Program Overview

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Attendance

Part-time students may complete the course in up to seven years from the date of registration (normally five years); part-time students are only allowed to take 45 credit points in any one semester. Part-time study load is the same as full-time pro-rata, with each credit point representing 10 hours of student effort.

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Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Assessment is via a mixture of exams and coursework.

You’ll get the opportunity to present to real life businesses – a fantastic opportunity to hone your presenting and networking skills. You’ll also have the opportunity to put together an e-business plan simulating real life work scenarios.

Our well-established networks mean we will regularly have guest lectures from successful local and national businesses coming in to share their success stories and lessons learnt.

Academic profile

The University employs over 1,000 suitably qualified and experienced academic staff - 59% have PhDs in their subject field and many have professional body recognition.

Courses are taught by staff who are Professors (25%), Readers, Senior Lecturers (20%) or Lecturers (55%).

We require most academic staff to be qualified to teach in higher education: 82% hold either Postgraduate Certificates in Higher Education Practice or higher. Most academic staff (81%) are accredited fellows of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) by Advanced HE - the university sector professional body for teaching and learning. Many academic and technical staff hold other professional body designations related to their subject or scholarly practice.

The profiles of many academic staff can be found on the University’s departmental websites and give a detailed insight into the range of staffing and expertise.  The precise staffing for a course will depend on the department(s) involved and the availability and management of staff.  This is subject to change annually and is confirmed in the timetable issued at the start of the course.

Occasionally, teaching may be supplemented by suitably qualified part-time staff (usually qualified researchers) and specialist guest lecturers. In these cases, all staff are inducted, mostly through our staff development programme ‘First Steps to Teaching’. In some cases, usually for provision in one of our out-centres, Recognised University Teachers are involved, supported by the University in suitable professional development for teaching.

Figures correct for academic year 2021-2022.