Business & Management Practice Foundation Degree

Year 1 (Level 4) modules:
Personal Development
The Business Environment
Leadership and Management
Introduction to Marketing
Managing Business Operations
Accounting for Business

Year 2 (Level 5) modules:
Business Research
Strategic Leadership and Management
Project Management
Business and Financial Management
Developing Management Capabilities
Human Resource Management

This foundation degree prepares you to pursue a career in business in a variety of roles. You will gain practical management and communication skills, which are vital within a range of industries and sectors.

You may be able to progress on to a further year of study at Oxford Brookes University, or at one of our partner colleges, in order to 'top up' to a full honours degree.

Normally, students who achieve an average of 55% over the second year (Level 5 modules) of the foundation degree will be eligible for progression on to the BA (Hons) in Business and Management final (honours) year offered at Oxford Brookes University or the BA (Hons) in Business and Management at Abingdon & Witney College or Solihull College.

The BA Top Up programme will include the following modules (subject to validation):
• Managing Quality and Risk
• Dissertation or Work-based Research Project (Double Module)
• Managing Marketing Activities
• Strategic People Management
• Developing Self and Others
• Strategic Futures, Insight and Design

Entrants to the Foundation Degree programme should normally meet one of the following sets of requirements:

Three passes at GCSE (grades A*/9 – C/4) or O-level (grades A – C), normally including Mathematics and English Language:

PLUS
· a minimum of two passes at A-level at grade E or above;
OR
· a National Certificate or Diploma or other equivalent qualification, such as GNVQ/NVQ or other Level 3 vocational qualification;
OR
· exceptionally, applicants who can demonstrate through an extended CV, references and interview, that they have the knowledge and abilities equivalent to those possessed by holders of the Level 3 qualification listed above may be admitted with dispensation from the requirement to possess those qualifications.

Potential students without level 3 qualifications should be advised that their future progression to higher-level study may be limited as a consequence of not holding the formal qualifications.

English Language Requirements: Applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate that their level of English is acceptable, by achieving a score in a recognised test such as: British Council IELTS - normally minimum Level 6.0 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in the reading and writing components.

As work-based learning is an integral part of a Foundation Degree, in addition to holding one of the above entry qualifications, applicants should normally have a current role in an appropriate workplace setting and provide a line manager’s letter of support and recommendation. The work environment may be voluntary or paid, full-time, part-time or work placement. It is the student’s responsibility to secure a role in order to complete the assessment on the programme. Failure to secure access to an appropriate work environment may mean that the student is unable to complete the programme.

Home Tuition fee £7,570 per year, part time £5,045 per year.
International Tuition fee £9,900 per year for new students, £9,650 for continuers.
All fees are payable to Oxford Brookes University at enrolment.

Student Support is available for this degree - see www.directgov.uk and follow the links to Student Finance. Please ask for information at interview. For further information, see also the Oxford Brookes University website: www.brookes.ac.uk.

Whilst all text books are available in the College and University libraries and online, students may wish to purchase their own copies. Prices of core-text books range from £15.00 - £55.00. Prices correct at the time of printing.

You can find information on our fees and on Student Finance at www.abingdon-witney.ac.uk/info-centre/course-fees. Please note tuition fees may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by the University and all college partners.

Applications are made through UCAS – code N20N.

There are many different methods of learning on this course. The teaching is a combination of theory and student centred activities where formative feedback is provided to support elements of the assessment.

A variety of assessment methods will be used, including the submission of written reports, delivering individual and group presentations, completing time-constrained assessments, simulation exercises, role play, exams and in-class tests.

Formal assignments will be returned to students within three weeks of the submission date.

Transferable skills developed as part of this qualification include:
• Academic and Research Literacy
• Resilience
• Communication
• Critical Self Awareness
• Business Finance Awareness
• Problem Solving
• Teamwork
• Networking
• Presenting Complex Information
• People Management
• Financial Management