Graduate ApprenticeshipBusiness Management BA (Hons)
Key facts
Funding: fully funded
Award: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 years
Graduate Apprenticeships at Strathclyde
- enables employers to fast-track the time required for graduates to reach optimal productivity
- dedicated delivery team who listen, understand and work with employers to offer a fully integrated, contextualised degree
- delivered through an online and blended work-based learning mode including regular attendance at our city centre-based campus
- Apprentices apply knowledge within their work context via a series of bespoke work-based projects
Why this course
The BA (Hons) in Business Management degree is a bespoke four-year Graduate Apprenticeship programme which will develop apprentices’ knowledge, skills, competencies, and professional behaviours.
The degree is designed in partnership with employers in different industry sectors and to meet the criteria for Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
Learners will acquire underpinning knowledge and understanding through blended online learning and on-campus delivery, with core business competencies being developed through an integrated work-based learning curriculum. The on-campus delivery will allow apprentices to work in groups and hone their business skills with support from experienced academics.
Add value to your organisation
We focus on developing your workforce so that they can quickly add value to your organisation. We start with the fundamentals, providing a solid foundation for future learning and helping apprentices become productive.
The course content has been developed in partnership with industry and is designed to equip apprentices with knowledge of contemporary tools and technology. We don’t just focus on tech – our approach to work-based learning helps develop more rounded professionals, with a wide range of soft skills that enable apprentices to contribute widely to your organisation.
A flexible delivery model ensures minimal time away from the workplace, utilising a combination of online learning supported by a series of online tutorials, an annual face-to-face on-campus workshop and work-based learning activity.
Course structure
During Years 1 and 2 of the degree learners will study core modules addressing:
- Strategic thinking
- Supply change management
- Finance
- Ethical Governance
- Business Analysis and Technology and Innovation
In addition, learners will work closely with work-based assessors and mentors to enable them to apply their academic knowledge within their work context.
Years 3 and 4 are designed to develop higher-level cognitive skills and enable the continued integration of knowledge, professional competencies and transferable skills via two more extensive work-based Integrated Projects with real value to the employer and with the possible choice of electives from across the fields of Business, Engineering and Computer Science.
Entry requirements
The Graduate Apprenticeship in Business Management has a flexible admissions approach and applications will be considered on an individual basis with input from employers. Applicants typically will have 4 Highers (minimum B grades) including Mathematics and English.
Funding
Graduate Apprenticeships are fully funded by the Scottish Government through the Scottish Funding Council and SAAS. Find out more about eligibility for funding.
Why Strathclyde
Praised for our close links with business and industry as well as our commitment to making an impact on the global economy, the University of Strathclyde has been named The Sunday Times Good University Guide Scottish University of the Year 2020.
The place of useful learning
Strathclyde has also been nominated for The Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2019 University of the Year, been awarded the THE Awards 2014 Entrepreneurial University of the Year and 2016 THE Awards Business School of the Year.
Apply
Employers are asked to identify suitable candidates for the Graduate Apprenticeship programmes. An expression of interest can be submitted to the Programme Team indicating the number of places being sought on the programme.
Employers can then nominate existing employees or newly recruited candidates who will then be considered for admission to the programme.
The Business Management Graduate Apprenticeship team is happy to work with employers to streamline the recruitment process for new apprentices. Please contact sbs-gabm@strath.ac.uk.