School of Applied Management & Law
The School of
Applied Management & Law offers an interesting and wide range
of innovative and entrepreneurial courses that have strong links to
professional bodies and are practice-oriented.
Whether you are interested in general
Business, International Management, Sports management and science,
the Music & Entertainment industry or Advertising and
Promotions, HRM, Marketing, Accounting and Finance, Events and
Festival Management or the, all our programmes encourage you to put
theory into practice and give you opportunities to gain valuable
experience in your chosen field of study.
The School is also the home to the first
leading music & entertainment management programmes in the UK,
and is now entering its fifteenth successive year of offering
students the opportunity to combine a solid understanding of
applied management skills, with an appreciation of the unique
nature of music and entertainment products. Delivered by a team of
dedicated staff, the majority of whom still work in influential
positions in the industry, the result is a teaching approach that
prioritises the importance of Œhands on¹ management experience.
If you are interested in studying law in
its contemporary context and you wish to enter the legal
professions or other careers in management, local government,
politics, the police or commerce, we offer a wide range of courses,
which are recognised by The Law Society and Bar Council of England
and Wales as Qualifying Law Degrees.
The school was also one of the notable
firsts in the development of undergraduate education in areas such
as the Rugby, Football and Golf programmes, the work-based
conversion to honours and the Commercial Pilot Training
course.
Dr Lorraine Watkins-Mathys
(Head of School -
Applied Management & Law)