Business and Human Resource Management (Hons) University of Portsmouth

Overview

Human resource management covers the strategic approach to the employment, development and wellbeing of people in business. On 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.

Business and Human Resource Management (Hons) degree at University of Portsmouth highlights

• Develop a holistic understanding of how businesses operate as you explore operations, business finance, marketing and data analysis alongside your human resource management modules
• Learn the human resource management skills you need in a post-Covid world, focusing on workforce retention and talent management, managing equality and diversity and developing creativity and business improvement
• Practise your skills by setting up recruitment campaigns and getting involved in simulated interviews, selection panels and employment tribunals

• Gain the confidence to lead as you apply your learning to real-world situations and take part in our Business Consultancy Project

• Boost your employability and increase your practical experience with a paid placement year at a company, and benefit from the support of our dedicated Placement Team during your placement search

Careers and 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.

Your CIPD accreditation means you're likely to earn more money and have more job options than your non-accredited peers (Reed UK).

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

(Data sourced from HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey.)