Human Resource Management
Award
MSc
Duration & study mode
1-2 years(s) full-time, typically 3 years part-time
Additional information
Course starting dates
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Paisley: September, January
The MSc in Human Resource Management has been designed in response to developments within the HRM sector and can lead to professional accreditation by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
The MSc Human Resource Management prepares you for a successful career in HRM and enables you to take on general or specialist roles within the HRM functions of organisations globally. This understanding will achieve improved utilisation of the human resource and facilitate greater business success and increased employee satisfaction. It will allow you to develop and assess employment policies and support organisational development.
With the MSc Human Resource Management, you will gain a mix of specialist and generic transferable skills essential for a career in business or HRM. A variety of teaching and learning approaches are used including lectures, tutorials, practical workshops and are focused on the practical aspects human resources. Our highly qualified and experienced teaching staff, supported by guest speakers, will deepen your understanding of business and HRM.
Upon successful completion of the MSc HRM, you will be eligible to become an Associate Member of the CIPD automatically.
CIPD Student Membership required (see Additional Costs section below for more information.)
The MSc HRM provides students with the fundamental academic and professional knowledge, understanding and key skills required by HR professionals and will enable students to effectively contribute to dynamic businesses — may it be SMEs, national, or international organisations.
There is a deliberate attempt to expose students to the wide range of learning, teaching and assessment methods in order to assist in the development of a wide range of skills within the students, but also to achieve a wide range of programme and module learning outcomes. In practice this means that a variety of engaging and supportive methods of teaching — such as workshop-style module delivery — and assessments are used across the programme.
There are a variety of other great reasons why studying with us benefits you:
An advantage of a gaining a qualification for a career in HRM is that most types of organisations (public, private, social enterprise organisations) need HR skills. In larger organisations such as multinationals, the HR career can include specialist roles in e.g. talent management, resourcing, organisation development, employee engagement, pay and rewards, as well as generalist positions such as HR business partner – a role which is also often found in small & medium sized enterprises. As a profession, it provides a career path, with HR positions from junior levels all the way through to strategic and board level roles.
The MSc HRM provides students with the fundamental academic and professional knowledge, understanding and key skills required by HR professionals and will enable students to effectively contribute to dynamic businesses — may it be SMEs, national, or international organisations.
There is a deliberate attempt to expose students to the wide range of learning, teaching and assessment methods in order to assist in the development of a wide range of skills within the students, but also to achieve a wide range of programme and module learning outcomes. In practice this means that a variety of engaging and supportive methods of teaching — such as workshop-style module delivery — and assessments are used across the programme.
The full-time programme will be beneficial for those wishing to enter a career within the area of HRM or looking to complete the programme in a shorter space of time. The part-time programme will be beneficial for both general managers and those working within HRM.
Graduates from this course have HRM and management roles within the NHS, Scottish Prison Service, Transport Police and SMEs.
UWS prides itself in being a Widening Access and Participation University, offering educational opportunities to people from all backgrounds. This is also reflected in the level of support we offer our students, particularly with our Personal Tutoring approach:
We welcome Scottish, UK and international students and consider all applicants on an individual basis.
Don’t worry if you do not possess the qualifications listed here or have alternative, equivalent qualifications, we take a range of factors into account when assessing your application and are happy to consider other alternative combinations of qualifications and experience.
If you are applying with an EU or non-EU qualification, please check our Postgraduate Entry Requirements page which gives more information about country-specific entry requirements.
First or second-class Honours degree, or equivalent, in social science or business-related discipline.
Applicants with a non-business related degree but with significant professional experience will also be considered.
For applicants whose first language is not English, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level. The qualifications below must have been gained within two years of the start of your course.
General English language requirements at UWS: International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training)
Exceptions to this level of IELTS scoring exist for some accredited or professionally-recognised courses (see section below for more details).
SOCIAL WORK DEGREES
For our BA (Hons) Social Work and MSc Social Work programmes, applicants are required to have an IELTS score as follows:
All stated English tests are acceptable for admission for both home/EU and international students for this programme:
For our research degrees (MRes, MPhil, PhD, DBA, DProf) applicants are required to have an IELTS score as follows:
For Health, Nursing & Midwifery courses that lead to, or require professional registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council, applicants are required to have an IELTS or Occupational English Test (OET)*.
For such courses, the IELTS score is as follows:
* Note that the Occupational English Test (OET) will now be accepted in addition to IELTS as proof of a Nurse's English Language Competence (Nursing & Midwifery Council, 2019).
For our BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science, BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science and MSc Advanced Biomedical Science programmes, applicants are required to have an IELTS score as follows:
For our Certificate of Higher Education courses, applicants are required to have an IELTS score as follows:
TOEFL IBT*: 78; no sub-test less than:
* Please note that TOEFL is still acceptable for admission to this programme for both home/EU and international students.
For international students, the Home Office has confirmed that the University can choose to use TOEFL to make its own assessment of English language ability for visa applications to degree level courses. We therefore still accept TOEFL tests taken in the last two years for admission to this programme.
West African Senior School Certificate of Education (WASSCE) including acceptance of WAEC Scratchcard*
*UWS will accept a WAEC scratchcard confirming that an applicant has achieved C6 or above as evidence of meeting English language requirement from Nigeria if the student graduated within the last 5 years. After 5 years applicants would be required to provide the WAEC Certificate.
Applicants who do not meet the minimum English language requirements have the option to study one of our preparatory and pre-sessional English courses. The UWS courses available are:
In order to successfully complete the MSc HRM, you will undertake all core modules across three terms, with the MSc Project to be completed in term 3. You are required to obtain 60 credits each term, amounting to 180 credits for the entire programme. The sections below show the programme structure.
The programme is designed around the development of a fundamental understanding of HRM in term 1 (without assuming prior knowledge), and is catered for by the following core modules:
Term 2 develops a deeper understanding of various HR areas, and provides our students with the necessary skills to successfully complete their MSc Project:
Term 3 allows students to combine all the knowledge gained through the taught elements in terms 1 and 2 through the completion of the MSc Project:
LEARNING AND TEACHING
ASSESSMENT
Assessment methods will include:
£7,500 Total cost of tuition
£11,750 Total cost of tuition
£11,750 Total cost of tuition
£15,500 Total cost of tuition
£1,070 per module (20 credits)
£1,680 per module (20 credits)
£1,680 per module (20 credits)
£2,210 per module (20 credits)
Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) postgraduate tuition fee and living cost loans may be available for eligible (Scottish/EU) students. Check SAAS website for more information.
All students should apply directly to the University through our online application system. Before you apply, you should check that you meet our entry requirements and you should have all your supporting documents ready.
The first stage of the process is to complete the initial application form. You will then receive a follow-up email with further instructions relating to your application including documents that you will need to forward to support your application, e.g. degree transcripts and certificates etc.
Most courses don't have a formal closing date, but they will close when they are full; apply early to avoid disappointment. There may also be funding deadlines that apply to you.
The Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) applies to all international students and researchers (apart from exempt nationalities) who are subject to UK immigration control and are intending to study or research at postgraduate level in certain sensitive subjects.
Students and researchers who are nationals of EU countries, the European Economic Area (EEA), Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland or the United States of America do not need an ATAS certificate.
An ATAS certificate may be required for certain taught postgraduate master's degrees for international students at UWS.
For the latest information on ATAS and details of eligibility and how to apply for a certificate check the UK Government's dedicated ATAS web pages.
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