HND in Business (General)
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Course Overview
HND in business provides a general understanding of how business works. This course covers all the essential knowledge you need to progress your career within an office based business environment. You will also gain an in-depth understanding of today’s business world, trends, challenges and opportunities and you will be able to develop core skills relating to business and management, customer service management, marketing, sales and global business.
Course Description
The HND in Business provides practical preparation, industry insight and technical advice in a general business context. With a strong vocational focus, it has been designed to develop the skills and techniques needed in business and enable students to apply their learning to real industry situations. Each unit is tailored towards helping students develop knowledge and skills across a range of business disciplines, including national and international marketing, management, accountancy, business growth and forecasting.
Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for students who have an interest in developing their business understanding and capabilities, or who want to gain a higher-level qualification in business management to enhance their current career path.
Career prospects – HND in Business (General)
This course will equip you with the necessary skills to work in private or public sector organisations. Students will also have the solid business skills to pursue different careers across various industries through roles such as Business adviser, Finance manager, Finance assistant or executive, Team supervisor, Project manager, Business consultant, Marketing consultant and more senior positions. You will also get further study progression for an undergraduate qualification with various UK universities on a Top-Up Degree Course in Business.
How will the HND in Business course be delivered?
For the June intake, the HND in Business course will initially be delivered digitally via Regent Digital. The delivery of the course will then move to our four campuses at London, Harrow, Southall and Wembley for the traditional engagement, subject to the viability of groups and future guidance on social distancing. Students will have the opportunity to choose two preferred campuses on their application form. However Regent College London cannot guarantee the campus choice.
If there are not enough students enrolled at a particular campus, the course will be delivered digitally via Regent Digital with the teaching happening at another location, but streamed at the campus.
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On completion of the course you will be awarded a Higher National Diploma (HND).
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First Year
601/8364/0: Pearson BTEC Level 4 HND in Business
UNIT TITLE BLOCK 1 UNIT 1 Business and the business environment UNIT 2 Marketing essentials BLOCK 2 UNIT 3 Human resource management UNIT 4 Management and operations BLOCK 3 UNIT 5 Management accounting UNIT 6 Managing a successful business project (Pearson set) BLOCK 4 OPTIONAL UNIT 8 Innovation and commercialisation OPTIONAL UNIT 9 Entrepreneurship and small business management Second Year
601/8364/2: Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND in Business (General)
BLOCK 5 UNIT 12 Organisational behaviour UNIT 32 Business strategy BLOCK 6 UNIT 11 Research project (Pearson set) UNIT 27 Identifying entrepreneurial opportunities BLOCK 7 UNIT 11 Research project (Pearson set) OPTIONAL UNIT 37 Consumer behaviour and insight BLOCK 8 OPTIONAL UNIT 36 Human resources – value and contribution to organisational success OPTIONAL UNIT 42 Planning for growth -
- GCSE passes at grades ‘A to C’ including English Language, and either a minimum of one A Level at grades ‘A’ to ‘E’, or a BTEC Level 3 Certificate or Diploma, or an Access to Higher Education Certificate awarded by an approved further education institution; or
- College-recognised certificated learning equivalent to the above. Where possible Regent College London uses the NARIC database to determine equivalents to GCSE and A level qualifications; or
- Normally, two or more years of work experience at a managerial/supervisory/admin level relevant to the programme applied for. This must be evidenced via a personal statement, work experience form and successful interview, and supported by employment reference(s) indicating the duration of employment and the role.
You may be eligible to join an HND programme if you have previous learning that satisfies the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the course you are interested in, normally with 90 credits (subject to syllabus studied previously). It is your responsibility to demonstrate this with objective evidence.
Prospective students who are not UK nationals, or who are UK nationals but do not have GCSE English Language at grades A to C, are required to take the Regent College’s Wembley English Academy English language assessment. If you hold IELTS grade 5.5, with both reading and writing at grade 5.5, you do not need to sit this assessment.
If you do not meet the required standard of English in the assessment, you will be offered an English language course to help you improve your English to the necessary level to gain admission to the Pearson HND Business programme.
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Course Fees: £8,000 per year (Subject to registration category change approval – if the change is not approved fees will be £6,165 year)
Course Duration: Two-year, Full Time
Level: RQF Levels 4 and 5 (240 Credits)
Awarding Body: Pearson
Assessment: Assignments / coursework / controlled assessments
Mode of Delivery: Full Time
Contact hours: 60 guided learning hours per unit over 40 weeks for all 8 units per year
Progression: Employment or admission into the final year of a bachelor’s degree (subject to fulfilling the required admission criteria)
Method of study: Lectures, seminars, case study analyses, group discussions and tutorials
Intake dates: January, April, June and September
Delivered at: Madison House, Wembley, Carmine Court, Harrow, Acorn House, Southall and London
Disclosure: Pathways that do not recruit the required number of students may not run. You will be advised on alternative options if this is the case.
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Regent College London aims to provide current information for our prospectus and website at all times however, it may occasionally be unable to run an advertised course for reasons of operational viability and student experience. In the event that a course is unable to run, or is only available at a different campus, we will advise applicants and enrolled students at the earliest possible opportunity in writing. Applicants and students will, wherever feasible, be offered an alternative course or campus of study.
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