On this degree course at University of Portsmouth, you'll develop your existing HR skills and knowledge, and grow your leadership and management skills too. You'll put the theory you learn into practice, and when you graduate, you'll have met the requirements for CIPD HR Professional Map at Advanced Level 7.

What's more, your Master's degree can help you move up the ladder in your current workplace, and open doors to exciting new roles elsewhere. And you'll have transferrable skills too, so you can explore careers in recruitment or business development.

What You Will Experience?

On this course you'll:

  • Get to grips with the key themes in HR management, covering leadership and management skills, talent management, and employment relationships
  • Complete a work placement in an HR environment, where you'll get valuable experience and put theory into practice
  • Learn though lectures, case studies, group work and skills development workshops, where you'll contribute to managerial and HR-based activities
  • Complete an investigative business project, which will determine whether you graduate with an MSc Human Resource Management or an MSc Human Resource Development
  • Benefit from our flexible approach to learning, with web, email and phone access to many of our facilities
  • Engage with HRM specialists and legal professionals

Career

We're an Approved Centre for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), so you'll graduate from this course with an approved qualification which meets the requirements of the CIPD HR Professional Map at Advanced Level 7. You'll also be eligible for Associate membership of the CIPD, and depending on your previous experience, you could meet the criteria for Chartered Membership.

You'll also have strong people management and HR-specific skills, you'll be able to reflect on your practice, and be ready to make an active contribution to business performance.

Career opportunities include:

  • Business development and consultancy
  • Management
  • Recruitment
  • Personnel
  • Human resources
  • Training
  • Benefits analyst
  • Human resource officer
  • Human resource systems manager
  • Personnel adviser
  • Recruitment consultant
  • Training and development coordinator