Business, Management and Law

Academic English Skills

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 The University of Huddersfield.

The specific aims are:

• To develop awareness and competency in a range of language-related skills required for successful study at Higher Education level. These include the processes and conventions 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.
• To develop the accuracy and range of written and spoken language so as to enable students to use language effectively and appropriately, with clarity and confidence.
• To support students in reflecting on their learning and identifying how to improve their skills and language.
• To ensure students are able to meet the requirements of the UKVI and The University of Huddersfield through demonstrating an English language level of CEFR B2 in the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Competitive Business Environment

This module gives students the opportunity to consider some of the external influences that affect businesses. By applying their learning  to real business scenarios they will learn that businesses rarely have any control over these influences. However, they can monitor the macro environment using various frameworks such as PEST and SOWT to reduce the threat of these changes and maximise the opportunities they can bring.

Core Maths

In this module students will focus on basic topics and methods in Numerical Techniques, Algebra, Calculus, Statistics and Probability with a view to strengthening their background knowledge and improving their skills in handling and presenting data. Most of the students taking this module will have decided to study a Business or Arts related degree and the skills they will develop during the course will equip them with the skills needed to enable them to gather and analyse data, interpret and present findings.

Global Skills for Success – Business

Global Skills are essential skills for progression to further study and future careers. The content covers knowledge, understanding, skills and attributes relevant to both higher education and employment. These are developed by students undertaking tasks relevant to their area of study, which encourage the development of appropriate transferable global skills. Transferable skills are those such as independent enquiry, creative thinking, reflective learning, team working, self-management and effective participation. This will be achieved by the students working in teams to complete a project relevant to their subject area. Each student must have a clearly distinguished role within their team. They will contribute to a group project as well as producing evidence of the development of their skills as part of a reflective log.

Academic English Skills

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 The University of Huddersfield.

The specific aims are:

• To develop awareness and competency in a range of language-related skills required for successful study at Higher Education level. These include the processes and conventions 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.
• To develop the accuracy and range of written and spoken language so as to enable students to use language effectively and appropriately, with clarity and confidence.
• To support students in reflecting on their learning and identifying how to improve their skills and language.
• To ensure students are able to meet the requirements of the UKVI and The University of Huddersfield through demonstrating an English language level of CEFR B2 in the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Introduction to Business Finance

In this introductory module students will develop essential knowledge and understanding of business finance. They will explore the fundamental principles of financial and management accounting, including understanding how to read and interpret a balance sheet and income statement. They will learn the essentials of break-even and cash budgeting and become familiar with a business’ key financial documentation and responsibilities. On completion of the module they will be able to use ratio analysis to make simple judgements about a business’ financial performance.

Investigating Business

Students will develop an understanding of different types of business ownership, different industrial sectors, and features of the public, private and non-profit sectors. Identifying two contrasting businesses with very different aims and objectives they will conduct their own research on their key features to compile a report on their characteristics, making use of credible up to date sources of information. They will learn about the purpose of different functional areas, and how human resources are deployed within different organisational structures, and deduct the type of structure likely to be used by their two featured businesses, whilst analysing their relative advantages and limitations. Then, working in groups, they will go on to consider the different needs of various stakeholders to make recommendations on how they might prioritise these conflicting demands in a PowerPoint presentation.