’ll graduate with a year of experience in the workplace as well as your degree. Our Placements team will support you during your placement search and while you’re on placement.

Career opportunities:

As a human resource manager you can work in any sector that you're passionate about, whether that's sport, charities, manufacturing, or maybe the arts; all sorts of different businesses need effective workforce management. It's also a role that could take you overseas.

Best of all is that this qualification opens up many possible career routes. You might want to specialise in workplace training and development, become an expert in employment law, or lead on business development. As you progress you'll be able to map a career to your interests.

Previous graduates of this course have secured jobs at companies such as:

• Peninsula Group Ltd HR Consultancy

• Santander

• Ministry of Defence

• Aldingbourne Trust

• JRL Construction

• Wartsila (Marine and Energy) UK Ltd

• Henkel

• UK Atomic Energy Authority

• Finsbury Foods

Graduates of this course have secured jobs as:

• HR executive

• learning and development coordinator

• human resources business partner

• HR and employment law consultant

• internal auditor

• project manager

• police officer

• buyer