Business, Management and Finance

Academic English Skills aims to provide thorough training in the language and related academic skills which will enable international students to best achieve their academic potential at university. Our Academic English programme is validated by UK ENIC, the UK government agency responsible for providing information and expert opinion on qualifications and skills worldwide. You will develop awareness and competency in a range of language-related academic skills, including the processes of academic writing, effective and extensive reading strategies, effective participation in seminars and delivery of presentations, and listening to and recording information effectively from lectures. You will also develop the accuracy and range of written and spoken language required to use language effectively and appropriately, with clarity and confidence in an academic context.

This module introduces you to key academic skills by inviting you to work in a collaborative and interdisciplinary fashion on a group project. You will study a range of skills targeted towards introductory postgraduate-level research, using key literature. By focusing on a series of key texts, you will learn how to analyse language and structure in academic literature and place this effectively into a larger context. The module culminates in group poster presentations, allowing you to present the research you have undertaken throughout the semester.

This module facilitates your learning about your post-Master's vocation or studies. Through targeted and focused supervision, you will undertake individual research projects into your prospective future work or studies and what skills will be required for you to succeed.

This module will provide you with a deeper understanding of the role of leaders and managers within international business. The module will provide the knowledge and skills to understand the complex nature of leadership within a geo and socio-cultural context and explore how global businesses maintain or lose their competitive advantage. 

This module will provide you with a deeper knowledge of marketing from both an academic and practitioner's perspective. It will enable you to address marketing challenges in critical and creative ways. You will develop skills to think innovatively and strategically in the creation of successful products and services.

The main purpose of this module is to introduce you to concepts relating to the creation of financial and management accounting information and the use of such information in decision making in business and to equip you with a range of models for managerial decision-making. The module also introduces you to theories relating to financial and management accounting for planning and decision making and deals with how these theories might differ from what might happen in practice.  

This module will introduce you to concepts relating to financing and investment decision-making in business. You will explore a range of models for managerial decision-making and learn about the importance of financial management and investment models in the decision-making processes for financial managers.