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Honours Degrees (16)

An innovative and accessible introduction to the world of business, with the opportunity to specialise in accounting; economics; leadership practice; innovation and enterprise; or marketing.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
6 years
32-36 hours per week
3 years
October 2024
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
6 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
3 years
Earliest Start date:October 2024

Provides an innovative and accessible introduction to the world of business and gives you specialised knowledge and skills in financial and management accounting.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
6 years
32-36 hours per week
3 years
October 2024
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
6 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
3 years
Earliest Start date:October 2024

Provides an innovative and accessible introduction to the world of business and gives you specialised knowledge and skills in leadership practice.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
6 years
32-36 hours per week
3 years
October 2024
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
6 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
3 years
Earliest Start date:October 2024

Foundation Degrees (1)

This work-related foundation degree has no academic requirements and lets you choose what to study across a range of subjects.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
4 years
32-36 hours per week
3 years
October 2024
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
4 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
3 years
Earliest Start date:October 2024

Diplomas of Higher Education (12)

An accessible introduction to the world of business, with the opportunity to specialise in accounting, economics, leadership practice, innovation and enterprise, or marketing.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
4 years
32-36 hours per week
2 years
October 2024
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
4 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
2 years
Earliest Start date:October 2024

This diploma allows you to combine business management with one modern language, choosing from French, German or Spanish.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
4 years
32-36 hours per week
2 years
October 2024
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
4 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
2 years
Earliest Start date:October 2024

With this diploma, you can specialise in an area of computing and IT and combine it with business, dividing your time equally between subjects.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
4 years
32-36 hours per week
2 years
October 2024
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
4 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
2 years
Earliest Start date:October 2024

Certificates of Higher Education (10)

This certificate allows you to combine business management with one modern language, choosing from French, German or Spanish.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
2 years
32-36 hours per week
1 year
October 2024
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
2 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
1 year
Earliest Start date:October 2024

This certificate lets you combine studying the fundamentals of computing and IT with business, dividing your time equally between the two subjects.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
2 years
32-36 hours per week
1 year
October 2024
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
2 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
1 year
Earliest Start date:October 2024

Improve your awareness of business issues; explore business contexts and functions, and choose options in retail, personal finance and maths.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
2 years
32-36 hours per week
1 year
October 2024
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
2 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
1 year
Earliest Start date:October 2024

Modules (30)

This module is an engaging introduction to the fascinating and challenging world of contemporary business and management for all OU business and management qualifications.

Part-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
30 weeks
October 2024
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
30 weeks
Earliest Start date:October 2024

This module develops your English language and skills through authentic business case studies for communicating effectively in the world of business and management.

Part-time:Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week
31 weeks
October 2024
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week
31 weeks
Earliest Start date:October 2024

Study how to make data-driven decisions using analytic reasoning, descriptive data analysis, hypothesis testing, modelling of relationships in the data, and forecasting techniques.

Part-time:Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week
21 weeks
April 2025
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week
21 weeks
Earliest Start date:April 2025

Access Modules (2)

Designed to develop academic skills for further study, this introductory module offers insights into a wide range of subject areas, including science, engineering and design, environment; mathematics, and computing and IT.

Part-time:Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week
30 weeks
October 2024
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week
30 weeks
Earliest Start date:October 2024

Designed to develop academic skills for further study, this introductory module offers insights into a wide range of subject areas, including science, engineering and design, environment; mathematics, and computing and IT.

Part-time:Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week
18 weeks
January 2025
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week
18 weeks
Earliest Start date:January 2025

Short Courses (41)

A short course introducing you to key concepts within Chinese culture, with a specific focus on business and professional engagement.

Part-time:Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per weekAugust 2024
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week
Earliest Start date:August 2024

In this course you'll learn the process of new business design and creation to deliver the right kind of value.

Part-time:
Less than 16 hours per week
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week

This course will take you on a learning journey to consider aspects of storytelling at the personal, organisational, and social levels.

Part-time:
Less than 16 hours per week
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week

Masters Degrees (4)

Accredited course

Our MBA is a unique distance learning qualification from a business school whose triple-accredited status puts us in the top 1% worldwide.

Part-time:
16-20 hours per week
1.5 years
Part-time:16-20 hours per week
1.5 years

Accredited course

An MBA with a focus on technology management and technological innovation in a wide variety of contexts and sectors.

Part-time:
16-20 hours per week
1.5 years
Part-time:16-20 hours per week
1.5 years

Accredited course

This MSc enables professional development and practice in wide-ranging roles such as investment and portfolio management, corporate finance and treasury, consultancy and investment banking.

Part-time:
16-20 hours per week
2 years
Part-time:16-20 hours per week
2 years

Postgraduate Diplomas (3)

An OU postgraduate diploma, a valuable qualification in its own right and counts as two thirds towards gaining our triple-accredited MBA.

Part-time:
16-20 hours per week
1 year
Part-time:16-20 hours per week
1 year

This diploma provides an analytical view of strategic issues in technology management, equipping you for senior technology management roles.

Part-time:
16-20 hours per week
2 years
Part-time:16-20 hours per week
2 years

This qualification enables professional development and practice in wide-ranging roles such as investment and portfolio management, corporate finance and treasury, consultancy and investment banking.

Part-time:
16-20 hours per week
1 year
Part-time:16-20 hours per week
1 year

Postgraduate Certificates (3)

Gain a thorough grounding in the disciplines of team and project management, and the practical skills needed to be an effective, productive and reflective manager.

Part-time:
16-20 hours per week
6 months
Part-time:16-20 hours per week
6 months

This certificate provides a taste of advanced study in technology management, enabling you address the particular issues you face in your own organisation.

Part-time:
16-20 hours per week
1 year
Part-time:16-20 hours per week
1 year

Provides a grounding in corporate finance, financial decision-making, financial reporting, governance, an introduction to Islamic and behavioural finance.

Part-time:
16-20 hours per week
1 year
Part-time:16-20 hours per week
1 year

Postgraduate Modules (8)

This module examines the nature of corporate commitment to principles of corporate social responsibility in different contexts and its inter-relationship with human rights law.

Part-time:Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week
22 weeks
November 2024
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week
22 weeks
Earliest Start date:November 2024

This module draws on a range of theoretical perspectives from both strategic and innovation management to produce a multi-layered, practical, approach to strategic management of technological innovation.

Part-time:Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week
24 weeks
November 2024
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week
24 weeks
Earliest Start date:November 2024

This module provides an analysis of important concepts and practices in supply chain management, taking into account issues such as globalisation, sustainability and risk management.

Part-time:Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week
25 weeks
November 2024
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week
25 weeks
Earliest Start date:November 2024

Developing skills in business and leadership

Choose from a variety of courses to develop key skills in business, including managing uncertainty, organisation design, people management and leadership.

Duration: 10–12 weeks Level: Undergraduate and Postgraduate