This course is designed to deliver a sound understanding of business and management with a particular emphasis on specialist knowledge of accounting and finance. It provides a good basis for a career in the accounting, financial or corporate sectors – areas where good leadership is always at a premium and where the financial rewards can be high. Accreditation is currently under way with the major UK accounting bodies.

This course prepares you for employment in fields such as management consultancy, marketing and retail management, social enterprise, human resources and chartered accountancy. Recent graduates have taken up a wide range of posts with employers including: assistant director at Explore Learning • commercial manager at Marks & Spencer • programme manager at Hewlett Packard • human resource manager at Accenture • managing director at Links Creative • human resource officer at BAE Systems • business developer at Innovation Stream • stockbroker at Cusaru Capital • associate at PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) • compliance assistant at the Foreign Exchange • managing director at Spyder Security Systems Limited • new business executive at Ebay • operations and franchise manager at Apex • recruitment consultant at European recruitment • graduate trainee at John Lewis • sales and research consultant at Chapman Black.