This module will equip you with essential academic, technical and language skills needed for success in university and beyond. Through interactive sessions, you will engage with vital topics such as effective email communication, document creation and formatting, presentation design, and online collaboration tools.

The curriculum emphasizes critical thinking and academic integrity, which will enhance your ability to articulate your ideas confidently through continuous feedback on presentations and written assignments. With a focus on employability, you will develop crucial skills in collaboration, problem-solving, and technology use, preparing you for diverse professional environments.

The module will finish with a comprehensive final project, where you will integrate your learning by producing a professional report, a presentation, and a formal email. This integrated approach ensures that you will be  well-prepared to navigate challenges in your future career and make meaningful contributions across various fields.

This module will provide a comprehensive review of key economic models that have shaped modern nations, businesses, public sector organizations, and entrepreneurial activity. You’ll take an international perspective to appreciate the dynamic and complex nature of contemporary organizations.

You’ll be introduced to business environment analysis models to understand the various elements and forces driving organizational change. You’ll also learn how to identify high-quality and reliable sources of business information and data to ensure your knowledge of the business environment is accurate, current, and relevant.

Additionally, you’ll review organizational structures, including functions and departments, and examine how these contribute to business success. You’ll explore management theories to evaluate different organizational settings. Overall, this module aims to equip you with a well-rounded understanding of economic models and their application in diverse organizational contexts.

This module provides you with an opportunity to practise and develop a range of core academic skills for success in future business undergraduate programmes. By the end of this module, you will have a sound understanding of the expectations of higher education learning. You will be supported to develop both academically and in relation to your personal wellbeing.

You will learn how to read texts more effectively, structure different types of written and oral responses including essays and presentations, refer to sources using quotations and paraphrasing in the appropriate style and understand assessments by analysing assessment briefs.

Alongside this academic focus, there is a wellbeing strand of this module which will introduce you to effective strategies to manage your time, cope with stress, work well with others and make a smooth transition to higher education. The focus will be to guide you to develop independence as a learner with the support of experienced and passionate professionals at the London campus.

In this module, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the ethical dimensions of modern business practices. It starts with the foundations of business ethics and their influence on decision-making.

You’ll explore corporate governance and how ethics shape relationships with stakeholders, as well as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the broader social and environmental responsibilities of businesses.

Additionally, you will examine ethical challenges and learn measures to prevent unethical practices. By the end, you’ll be equipped with tools and frameworks to apply ethical thinking in real-world scenarios, preparing you to navigate moral challenges in a dynamic business environment.

On this module, you will develop a strong foundation in key mathematical concepts which are essential for understanding and applying quantitative methods in business contexts. You will begin by exploring topics such as ratio, scale, and proportion, which are crucial for financial analysis and decision-making in areas like pricing, investments, and market trends.

Understanding fractions, decimals, and percentages will enhance your ability to work with data, particularly in calculating profit margins, interest rates, and tax implications.

As the module progresses, you will delve into equations and formulae, equipping you with the tools to solve real-world business problems, including cost-revenue analysis and break-even calculations. The module will also introduce probability to help you assess risks and make informed decisions based on uncertainty.

You will study how to work with data and information, focusing on key statistical techniques such as finding central tendency (mean, median, and mode) and measures of dispersion (range, variance, standard deviation) to interpret data sets. Concepts like correlation and regression will further allow you to understand relationships between variables, useful for market research and forecasting.

Finally, you will be introduced to forecasting techniques, including time series analysis and index numbers, providing valuable insights into predicting future trends and understanding economic data such as inflation rates.

By studying this module, you will have the opportunity to improve your English for your undergraduate degree. You will develop your skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) in addition to both grammar and vocabulary. You will learn by various seminar activities, self-directed study and applying what you learn to assessments.

You will study this module over two terms, using a mixture of seminars and self-study. Tutor-guided and self-study activities are timetabled in a learning plan which shows the stages of your learning.