Business Management and Sustainable Practice with Placement Year (Hons) University of Derby

Overview

The world of business is changing at an exponential rate as companies work towards sustainability goals across net zero carbon, social responsibility and environmental sustainability, and companies will require managers of the future to have a solid grounding in how to move businesses forward whilst adapting to meet these priorities.

The modules in this Business Management and Sustainable Practice with Placement Year (Hons) degree at University of Derby have the United Nations Sustainable Development goals and the UNESCO sustainability competencies embedded as part of your learning, so you’ll develop skills to be at the forefront of embedding change and responsible management in organisations. 

Real world learning is a key part of your studies – from working on live industry briefs, guest speakers from the business world, and the opportunity to complete a placement year between your second and third year, you’ll have opportunities to put your skills into practice before you graduate.

Careers

Due to the variety of modules studied on the course you’d be well suited for a range of roles across areas such as:

• project management
• analysis
• consultancy
• operations
• human resource management
• marketing
• sales
• logistics
• finance.

As well as specialist roles in the field of change management, sustainability and zero carbon.