Our dedicated careers teams will help you to develop your personal and professional skills, connect you with potential employers and provide the tools to improve your overall employability and to develop and execute your career plans.

We encourage you to start thinking about your future from the moment you join us.

Put theory into practice through a paid work placement, study abroad on an international exchange, complete a summer internship, take an active role in our student societies.

Benefits of a work placement
If you opt to complete a work placement as part of your degree programme, the aim of this placement is to complement and develop your skills and knowledge gained in the first two years of your course.

• Gain practical and relevant work experience
• Build your confidence and develop a real-world attitude to business
• Earn a salary, gain increased responsibility and independence
• Create a network of industry contacts and subsequent job opportunities
• Gain insight into roles and employers enabling more informed career choices
• Choose a placement overseas to gain international experience

Finding a placement

Our placement and careers teams offer the following support when it comes to researching and applying for work placements:

• Weekly e-bulletins advertising placement opportunities
• Sessions on interview skills, CV clinics, mock assessment centres and psychometric tests
• Employer drop-in sessions and careers fairs

We do allow our students to complete international work placements and to source their own placements - you do not necessarily have to find your placement via the weekly e-bulletins provided by the Careers Service. If you do source your own placement, please note that it must be approved by the School to ensure that the job role is in line with your programme of study and learning outcomes.

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You must hold both a Bachelors degree (or equivalent) and a Masters degree.

We look for a First Class or Upper Second Class (2:1) Honours degree from a UK university, or the overseas equivalent. Professional qualifications and relevant experience may be taken into account if you don’t have a Bachelors degree.

For the Masters degree, we look for an overall grade of 65% or above; B or above; GPA of 3 or above.

You will be exempt from providing an IELTS/TOEFL/Pearson score if you are:

A native English speaker from one of the countries listed below
A current student or graduate (within the last five years) of a UK institution
A current student or graduate (within the last five years) of an institution in a country where English is the first language (see list below)
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
New Zealand
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad & Tobago
USA

If you do not meet the above criteria, you need to demonstrate your English proficiency by taking one of the following tests:

IELTS (Academic/UKVI-IELTS): 7.0 minimum overall score (with a minimum of 6.5 in each component)
TOEFL: 100 minimum overall score on the internet-based test (with a minimum of 22 in each component) or 623 overall minimum score on the paper-based test
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE): 66 minimum overall score (with a minimum of 58 in each component)
In exceptional cases, an IELTS score of 6.5 (or TOEFL 594 paper-based/ 90 internet-based or PTE 59) will be considered if you can demonstrate exceptional academic achievement. However, you must have achieved the minimum component scores in your particular test.

Evidence of exceptional academic achievement:

You have achieved a Distinction for your Master's qualification
Previous research output published in high-quality academic journals
Evidence of your exceptional achievements, such as transcripts or copies of articles, needs to be submitted alongside a short supporting personal statement. Without the supporting statement, your application will not be considered.

We do not accept English scores that are over two years old at the point of entry to the programme. If you do not currently have a TOEFL/IELTS/PTE score report when you submit your application, please indicate the date that you will be taking the test.